A light, humorous story about a couple of teens who are sent on a quest by an ancient God. Like ancient quest stories there are lots of stops along the way with some odd twists on questing hazards.

library book read 6/4/2023 ( )

Had high hopes for this, but it was disappointing on all fronts. The comical concept made for potential good laughs, though they were few. Helen, the minotaur/human character was too cynical to be funny, while Troy, the "home coming king" was boring. Not much more I can say. ( )

Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest, by A. Lee Martinez, is a comedy fantasy novel about two teens on a road trip across Enchanted America. There are a lot of familiar jokes and one liners in this but Martinez delivers them well.

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"My name is Waechter. Neil Waechter. National Questing Bureau." He held up a badge. He didn't flash it, but allowed them a good long look at it.

"What's that?" asked Helen.

"Your tax dollars at work. We're a small agency. Not very well known. We were the ones to throw Hitler's cursed ring into the fires of Mt. Heidelstein. We were the people who harvested and planted the last seed of the dying yax imix che tree to finally end the dust bowl. We found the magic arrow that ended General Sherman's rampage before he could gather enough sacrifices to... well, perhaps I've said too much." He smiled. ( )

Totally enjoyable humor, AGAIN, from A. Lee Martinez. :)

Great tongue-in-cheek premises, such as the local minotaur girl working in a BURGER JOINT getting almost sacrificed by the Hamburger God (Chernobog) by her manager, leads directly to a QUEST. :) Bring along Helen's cute co-worker Troy, get Quest licenses from the local board, tell their parents they'll be going on a roadtrip, and off we go, running. :)

Martinez always rather rocks. :) It's not always the premises that are best, but the way the author always makes characters who are so damn well-rounded. Courageous and insecure, shy and deadly. The meet-cute is so damn cute. The magical artifacts are fun.

But you know what I like best? Nigel the Accountant. He is pretty pissed at how stupid his orc ancestors are. Of course, no one asked HIM if he wanted to get caught up in his own quest to destroy these two poor kids. :)

Love it. :) :) The best part is the journey, but that ending was funny as hell. :) ( )

Martinez weiss, was er schreiben kann, und er tut es. So einfach kann es sein. Das Buch is wunderbar unterhaltsam, wer z.B. Monster gelesen hat, dem wird es auch sehr gut gefallen. ( )