A. Lee Martinez's Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest
Martinez writes enjoyable and entertaining fantasy books about gods messing around with humans (or at least that's true of the ones I've read). In this one, teenagers Helen--a minotaur-- and Troy--a popular and nice athletic type--are sent by a god on a quest to find some relics for his own god-ly purposes. Meanwhile, they're being pursued by a motorcycle gang of orcs, led by an orc accountant named Nigel. The sense of humor here reminded me a little bit of Good Omens, which is a very good thing, though I will say this was slightly less silly and more heartfelt. Helen is a little bit overly cranky, but hey, she's a minotaur in the modern world, and that has to be hard. Anyway, this was a really, really fun read, and very highly recommended to modern fantasy fans. A/A-.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on Tuesday.
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