Time for my last SPFBOX review! Did I save the best for last? We’ll see.
Galdifort Quillpen has grand dreams of writing epic tales of heroic deeds, just like his famous aunt. Unfortunately, he’s been assigned to Tanna the Tendersword, an excruciatingly carefree would-be-champion who can’t seem to find a qualifying entry-level quest.
When things are at their most miserable, the young Questers meet an enigmatic old woman who offers Tanna a quest: follow a peg-legged, sword-wielding rooster to help save a crying mushroom lost within a haunted forest. Tanna heroically accepts, regardless of how incredibly unsafe the odd quest seems.
But Galdifort’s fears become reality when a sorceress sends her fog monster and lizard henchmen after them. Only a true Champion should confront a sorceress, and, in his eyes, Tanna is not up to the task. But if he wants to write his chronicle, Galdifort must learn to do something he certainly isn’t comfortable doing — trust in honest friendship with Tanna the Tendersword.
He’s just a chronicler, after all, not a hero!
This is the Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword! Though, it is kind of more the story of Galdifort Quillpen, an up and coming apprentice Chronicler, who is telling Tanna’s story.
Galdifort’s aunt was Chronicler for one of the most famous adventurers ever, and so he dreams to be just like her, whereas Tanna dreams of being one of the great adventurer that he writes about.
Tanna was a fun character to follow, as she goes into everything with her whole self, whether it’s dangerous or not, often leaving Galdifort as the only person stopping her from getting into all kinds of shenanigans. She’s a lot, and Galdifort is a sort of balance for the a-lot-ness. There are some neat side characters as well, such as Peggs, the peg-legged rooster and ‘guide’.
This was a short and easy read, as you would imagine from a middle-grade book. I enjoyed it well enough, but nothing jumped out at my in particular except the absolutely adorable illustrations that were peppered through the story. They seemed to appear every time I was flagging a little bit or finding myself getting distracted.
All told, I’d recommend this book to anyone who is into middle grade reads, or… anyone who is… perhaps a middle schooler? ^_^ I had 7/10 stars of fun with Tanna the Tendersword.
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