Review: This Will Be Fun

This Will Be Fun

Written by: E. B. Asher

Avon

2024

This Will Be Fun is a fun and cozy romantasy adventure that focuses on heartache and friendship while making you smile and laugh.

This Will Be Fun follows former questing buddies – Elowen, Clare, and Beatrice – as they are brought back together after a decade apart to once again save the day…and deal with the baggage from years ago.

A Ton of Laughs

So, This Will Be Fun is described as “The Princess Bride meets The People We Meet on Vacation.” I have not read either of those novels, so I can’t speak to its validity. However, I have seen The Princess Bride many times, and I have to say that the claim is accurate.

This was such a fun fantasy to read, and just the opening sequence of Beatrice not even upset that she lost everything in her recent divorce or that her now ex-husband is having a party to celebrate said divorce. She is upset because she wants her self-warming robe, and he keeps it against the agreement. So all sudsy and ridiculous, she storms over and demands it back.

It’s so humorous, and that humor carries on throughout the entire novel. It felt fresh and moved effortlessly, keeping me hooked and smiling.

What I also loved about the storytelling were the nods to modernity. It was fun to see this medieval version of Uber and how soap operas are “televised” by magic; it worked. The authors, because Asher is the pen name for authors Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberley, and Austin Siegemund-Broka, did a fantastic job of bringing a contemporary feel to the novel without making it feel forced or out of place.

The elements of the world-building were grounding and unique. It’s entertaining when authors can bring modern concepts and ideas into something fantastical while not losing that medieval edge. Sometimes, it doesn’t work, but it worked so well here and made me smile.

Final Thoughts

This Will Be Fun was such a fun and delightful. I truly loved this book more than I thought I would. I recommend that anyone who wants romance, adventure, and humor pick up this book.

Cynthia Ayala

Cynthia Ayala-Bujnicki majored in Writing and Publishing from Emerson College. Editor-in-chief of Cyn's Workshop, she loves to read and write while tending to her pepper plants. She currently lives in South Florida with her husband, two kids Dante and Selene and two furbabies Mr. J the Kitten who Thinks He's Batman (yes, that is his full name) and Nyx.