This book is Minecraft fan fiction, which definitely has an audience. I have 8 year old and 6 year old so I have listened to some of these books with them and I have read another book by the author “Diary of an 8 bit kitten—lost in the nether”, so I knew what I was in for with these books. If you aren’t familiar with Minecraft you probably won’t like this book and it might not make any sense to you.

In this book Runt and his friends have been selected as the best warriors of their village and they are off to represent Villagetown at the Capital. The work together on crafting food items and armor and join in on a battle. Some secret identities and plot lines are revealed, which is exciting for fans. Also, Runt crosses paths with our friend Eebs from the 8-bit kitten books—fans will be excited to see how their stories intersect.

This book was good, but it was my first time reading about Runt, whose adventures have been going on for awhile and made it hard to jump in at this point. The plot was a little confusing and I think it would lose younger readers. I think this would be best for readers in grades 3 and up. There are cool Minecraft-style illustrations and the font size changes to stress certain words, which is good for drawing in young readers.

Special thanks to Netgalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest opinion.

ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

OMG W O W

I didn’t think it’d take THIS long to finish this just homework and school. But Cube Kid does it again. This was my favorite of the collection! Sooo good. I highly recommend this, and I can’t seem to find anything in here that lost my interest. This was too good.