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What. A. Fun. Book. WHAT A FUN BOOK! I enjoyed the heck out of Cucumber Quest like whoa. It’s delightful, sweet, and as mentioned, a LOT of fun. Cucumber Quest is being adapted from its original web comic form into a four book series for publisher First Second.

The official synopsis that came from the publisher is this: What happens when an evil queen gets her hands on an ancient force of destruction? World domination, obviously.

The seven kingdoms of Dreamside need a legendary hero. Instead, they’ll have to settle for Cucumber, a nerdy magician who just wants to go to school. As destiny would have it, he and his way more heroic sister, Almond, must now seek the Dream Sword, the only weapon powerful enough to defeat Queen Cordelia’s Nightmare Knight.

Can these bunny siblings really save the world in its darkest hour? Sure, why not?

Adapted from the popular webcomic series, Cucumber Quest: The Doughnut Kingdom is the first graphic novel of a clever, adorable, and hilarious four-volume heroic adventure that is sure to make you hungry for sweets and action.

I was enamored by the art and colours within this story. The creator of the book took a sort of conventional “legendary hero” story and did something quirky and fun with it by turning it on its head. It’s part Lumberjanes, part Star vs the Forces of Evil and Nimona, but ultimately the story is original and great for readers of all-ages.

My only little bit of dismay was that I thought I had close to 200 pages of story but was cut off quite a bit earlier than that as the first chapter wrapped up. Instead, the rest of the pages were bonus content, which is obviously wonderful but I wanted more story instead. Four volumes seems like an odd choice, given that a lot of book series tend to be more like three volumes, but I guess that’s the best way they thought they should release it given the content pulled from the web comic.

Verdict:
Buy this book! Seriously, it’s such a delight (as I’ve mentioned like 5 times already). I love all-ages books, especially when they just embrace their silliness, and this book definitely does that.

Cucumber Quest Book One: The Doughnut Kingdom will be out later this year on October 10 2017.

archfae13's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

ggcurves's review

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3.0

Cucumber Quest

I had very high expectation for Cucumber Quest.

I saw it all the time on tumblr because it's a FREE webcomic
http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/about/

At first I read a little bit on it online but then bought it online.
The trouble with this book that it is self-publish so it is very expensive for a book.

Although I feel that the author/artist should get a book deal.

It's super cute.

I love how all the characters are named after food. Just yum!

Although after I read the first volume I did not feel as though I got everything I wanted for.

But hopefully I'm going to read it online. If it gets interesting I may buy the next volume.