No Killing Goblins

The Wandering Inn #1.5

by Pirateaba

In this second volume of The Wandering Inn, Book One of the massive epic fantasy world that has become a LitRPG sensation, new characters take center stage as the Innverse expands beyond Erin Solstice’s inn.

Even as Erin finds companions out of goblins, necromancers, drakes, and gnolls, Ryoka Griffin wants no part in making friends.

She just wants to run.

Luckily, there’s a guild that allows her to do just that, and Ryoka soon finds herself delivering messages and packages across the city. But she’s an oddity to the other runners, and not just because she doesn’t wear shoes.

No, there’s something about her that just doesn’t fit in…and it’s probably the fact that she’s from the real world, and not the fantasy one she’s been sucked into.

Like Erin, she has found herself pulled into a fantasy realm she doesn’t understand. And like Erin, she wants to learn more…but wants to do it her own way. Yet even she is learning she can’t do everything alone, and after a dangerous delivery introduces her to the adventuring group The Horns of Hammerad—and other deliveries bring her into the scope of a powerful Lady and a mysterious magic-user—her new world will never be the same.

Darkness is growing in the Innverse, with new players and monsters being added to the chessboard, and both Erin and Ryoka are finding out that as amazing magic can be, it’s also incredibly deadly.

Note: This is Part 2 of a split edition. The original full book is its own separate edition, so if you read that version, log it here instead: The Wandering Inn

Genres: Fantasy

957 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 7, 2026

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A full four stars for the second half of The Wandering Inn, Book One (of nineteen and counting!!!!!!). Will have more thoughts about this in my review of the original full volume edition that I've been reading since August of 2025.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely flew through the first few books of The Wandering Inn and remember thinking, wow… this series is something special. The world feels huge, alive, and incredibly well thought out, with so many storylines and characters somehow all weaving together into something that just works.

What really kept me hooked early on was Erin and Ryoka (forgive me if I’m spelling that wrong 😅). Their stories pulled me in fast, and I loved how the series balances emotional moments, humour, chaos, adventure, politics, and genuinely wild worldbuilding. There’s always something happening, and the cast becomes massive in a way that somehow still feels fun rather than overwhelming.

Books 1–3 completely grabbed me. Book 4 felt slower for me, and I actually drifted a bit during book 5 and ended up taking a break. After reading other things and coming back to it though, I found myself enjoying it again and remembered why I liked the series so much in the first place. Even when it slowed down, the world and characters were still enough to keep me invested.

These audiobooks are absolutely gigantic (seriously, they are a commitment 😅), but they feel like living in a world for a while rather than just reading a story. Not every section hooked me equally, and I missed having more Erin in later parts, but overall this has been such a fun, ambitious, character-filled series that I’m still excited to continue. Onto the next one.

[Alana · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fight scenes were extremely well-written. I was stressed for a good chunk of this part because of it. The gore and general gruesomeness of this part definitely leaves me a bit worried about the next books. I cried twice in this part alone.

This writer sincerely doesn’t gaf. The endings of some scenes and characters really reinforce the fact that this is a cruel world that Erin fell into. Consequences stay around and not everything has a happy ending.

The world building and politics were really fleshed out in this one. Villains and potential threats were defined nicely. The actual racial tensions between people in the southern continent added another realistic layer to the story.

I enjoyed it!

[Heidi S. Trauger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was on the fence about this series and have decided to stop after this one. It’s an interesting, in depth story but there a few things I don’t like but others might. It’s a very harsh world with a lot of death and trauma. I mean really do not get attached. The characters are young and don’t think things through, but they look to be maturing. It’s hard to follow who is talking in group discussions. It also has multiple perspectives and MCs. 2 are the main MCs but they also bring in a lot of others. Lastly it’s a very long series that’s set for about 40ish books, that too much. These are all personal preferences that others may love, just not my type of book.

[Mitch · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pirateaba absolutely nails the ending to this book, went from happy cozy fantasy to something bordering on horror to an excellent climax that leaves hope which is what this book has been so good at.

While I don’t mind widening the world I actually love the quiet moments of this book the moments in the inn with Erin and her guests it’s nice fun to read.

I can only hope while the world expands it never fully forgets the warm little inn, home to many.

[William Carr · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like a fist to the face

The previous books were comfortable and interesting and a good world building.

But in this one, the author starts killing off secondary characters. Killing as in dead. With their skins ripped off.

I was very tempted to just give up on the series.

[travelgirlut · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought from the first book that this was going to be a light, feel good type story. Please don't go into this book thinking that. It'll be a gut punch. So much death. But it's still well-written and keeping me enthralled.

[Breanne McCoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yeah I’m hooked on this series now. The characters are very endearing, I like the world, the creatures, the monsters, the politics and I really like the MC. She’s impossible not to root for. 4 stars. #breereads2026 #42

[Scrapper InLa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still tasty

[Jason Messer · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great reread. I missed how everything came together. It has been a while since I first read this and it is so fun. I love me some Erin.

[Scott Shjefte · Rating 5 out of 5]

Imaginative world transfer of a woman of Earth to a world of monsters and an Abandoned Inn, told in a humorous mode.

Unlimited Kindle book, read with the Alexa audio application.

[Erin Gibson Zercher · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy this fantasy world! Great world building. Great characters.

[Julie Lundy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great story can’t wait to keep going. Love the female leading this litrpg

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an ending. Epic battle at the end!