This really is one of my all-time favorite books. I cackled through most of it, starting with the prologue. I finished it and promptly read it again. I loaned it to my daughter and she also cackled through most of it.

This book turns all the standard beloved storytelling tropes (concerning evil overlords) around to comedic effect. I'll admit, I may have a slightly (slightly? Ha!) warped sense of humor, and this book may not be to everyone's taste, but I loved the gosh out of it.

If you think you might enjoy a cast of completely unapologetic main characters, (including; a deadly bodyguard with a squeaky voice and tastes that run toward pastel prom dresses and matchmaking, a lonely Dark Lord who wants someone to call his own, and a commitment-phobic accountant elf) you might want to give this one a try. ( )

All right, you want a lot of laughing with an acid tinge? So read this novel. All through my reading I have a visual image of this story play by the Monty Python! It's funny, it's irriverent and not politically correct: it's an absolute worthy reading.

In a fantasy kingdom, Velenth is the fair and handsome son of the king, while his twin Nalenth is the dark and hated one. So the king decides to seal Nalenth in a high tower. But when Velenth is sixteen years old, he kills his father, sends his mother in a convent and continues to keep his brother in the tower. He is merciless and lonely. Oh, yes, he here and there satisfy himself going to the barrack and disguising as a pretty boy, takes advantage of all the army, but now he craves a companion, a consort to share his life, and yes, to makes love.

But he is The Dark Lord, and frankly, he is a spoilt boy, insolent and vain. So his advisor, the elf Reynard, and his bodyguard, a girl only knows as The Bodyguard, set theirself to find a consort to their lord. And with a proclamation they say to all the kingdom: Dark Lord Seeks Friendship, Maybe More. But The Bodyguard thinks his second cousin, Sven the Viking, could be the right man. Only a little problem: Sven prefers girls, well endowed girls.

I like this book. I can hardly define it a romance, maybe more a comedy, and acid comedy cause Velenth makes the most terrible things, never regrets them. And everyone around him thinks he is right and makes the most vicious things for the sake of the kingdom. He also hates unicorns!

So, if you want a lighthearth reading and some very funny characters, here it is your chance.