Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die

This book was a rollercoaster from beginning to end. I will start by saying I would die for Sir Cameron. He carried this book on his broad shoulders. I love how he wasn't willing to give up on his conquest of his happily ever after. And don't get me started on the bizarre sci-fi turn this book took at the very end. I still have so many questions. Overall I really enjoyed it but I wish we had gotten more spice than what was insinuated. That's the only reason I am giving it a 4/5 stars. They had kinks and I wish we could have seen that exploration.

I found Apparently Sir Cameron Needs To Die to be one of the nuttiest, most illogical books I have read. But it works!Cameron is a knight in a world that may at one time been our world as we know it. He is strikingly handover, but feels he is too good looking to be disfigured or maimed fighting. His father despises him. The Church elders decide that to save their world from mad sorcerer Merulo; Sir Cameron needs to die. Cameron has no intention of dying, and goes to the castle of Merulo for asylum. Merulo allows Cameron to stay. Merulo is a skinny, haggard man with one good eye and a stone in the other. He is constantly reading books on how to kill God, and return the world to a previous time. Cameron does not leave Merulo to his books, and is turned into a vulture. Then a woman. And finally back to himself. He becomes infatuated with Merulo, who rebuffs Cameron initially.The story contains knights, wood constructs, witches, dragons, magic, and one elf who is hunting Cameron to kill him herself. There is a happy ending, but so much for the characters to do to save themselves such as jumping through portals and even a particular, peculiar space ship. There is a lot of humor and silliness in the story, yet also heart and charm.By the end of the book; I found I was totally taken in by Cameron & Merulo.

I am definitely going to buy the sequel to this as soon as it's available!Reminiscent of British comedy, with the author's voice coming through clearly, and fun twists and turns throughout.

Fantastic.

This title was long-awaited for me, as I've been eager to get my grubby paws on it since it was nothing more than a twinkle in its author's eye and a tiny teaser of "if I wrote this would anybody read it?" So I'm thrilled to now have it in my possession and to have had the chance to finally read it in its full, finalized glory.Since finishing this book I've been running circles in my own head trying to decide how best to describe it to someone looking into whether or not they want to purchase it, without spoiling anything important. For one thing, while I don't know that I've read anything that qualifies as "romantasy", it is my general understanding that this does not fit what most people's expectations are for that genre. So let's get that out of the way first.As for what it is... well... the best I know to do is to compare it to the likes of Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett (maybe even a little bit Bruce Coville if you grew up with his alien and unicorn books, except that this one's definitely for grownups). Part of that comes through in the humor style, sure, but it's also that sort of way some authors look at a genre like some of us looked at those LEGO kits when we were kids. Look at the specific thing on the box you were supposed to build, maybe look at the instructions a bit, but then toss them over your shoulder and say "eh that looks fun and all but what if I did THIS with it instead?" and started pulling bricks from our other sets to make it into something all our own. That's... sort of what this book does, I think.We have our bright and shining hero... only he's not quite what he ought to be if this were a proper "high fantasy". You've got your standard villainous sorcerer but... something's not quite as it should be there either and maybe you can't quite put your finger on it but you'll get there. The story manages to be both funny and heartfelt and certainly takes you on a ride. I did also wind up a little surprised which characters I ended up falling in love with. And with some of them it was quite sneaky. They got their roots in. Like weeds. Look, just read it you'll understand what I mean.Or maybe you won't. I feel like the audience who will love this most besides the people who enjoy the humor of the aforementioned authors will be the folks who were "othered" in a very specific way in their childhood, the ones who never understood why, or maybe didn't learn why until later. The late-diagnosed AuDHD crowd, the folks who were in denial or in the closet their whole lives until their own truth hit them in the face like so many bricks in one shocking self-revelation. I found myself relating to both Sir Cameron and the "mad sorcerer" far more than was comfortable at times and that alone I think earns this book an honored place on my shelf.Some of the twists and gags reminded me of the sorts of beloved nonsense my sister and I would have come up with during our elaborate games of pretend, and I can give it no better compliment than that. As I said before this is not a kids' book by any stretch, but perhaps for an adult trying to have a nice little chat with their inner child, threaded throughout with a sense of whimsy that absolutely delights me.Anyway if you enjoy fantasy that doesn't quite fit neatly into its genre box and isn't afraid to get a little silly with it, please give this one a go. I don't think you'll be disappointed.