Unfortunately had to DNF this one which was disappointing because I was looking forward to it based on the synopsis. The writing style was okay, but the worldbuilding felt off. It was hard to understand the characters and their motivations. I felt bored several chapters in and did not care enough to read on.

This was such a fun book! I enjoyed the aspect of getting into the characters heads. It did sow down a bit in the middle and towards the end, it got a bit tough to finish. but I did enjoy it overal.

I’m not sure if fans of legends and lattes would enjoy this—it is very high stakes, even if those stakes are sometimes treated with emotional distance and humor, though I guess there are all of the real-world references to a chain coffee place, manicures, soap operas, etc so maybe that’s the touchstone. I do think Shrek makes a surprising amount of sense as a comp though. This constantly toed the line between comedy and cringe, but ultimately I think the result was fairly sweet. I liked Clare and Beatrice‘s arc quite a bit, found Vandra to be a little one dimensional, and Elowen mostly annoying but with a lot of growth in the end. The long chats between Elowen and Vandra about the state of their relationship where everyone sounds like an ad for Better Help felt like something out of You Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea. The ending was… fine, but kind of felt like it undid a lot of the purpose of the growth of the book.

Overall a really interesting premise with some hit or miss execution. On balance, this was an enjoyable, light, fun read more than it was frustrating.

Cute read! I had fun with this was and enjoyed all the characters. This delivered sweet moments with comedy and even a little bit of steamy scenes! This has a bit of a slow start to me but in the end delivers a HEA!

This book was so much fun! I read some other reviews where readers didn't like that the "real world" was mixed with the fantasy, but I really enjoyed! I thought it was a fun adventure filled with conflict, romance, and intrigue.

I didn't love this one. It had fun elements but they didn't all come together. I like the fact that there is a friendship base here and loved the cozy fantasy vibes. I did struggle with the queen's quest and didn't feel like it was fully hashed out.

Thank you Net Galley and Avon and Harper Voyage for this eARC in exchange for my honest review!

There were a lot of different elements in this book, Grief, loss, found family, reunions, and much more!

I enjoyed how it shows how friendships and relationships can go through different stages but how you can still care about each other even in low moments!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the early copy in exchange for my honest review.

DNF @ 48% — For a book that is labeled as “cozy romantasy,” this has given me nothing but anxiety.

Clare, Elowen, and Beatrice are a former adventuring party who saved the realm ten years ago, but could not save the fourth member of their team. This has lead to irreconcilable differences, fights, and a decade of solitude that has driven a wedge between them, but they are now brought back together for the happiest of all occasions, a wedding.

Clare is the best character of them all. Despite being a former rake, he actually seems to have morals. He regrets the way he’s treated his former flame, Beatrice, in the past, and wants to make things right. He also strives to live up to their deceased leader, Galwell’s, legacy. He repeatedly tries to make the other two characters more comfortable and fix their problems, but is met with their ire simply because they don’t want to fix their problems, and I just felt bad for him the whole time.

Elowen is the reclusive sister of Galwell who went into hiding after her brother died ten years ago. She spends all her days watching magical soap operas and wallowing in her loneliness, thinking she doesn’t deserve to be happy because her brother died. When her ex-lover “kidnaps” her to take her to this wedding, Elowen repeatedly says things to her that she knows will offend and upset her to try and drive her away because she “doesn’t deserve to be happy,” but it really just makes her a horrible person for treating someone else this way.

And then there’s Beatrice, who was honestly the worst for me. Beatrice blames herself for Galwell’s death, and relives it nightly through her powerful memory magic, effectively torturing herself and eventually leading to her divorce from her husband. We eventually learn that she did not actually kill Galwell. She was planning on sacrificing herself to stop the evil villain ten years ago, and Galwell prevented her from doing so, thus sacrificing himself in the process. However, before she went off to die, Beatrice decided to cut ties with Elowen and tell her she never really was her friend and she would have nothing to do with her after that night, basically treating her childhood friend like a dog in those old movies and effectively ruining that friendship into the future when Beatrice did not, in fact, die. She also kissed Clare, giving him hope for a future between the two of them, but when he learned that she never planned on a future, he moved on in the bed of another, and Beatrice had the nerve to be mad, even tho she had planned on being dead. She also was mad at Clare for sleeping with other women while Beatrice was married, so she’s a real piece of work.

