This Will Be Fun

Content warnings: divorce, grief, past loss of a sibling, kidnapping, violence

Washed-up heroes must save the realm one more time.

Elowen, Beatrice, and Clare are heroes of the realm -- three quarters of the mythical Four that saved the kingdom of Mythria. The fourth who didn't live to see their success was Elowen's brother Galwell, who sacrificed himself to save the world.

But what happens when the quest is over and the heroes have to return to regular life? The novel joins the heroes a decade later, with each shouldering the burden of the past in different ways. Clare is a celebrity who's often voted as the Sexiest Man Alive, Elowen lives as a hermit with her online friends for company, and Beatrice is witnessing the end of her marriage to a nobleman.

When they cross paths again, a new threat is growing and our antiheroes are the ones most equipped to save the day once again. They must also face their shared loss and the past that drove them apart.

The novel reads like a fantasy set in modern times; you can hire an Uber (wagon), magazines are published, there's an online community, and shadow plays are like modern TV. The modern-but-not world gives this book a very different feel from typical sword and sorcery fantasy novels. Recommended for fans of contemporary fantasy and humorous fantasy.

Author: E. B. Asher

Publisher: Avon

Length: 416 pages

Release Date: September 10, 2024

I received an electronic galley copy of this title from the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.