Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book

The Bard's Fault

Rate this book
Welcome to the world of Berth, a wondrous place of hilarious adventure, magical mayhem, cheeky shenanigans, and, above all things, insanity.

Heavy on the insanity, mind you.

It is here on Berth, in the realm of Lauria, that many a quest or misadventure begins or ends in a mythical pub known as Elsewhere. Elsewhere is a place of reverence and revelry, where maybe somebody knows your name, and they may or may not be pleased with your presence. It is here that a legend is born, one that will alter the very fate of Berth itself with a name and infamy that shall soon spread far and wide.

For he is a bard…of sorts.
An adventurer…in a way.
And a hero…well, more or less, truth be told.

Enter Percival Pratchet, a wildly handsome, sometimes dashing, yet mostly awkward bard school dropout and the newest of Elsewhere’s entertainers. But when fortune and fame come knocking, Percival must answer the call in a very vain hope of paying off staggering college debt. Calamity and rotten luck await the bard at every turn as he faces a vast and powerful foe to reclaim a castle for a truly well-meaning and painfully dorky do-gooder. Oh, and to top it all off, there’s a dragon too. Now Percival must decide which his worse, the insurmountable odds or the highly inept group of adventurers that are his comrades. Basically a lose/lose scenario in the end. It’s a wild and crazy world, Berth, where anything goes. But one thing can be assured. Before it is all said and done, Percival will face great peril with his head held high, and undoubtedly make things weird.

Really weird, in fact.
Bards…

207 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 12, 2023

2 people want to read

About the author

David Partelow

30 books10 followers

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
2 (50%)
4 stars
0 (0%)
3 stars
1 (25%)
2 stars
0 (0%)
1 star
1 (25%)
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
417 reviews1 follower
May 3, 2024
This was just a painfully boring read, and it was almost a DNF. The author couldn't decide if he wanted to use archaic or contemporary speech and just bounced back and forth. None of the characters were all that likeable and it wasn't all that humorous. There were a lot of spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors. I spent more time editing the book and making correction submissions than reading.
Profile Image for Joshua.
2 reviews
May 23, 2023
just fun

Evenings about this book was just silly good times! Every song was an opportunity to try to match a pop culture tune to the lyric structure, and ever Percival folly was an excuse to grin
Profile Image for heather phillips.
6 reviews1 follower
June 21, 2023
Fun read

Just give in and enjoy the start of this new tale being told and all the great characters you'll meet along the way.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.