The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

3.5 ⭐️

I started this book not knowing what to expect and up until 30 - 35% of it, still had no idea what it is I was reading.
Then the story started making sense and I ended up enjoying immensely the world and the characters we followed.
I would qualify this as sci-fantasy for childish adults. Is there such a thing as adult-middle-grade?
The story is light-hearted in tone, though its themes and plot threads are quite heavy. Something like a cop action comedy with inter-dimensional travel. And magic.

If there's one thing that I reeeeally didn't like, it was the plot lines that went nowhere. I'm talking about the Black Bear and his dark beasts. Nothing came of it, it just seemed like empty lore for the sake of lore. There were a few things we spent time on, that went nowhere. It made the book seem like an earlier draft of a potentially great story.

In general, this isn't my favorite work by the author, but it is very original and I kinda wish it wasn't a stand alone.