All in all, this book is made up of unlikeable characters arguing with each other. I feel like there’s real potential here, the execution was just not for me. I definitely think it has an audience, I know there are people who would enjoy this more than I did, and I hope they find this book.

This will be fun is a cozy romantasy that follows multiple POV’s. I felt that E.B. Asher did a great job integrating each POV so there was no context missing.

This story follows 3 hero’s 10 years after they save their kingdom and now have a new quest to save the queen’s future husband. This was a great and easy book to read. I felt like about 60% through the book that I really began to enjoy the multiple POV’s and the character growth.

This book was very quick and more focused on the multiple POV’s growth throughout the book. I did love the found family trope that this ended with.

Thank you so much to Avon&Harper Voyager for the eARC of this book and NetGalley!

A Fantastic journey into a new genre for me and I had so much fun reading it. This Will be Fun was my first book by EB Asher but not my last.

The title tells you everything you need to know about this book. It is FUN!!!

If you’re looking for a cozy, funny and whimsy romance novel with fantasy elements this is it!!! A super quick read and a guaranteed good time!

Those looking to read an Arthurian tale with elements of 2024 will love this story. Knights are celebrities, people watch soap operas called shadow plays, and citizens still ship their favorite couples with portmanteaus. It was extremely cozy, amusing at times, and occasionally a bit steamy. I was a little concerned that flipping between chapters written by three authors would be jarring, but it wasn't. Each character had their own clear voice, but the overall tone of the novel was consistent.

One issue I ran into was that the pacing for the first 50% of the book felt really slow. I'm also not sure how I felt about the ending. On the one hand, it's a fantasy, so anything could happen. On the other, it feels like the growth that Clare, Beatrice, and Elowen made in the past ten years was undermined by Galwell returning to the living. I expect that will be a controversial plot point for readers, good or bad.

Overall, this was a fun read, and I know exactly which friends I will be recommending it to.

Well - this was … fun 😂. I had so much fun listening to this on audio that I didn’t really want it to end . At its root - it is a love story - romantic love … friendship .. found family … was it a little silly at times ? Sure but it wasn’t trying to be serious anyway

Story 4 🌟
Audio 4.5 🌟

What a fun book! This fed the part of me that is still sad that Galavant got cancelled (to no ones surprise, but my disappointment). This story is basically, what if the main character of the heroic action movie died?

Apparently, everything falls apart. Ten years after they save the kingdom and Galwell's death, Beatrice is going through a divorce, Elowen lives in a tree, and Clare is trying to stand in as the hero everyone wants. When they're called to the palace for the queen's wedding, they all go (mostly) reluctantly.

I found the sad sack heros to be so funny, but I also loved their vulnerabilities that made them relatable. The imposter syndrome Clare has, the fear of love Elowen deals with, and the survivor's guilt Beatrice battles made them so human. I enjoyed the banter and the soft moments, as I grew to love these deeply flawed characters who are so lost but also so full of heart.

I will say that I docked a star because they spent ten years avoiding their problems and that led to a lot of miscommunication and a lack of communication throughout the story. It was frustrating at times, because I really wanted to just yell at them to talk. I ended up tearing up during those harder conversations, when they eventually happened, but it was frustrating for a good chunk.

This is not a hero's journey, or even really a romantasy (at least not how I'd qualify a romantasy). It's a character-driven adventure, set in a mixed modern/medieval fantasy world, with romance. Again, think more Galavant or Princess Bride - very much more focused on banter and relationship development of all the characters. The romance is a big focus, but also still felt like a subplot.

As a whole, I loved this book. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since I finished, I just loved the world and magic so much. The stakes never felt high and I kind of loved that vibe of meandering their way through potentially world-ending quests. Like, same lol.

