If you take your high fantasy seriously, walk away. This is high fantasy with a twist. An adventure story with roots more firmly in The Princess Bride than The Lord of the Rings. Can't wait for the next one.

If you’ve read a lot of epic fantasy, you know a lot of tropes. Well, this book is what you’ve been reading for. You’ll take great pleasure in checking each trope off your list as it’s twisted over and turned on its head (and then kicked in its upturned pants for good measure). You’ll snort up your sleeve. You’ll roll your eyes (a lot). And you’ll occasionally laugh out loud.

Plucky farm boy ready for his destiny? Check.
Talking goat sidekick who just wants to be sarcastic and eat boots? Check.
Sleeping princess in a thorn covered castle? Check.
Dark Lord who wants the farm boy dead and whose most evil spell is making stale bread rain from the sky? Uh. Check.
Rogue assassin who can’t sneak to save her life? Check. (Also see: terrified of chickens).
Sonja-esque barbarian warrior in a chain mail bikini (and very unhappy about it)? Check. (Cross-reference: blood-thirsty semi-sentient sword).
Seductive enchantress whose biggest secret is that she’s gotten old beneath all her spells? Check.
Reluctant bard from the castle who also happened to have gotten turned into a bunny? Also check.
And let’s not forget: Dread Necromancer Steve.
Does this book on a rare occasion get too clever for its own good? Yep.
The laughter and the fun that the authors clearly had writing this book shine through in every pun and joke and reference. If you don’t take it, or yourself, too seriously you’ll have a lot of fun too.

There was at least one moment when I groaned and slapped my own forehead at a terrible joke and had the urge to fling the book across the room — the downside of reading an eBook is that you can’t do that when you need to — but for the most part I’m glad I read it. I can just imagine Delilah and Kevin snickering to themselves as they send off their latest terrible puns to the other. That somehow made the book even better for me. Their joy is in every line. The world could use a little of that right now.

Sometimes a book isn't what you expected, it is so much more. I love when a book doesn't take itself too seriously. This first tale of Pell ripostes and lambastes itself and no trope is safe from its greedy cliché shredding claws. Full of puns and verbal repartee it may feel disjointed at first. As you immerse yourself in Pell you'll become accustomed to the free flowing verbiage. Is it perfect? No. That's what makes it enjoyable. It's minor flaws, like its characters, hope to enjoy life.

OK, so at 44 I shouldn't have that "12-year old boy" trapped inside, but that is exactly who liked this book. It is full of inappropriate play on words and, honestly, rolls along quite nicely. While I doubt the "high brow" will enjoy reading it, they probably wouldn't pick up a Keven Hearn book in the first place. Grab a couple of fingers of whiskey and pull up a chair, the world of Morningwood awaits.

If you are a Python fan, get this book and read it; you'll love it.

No fantasy trope or gender cliché is safe from being turned into a joke in Kill the Farm Boy. The clever writing and action packed absurdity had me laughing out loud several times.
Staph, a tricky pixie, sets Gustave the goat, and his pooboy, Worstly, on a quest because it is their destiny. From there, they meet up with more hilarious members of their question party, including a vegetarian warrior, and a bunny-woman bard.
This book was fantastic. It dealt with many problems I have with the genre, but in such a humorous way that it warmed my heart. Highly recommended.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free copy of this ebook for an unbiased review.

I was promised The Princess Bride; what I got was Witches Be Crazy (which, as my sci fi/fantasy book group can tell you, is not a good thing). The authors are too impressed with their own cleverness to concern themselves with their story, and the puns got old fast. A "did not finish" for me.

I was able to read this book early thanks to #NetGalley.

Let me start by saying I'm a teensy bit obsessed with Kevin Hearne. I've read everything he has written, and non of it has let me down. Kill the Farm Boy was hilarious! It is a mash up of many "fairy tales" but they are all turned on their head a bit. I loved every word of this book! The characters and world building are fantastic! I can't wait for more Tales of Pell!

A delightful romp that is both a parody of stereotypes in fantasy literature as well as society, slightly reminiscent of the 1980s fantasy parodies but with a bit more bite. I enjoyed it

I like Hearne's writing and requested this book based on that. The story is really not bad. I understand they are trying to poke fun at the fantasy tropes and this sometimes causes the plot to suffer because they are fitting in a bunch of those tropes to mock. 14 year old me would have loved this book and given it five stars. 44 year old me got tired of the penis jokes. There is an elven kingdom the party ventures through called the Morningwood and so you have to suffer through a couple chapters of middle school jokes about morning wood. And the jokes keep coming (see what I did there? That's the way the whole book is). I wanted to give up on the book, but since I had agreed to read it through I finished it but have zero desire to ever revisit it.

FANTASTIC! This book had me laughing, giggle-snorting and just downright enjoying. If you took Shrek, Monty Python and Fractured Fairytales added copious amounts of alcohol and shook well this is what would have spewed out.
Many fantastic stories start with what if… The authors of Kill The Farm Boy started with what if instead of… and nailed each trope to the wall and remade it into a whole new image. No blonde haired, blue eyed, square jawed perfect hero in this tale; well okay there is one but…
If you are out for a good time, quirky characters, action, adventure, and a not-quite-dead wanna be hero, read this book.
Warning: You will laugh out loud possibly annoying neighbors and may accidentally douche your nose if you drink and read at the same time. You have been warned.

I absolutely love Gustave. Fun, interesting and hilarious. Take an adventure with 5 amazingly unique characters for the ride of a lifetime. I had to know what would happen next.