The Lightning-Struck Heart
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Average rating4.3
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Average rating4.3
Once upon a time, in an alleyway in the slums of the City of Lockes, a young and somewhat lonely boy named Sam Haversford turns a group of teenage douchebags into stone completely by accident. Of course, this catches the attention of a higher power, and Sam's pulled from the only world he knows to become an apprentice to the king's wizard, Morgan of Shadows. When Sam's 14, he enters the Dark Woods and returns with Gary, the hornless gay unicorn, and a half-giant named Tiggy, earning the moniker Sam of Wilds. At 15, Sam learns what love truly is when a new knight arrives at the castle - Knight Ryan Foxheart, the dreamiest dream to have ever been dreamed. Naturally, it all goes to hell when Ryan dates the reprehensible Prince Justin, Sam can't control his magic, a sexually aggressive dragon kidnaps the prince, and the king sends them on an epic quest to save Ryan's boyfriend, all while Sam falls more in love with someone he can never have. Or, so he thinks.
Series
4 primary books6 released booksTales From Verania is a 6-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by TJ Klune.
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I've concluded this is like if Archer (the show) and Shrek (the movie) had a baby and this book is that baby but it's a hormonal teenager. So it's a mix of cute and sweet and raunchy in a dumb, silly, crude and lewd kinda way. So basically I dug the humor and thought it was hilarious. But this will certainly not be everyone's cup of tea. For the romance, I went from annoyed to awww to annoyed to awww to annoyed to eh. But if you like the Archer sophomoric humor and enjoy or don't mind A LOT of sex-talk, I highly suggest this for a good laugh and for it's sweetness, solid friendships and loving family and found-family. Also, the audiobook narration is superb.
