surprised this was under the radar in the fantasy indie community.
For being on KU and was free during the Indie book charity sale, this was almost on par with Stang, AND it's a debut.

Pace: Slow like molasses until you get about 10% past then you slowly get your bearings and feel of the book and then it's a Rollercoaster. Have fun

Prose: The prose is the saving grace but also the reason I deducted a star. The Satire areas of the book were so good I'm surprised Werner isn't writing scripts.
Now... The action scenes... Are a miss. Half the time it was a little hard to imagine what was happening but I'm giving benefit of doubt that it's just debut syndrome.
There was also a weird instance of describing a boob that felt kinda icky too.
But again, I'll give him the benefit of doubt that it was not intended and he'll learn from it

Plot: Simplistic but does the job

Vibe: ostrich. That's the vibe. Also there's a splash zone for gore.

Characters: They're not the deepest, but they were a blast to see Quinn and Fergus go back and forth like a Manzai duo

Worldbuilding: not a book for deep worldbuilding, but the little we get was interesting. You'll see some crumbs of monarchy, journalism, Fergus being an Ostrich, and a little on Quinn

Very fun ride though and I highly recommend it if you need a break from serious novellas, here ya go

4.2/5