Involuntary Questing

Heroes & Halflings #2

by Aron Lewes

Ah, home sweet home... or so I thought. Not long after I return to my hometown, I get an eviction notice pinned to my door.

No, this isn't an eviction, it's a deportation. By the queen's orders, half-orcs are no longer welcome in the city. That includes me.

I'm forced to leave my pub and go “questing,” for lack of a better word. And because pretty Ed Muskin still owes me a favor, he's coming with me.

What kind of trouble are we going to get into now, I wonder?

74 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 29, 2024

About the author

I'm a rather reclusive author living in Ohio with four cats.
I write super fluffy fluff and darkest grim grimdark. "This author has a strange imagination" was my favorite compliment ever. I hope my strange imagination entertains someone out there!

Reviews

[Skye Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now this is no hate to the author. Don’t get me wrong, this author doesn’t have the most well written, award winning, in-depth writing style, but the simplicity and how it flows sucks me in every time. I read books that should be rated higher than I’m rating this due to writing quality, however they get two and three stars.

I was sucked in last night into reading this book, I had to finish it this morning. Sitting smiling away to myself at the romance and laughing at the jokes. I’ve given three out of fifty seven books four stars, and one book five stars. I’m a harsh rater - I don’t know what it is about this series or this author but I’m a sucker for it.

I’m totally not off to go read the third book in this series literally two hours after I finished the second.

[Lana · Rating 5 out of 5]

This 2nd book in the Heroes and Halflings series takes us back to the city, as we travel with Orca, the half-orc and Edward the sorcerer, and brother of Wren the Demonica, who they had left in Daimonas the demon city. However when they arrive they soon have to leave as Orca receives an eviction letter and has to abandon her tavern which was not doing well anyway. Poor Orca being a half-orc is hated and reviled by mostly everyone, so when Edward says he will accompany her she thinks he is teasing her. Turns out that Edward who she has fallen in love with, returns her feelings. I love that this book is like a slap in the face for all the haters of Orca and though she cannot believe such a handsome and powerful mage could ever love her, Edward sees right to her very heart and soul and does not just look skin deep. The people’s prejudices do not just stop were halflings are concerned, they also turn to the demonicas, and Wren’s life may once again be in grave danger. I do think from the twist the tale took when Glacius came into it that the 3rd book just needs to be read immediately as The cliffhanger ending is just too much! I love that this series deals with prejudice and hatred towards those who are different to the norm, and I hope that the next book will be another slap in the face of the haters.