TW: violence, death, war, manipulation, injury detail, sexual content, isolation, survivor's guilt, alcohol consumption; mentions kidnapping, death of a sibling, infidelity

Plot: 4/5
Characters: 4/5
World Building: 3/5
Writing: 4/5
Pacing: 4/5
Overall: 4/5

eARC gifted via NetGalley by Harper Collins Canada in exchange for an honest review.

This Will Be Fun is a cozy, quest driven fantasy romance that follows a group of four heroes ten years after they saved their princess and kingdom. None of the heroes are where they hoped to be when they took on their original quest. Now they are forced back together and each will face their own weaknesses, prejudices, and assumptions. Will they overcome them and once again save the realm along with themselves?

This was a quick read that really focused on personal growth, self love and learning to forgive. Each character had hang ups that just required a uniting catalyst to work through. This truly was a feel good, happily ever after, cozy kind of novel. 3 stars.

Review based on a digital Advanced Reader’s Copy provided by Avon & Harper Voyager and NetGalley. Thank you!

2.5* Rounded down

This book did not live up to it’s title at all, it was mostly this will bore you than fun. The beginning was way too slow and it didn’t connect me to any of the characters. The premise was interesting if it was more cozy fantasy than fantasy quest. There was not enough cozy to make it a cozy fantasy and there was not enough fun/suspense to make it a fun adventure quest. I do not want to be too negative but this book was just not for me. I pushed through the end but I should have just DNF’d it and I regret that I did not.

Thanks to Netgalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for granting me access in exchange for an honest review.

3.5⭐️

This was a pretty fun quest-based story about 3 friends who cut contact after they saved the realm 10 years ago and lost the 4th member of their group. The story leans more towards romance, following Clare (male, in case that’s confusing) & Beatrice (or Claretrice) as one couple and Elowen & Vandra as the other (love a sapphic romance). We get 3 POVs and 4 starkly different but witty personalities which makes for some entertaining banter. They come back together 10 years later to help save the future husband of the queen on a new quest as the heroes of the realm.

Tbh I was not able to anticipate anything that happened in this book and the ending surprised me with some tears!

I think the biggest downfall for me is that it definitely felt like it lost the plot at times.

I enjoyed myself reading this and find it interesting that EB Asher is actually the pen name of 3 different authors who wrote this story.

If you’re looking for a medieval rom com with funny modernizations and light fantasy aspects, or a lighthearted story about 3 friends learning to love each other again, then you should pick this one up!

Thank you to Avon for an ARC in exchange for my honest review!

4! This Will Be Fun is a standalone fantasy romance that follows a group of heroes, Clare, Beatrice, Elowen, and Vandra, ten years after they saved the realm, each struggling with the emotional fallout. When they're invited to the Queen of Mythria’s wedding, they reluctantly reunite, only to be drawn into another quest. The story blends humor, banter, and romantic tension as the characters confront old wounds and new challenges. While the plot is enjoyable, the character dynamics, particularly the development of the romantic relationships, stand out. With a lighthearted tone and some mild spice, it's a quick, fun read.

Thank you Netgalley, Avon, and Harper Voyager for this eARC.

This was a cute character focused romantasy and the characters are where the book shines. I had questions about the world and was a little disappointed at how some of the action happens off page and you get a mere mention of the victories. Even with those notes, I had a good time.

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I fought my way through this book until I reached the 50% mark. I cannot go further because I am hating every second of reading this and I'm mad that I'm not loving it. I was looking forward to this book so much. I was expecting witty banter and fast pacing but what I got was a lot of depressed people being forced to get back together. The characters have no chemistry between them and are pretty boring on their own. They all moan and complain internally (and some externally) about the quest they had been on in their past. I didn't want them to go to the Queen's wedding any more than they did because I wanted the book to be over. They didn't get to the palace until about 47% through as it was. I anticipate the last 50% of this book might pick up due to the fact that they are now going on a new quest but I just cannot care any less.