Alchemist For Hire

“We're only alive by sheer luck, aren't we? We're a bunch of idiots.” 

I laughed so much while reading Alchemist for Hire! It's a chaotic fantasy adventure that honestly felt like a DnD session. I'm fairly certain the characters were rolling dice to see if their plans would work, because the plot was so unpredictable and the characters never reacted the way I thought they would. Absolute chaos. Hysterical chaos, but still chaos. 

The dialogue is top-tier sarcasm. I highlighted so many conversations and often read them aloud to my husband because of their brilliance. There were even some instances where I didn't know if the characters were being serious or sarcastic, and I rarely encounter that kind of scenario where I'm second-guessing myself in books, so hats off.

“You are an exotic beauty, with eyes like stars, as far apart as they can be. The only thing that can rival the smoothness of your skin is the worn cobblestones of the palace courtyard.” 

I do have some content disclaimers for you: Lots of cursing accompanied by vulgar language and topics that fall in line with dirty humor. Most of it was mild and, like I said, I laughed throughout most of the book, but my husband was in the military, so I've developed a sense of humor that most would not expect of me. There were a few jokes and situations that were a bit over the top for my taste, but for the most part, I'd say it's mild to medium on the scale of dirty humor, depending on your tolerance. 

Romance: S3xual jokes and conversations are prevalent, but there's no on-page spice. 
Action: Gore is mentioned and can get a little gross (my notes app has a few of the green emoji faces in it), but its involvement is more for humor than horror elements (if that makes sense?). 

Overall, I would read the rest of the series, but I would only recommend it to a few of my reader friends who have specific senses of humor :)