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Date read: January 16, 2019
Tales of Pell
1. Kill the Farm Boy
2. No Country for Old Gnomes - Hardcover | Kindle
3. The Princess Beard
Delilah S. Dawson
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Kevin Hearne
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Go big or go gnome. The New York Times bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy return to the world of Pell, the irreverent fantasy universe that recalls Monty Python and Terry Pratchett.Thoughts on No Country for Old Gnomes: I...don't know how to admit this so I'm just going to say it: I might have unconsciously started speaking in umlauts after reading this book. RESPECT THE UMLAUT!
The Skyr is a rich, verdant land claimed by both halflings and gnomes. For centuries, the halflings have worked to undermine gnomish power structures and seize total control--through legal means, certainly, but more insidiously through their extensive organized crime network. Now, threatened with being pushed out entirely, the gnomes are desperate and ready to fight back. Gustave the Goat King faces his first test as a leader: Can he bring peace to a fraught region or will a civil war consume the entire kingdom?
But seriously. No, I'm kidding about seriousness. This book is a quagmire of word play and in-jokes and it is GLORIOUS. Goats who become kings and egregious feuds nobody remembers the beginning of and witches and ghosts and dentally-minded vampires. Plus, you know, gnomes and halflings.
A little death. A little destruction of property. A mildly larcenous half-goat. Familiar faces. Jerky, pompous despots. You know what? There's a little bit of everything in this book. And a few things you'll never expect.
Respect the umlaut, my friends. That's what it comes down to.
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