Fool's Proof

The Heart of Stone Adventures, Book 1

De: Eva Sandor

Narrado por: Eva Sandor

A cast-off jester. A lamentable bit of larceny. When a fool is labeled a hero, will his contrary streak save his skin or be fatally side-splitting?

Malfred Murd just got downsized. Banished from his cushy life on the royal family’s private island, the talented yet belligerent joker relies on a bit of pickpocketing help from his incurably optimistic magpie sidekick to stave off starvation. But when he tries to turn in a stolen messenger bag for a reward, its desperate owner demands he assist her in rescuing her country … or face execution.

Panicking when he’s given the starring role of white knight while sinister foes wait in the wings, Malfred does his con-artist best to slip out of the job. Yet as he reluctantly pulls at the entangling threads of a convoluted plot, the former funnyman begins to feel some odd twinges of utterly inconvenient conscience.

Can the hapless harlequin juggle everyone’s expectations, or will he drop the ball and let fate have the last laugh?

Fool’s Proof is the dryly hilarious first book in The Malfred Murd Comic Fantasy Series. If you like unlikely heroes, a pinch of grit, and stories that keep you guessing, then you’ll love Eva Sandor’s intricate and irreverent romp.

Buy Fool’s Proof to fight fatal fiascos with funny today!

©2020 Eva Sandor (P)2021 Eva Sandor

Dark, Quirky, and Humorous

If you read the headline, you know exactly what you're in for. This is not to say that the entire story was dark. Not at all. However, I would not recommend it for young children, even if talking Magpies are tempting. I should probably mention that although I would not recommend Fool's Proof to children, my 17-year-old seemed to be enjoying it. Although since he has the same sense of humor as I do, I was not surprised. I tend to have a quirky, off-the-wall sense of humor at times, so this was right up my alley.

I've read the book previously, so the story itself is not new to me, but I wanted to get a feel for the nuances and inflections that can only be caught from listening to the audiobook. I hadn't realized at first that the author herself was narrating but after seeing her do live readings on social media before, I am not surprised she was able to do this herself. Nothing better than hearing the story from the author themselves.

I think I was having technical difficulties at one point, but overall it was quite enjoyable and I'm hoping the author decides to release the other books in the series on audio as well.

Interesting

This fantasy novel was interesting. The magpie can talk to humans. The main hero waking to everyone, scamming for money. In the end the tables are turned on him. Ms.Sandor delivered the audio very well. She was able in inflect accents and different sounds for the creatures and characters.

Loved it.

I really enjoyed this book. I can’t wait to get the next one. The dialogue was my favorite