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A review by manwithanagenda
No Humans Allowed! by Madeleine Roux
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
A really cute start to a middle grade series for the growing number of young readers who are getting interested in Dungeons and Dragons and other roleplaying games. It's on the younger end of the spectrum and had plenty of illustrations.
The story takes place at a Dungeon Academy in Faerûn (the Forgotten Realms world) and imagines that many of the classic monsters of campaigns past are trained in evil and various other nasty things at a school. It plays with a lot of the usual funny villain tropes in that friendship is discouraged and good deeds of any kind can lead to detention.
Our main character is the adopted daughter of two professors who are minotaurs. She wears false horns and a tail and is supposed to hide her human identity. She unwittingly recruits some other misfits such as a mimic that doesn't like turning into gross or scary things, a smaller than average kobold and a vegetarian owlbear.
Like I said. Cute.
I hope the series finds an audience as it was enjoyable enough, but doesn't have enough grit in to hold on to older readers.
Dungeons and Dragons: Dungeon Academy
Next: 'Tourney of Terror'
The story takes place at a Dungeon Academy in Faerûn (the Forgotten Realms world) and imagines that many of the classic monsters of campaigns past are trained in evil and various other nasty things at a school. It plays with a lot of the usual funny villain tropes in that friendship is discouraged and good deeds of any kind can lead to detention.
Our main character is the adopted daughter of two professors who are minotaurs. She wears false horns and a tail and is supposed to hide her human identity. She unwittingly recruits some other misfits such as a mimic that doesn't like turning into gross or scary things, a smaller than average kobold and a vegetarian owlbear.
Like I said. Cute.
I hope the series finds an audience as it was enjoyable enough, but doesn't have enough grit in to hold on to older readers.
Dungeons and Dragons: Dungeon Academy
Next: 'Tourney of Terror'