Disenchanted
Written by Robert Kroese
Narrated by Phil Gigante
4/5
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About this audiobook
Robert Kroese’s Disenchanted comes fully loaded with the wit and charm of The Princess Bride and a sense of humor all its own. This clever take on the traditional fantasy includes footnotes that keep the narrator honest, a cast of characters that resembles something out of the Island of Misfit Toys, and a fantastic setting filled with words and names that test pronunciation skills.
Being assassinated doesn't have many upsides, so when King Boric is felled by a traitor, the king comforts himself with the knowledge that, like all great warriors, he will spend eternity carousing in the Hall of Avandoor. There's just one problem: to claim his heavenly reward, Boric must release the enchanted sword of Brakslaagt.
Now, to avoid being cursed to walk the land of Dis forever as an undead wraith, he must hunt down the mysterious Lord Brand who gave him the sword twenty years ago. So begins Boric's extraordinary journey across the Six Kingdoms of Dis, a walking corpse who wants nothing more than to be disenchanted and left in peace. Along the way he's advised by the Witch of Twyllic, mocked by the threfelings of New Threfelton, burned, shot at, and nearly blown to bits. But nothing can prepare him for coming face-to-face with Lord Brand. For in that moment, Boric discovers that nothing—in life, in death, or in between—is exactly what it seems.
This book was initially released in episodes as a Kindle Serial. All episodes are now available for immediate download as a complete book.
Robert Kroese
Robert Kroese’s sense of irony was honed growing up in Grand Rapids, Michigan—home of the Amway Corporation and the Gerald R. Ford Museum, and the first city in the United States to fluoridate its water supply. In second grade, he wrote his first novel, the saga of Captain Bill and his spaceship Thee Eagle. This turned out to be the high point of his academic career. After barely graduating from Calvin College in 1992 with a philosophy degree, he was fired from a variety of jobs before moving to California, where he stumbled into software development. As this job required neither punctuality nor a sense of direction, he excelled at it. In 2009, he called upon his extensive knowledge of useless information and love of explosions to write his first novel, Mercury Falls. Since then, he has written nine more novels and learned to play the guitar very poorly. Find out about Rob at http://sfauthor.net, connect with him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/robkroese, and follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/robkroese. To get exclusive free fiction and updates about future releases from Robert Kroese, sign up for his mailing list at http://sfauthor.net/get-email-updates.
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Reviews for Disenchanted
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An obnoxiously funny way to make a point. From start to finish it was loaded with ethical/moral issues laid bare with comedy and common sense. Well done!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I really liked the narration. Funny at times. Story is good enough, but the hero arc is what truly holds it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fun story...lots of laughs...feel like it ran out of steam near the end
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Enjoyable romp with interesting characters and some plot twists. Recommended
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A fun listen I recommend it Rock on Borak !
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Really enjoyed it, doesn't take itself very seriously and kept me entertained.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It does just what it should - provides some levity and clever quips along with the predictable. It’s not life-altering, but that’s not why I read/listen to this kind of book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great humor. Interesting story. Very much relateable to human history. I loved it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A joyous, ridiculous adventure in a self aware book that doesn't take itself too seriously
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Awesome story, lots of laughs, especially in the chapter with the Elves and the arrows
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5It's funny enough, and a conceit which has been done enough to parody well, without being done to death.
However, I am about halfway through and there have already been two characters whose entire point revolves around old fashioned and outdated gender norms and "haha girl looks like a boy gross" type humor.
I hope anyone who isn't cisgender comes across this review before trying out the book, heads up! It isn't transphobic, necessarily, but it's super heteronormative and insensitive.3 people found this helpful
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really, really liked this. A really funny, self-aware, fantasy farce!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kroese's usual snark, kinda cute.