The Wandering Inn: Volume 2 by Pirateaba
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I'm pretty damn happy.

You know those times where you find a groove, a MOOD in a book that puts a little wind in your sails and energizes you? And then, when you don't think it could last, it turns out to be an absolutely enormous honker of a book that promises a dozen more just as huge as it is?

That's where I am right now. I'm in love. The first book, no matter how big it was, was merely a setup for many wonderfully self-aware plot-altered directions, feeling confident enough to not only set up a functioning inn in an isekai, but truly branch out in exploring the world and laying some truly massive foundations for a full epic fantasy.

With 3 times the land-mass of Earth, huge powers and many races, a leveling system, it's super-solid. But best of all, it has a truly magical feel. And let's not forget a godlike necromancer, a dragon, and a certain put-upon skeleton doing the inn's chores, or a chess-playing goblin-runt about to become the queen of all goblins. It's the little things, after all.

Honestly tho, it's the main characters I love the most. The conflicts are natural and actually rather sweet/endearing. Good heartedness is the REAL core of these books, and that's where I feel it.

And just like the massive amount of cooking we vicariously taste the book, the story is savory comfort fare. Reading this is like enjoying a huge, juicy burger without any spoilage or weight gain. And at least to me, the scent remains firmly, wonderfully, in my nose. Synesthesia for the win.



Personal note:
If anyone reading my reviews might be interested in reading my own SF, I'm going to be open to DM requests. I think it's about time I get some eyes on them.

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