Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for giving me a free copy of this advanced copy of the book to read and review.

This book was so fun! Lots of elements that all had their moments to shine and came together for a satisfying ending. I love the narration style, a mixture of classic oral storytelling and more traditional dialogue and action; it really makes the book feel like part of the DND canon.

Oh Tom O’Donnell how I adore you!
This was a great follow up to the delightful first book Homerooms and Hall Passes. Chock full of witty dialogue, playful commentary on D&D classes and rules, and a reversal of the real world and fantasy world.
I can only hope to see more in this series!

This is such a fun series! I love the characters and the story is entertaining. The plot moves along at a great pace and even if you've never played D & D, you won't be lost and will enjoy this book! I hope the series continues and I can't wait to see what the characters are up to next.

Our crew of adventurers from Bríandalör are settling back into their regular lives of quests and exploration after the whole middle school debacle where they accidentally got transported into their Homerooms and Hall Passes game. But when artifacts from Suburbia (including June's cell phone) start appearing in Bríandalör, the friends know that something is up. They'll have to go back to Suburbia to stop the evil threatening the peace of the H&H world! This time, though, with the advent of Advanced Homerooms and Hall Passes: The Freshman Year of Futility, it will be hard not to "Blow It." Our adventurers will try to conquer fearsome high school milestones like become homecoming king/queen, getting a perfect score on standardized testing, and winning the Battle of the Bands.

With this being a sequel to a book I loved, I was definitely nervous to start this book. For me, this book was a bit of a slower start; words and pages that had been spent on introducing the Briandalorians to Suburbia in the first book weren't needed this time, so O'Donnell was able to focus more on setting up the plot. I'd been looking for the crew to get back to school as soon as possible, so I was a bit impatient during those first few chapters...After that, though, we got plenty of familiar faces as well as lots of new faces in the high school environment. Some parts of the book were very predictable (I wasn't too surprised by the big villain reveal), but even when you know what's coming, this book is still fun and funny. Personally, I loved the addition of music. Dying for the publishers to release an album of all the music cited in the book.

Overall, this sequel was very much in the vein of the first book, predictable, light-hearted fun. And honestly, I wouldn't change anything. Please tell me there will be a third book!