This was such a fun cozy read. I enjoyed the characters and their world.

Thank you to netgalley for my advanced copy, my opinions are my own.

This is a “rom-quest” by three authors: Bridget Morrissey, Emily Wibberly, and Austin Siegemund-Broka. I have read and enjoyed books by all of them! This is their first collaboration and first fantasy book, and I think it’s fairly easy to tell. I had a good time reading this one, but it felt like a fantasy book written by people who’ve read very few fantasy books. The writing was in many places kind of clunky. I enjoyed the characters themselves, and the plot had a lot of very good (and funny) moments, but overall it just felt like a caricature of a romantasy book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!

Oh my god - this was so pleasantly surprising as a novel. It just fulfilled all the cozy fantasy/questing vibes that you might want, and the way in which the author weaves in elements of their shared adventure and past is just enough that I have enough information without needing to write a whole prequel quest book. And I must say, I so enjoyed this unique choice of timeline - I love that we aren't delving into the details of the "save the world" but rather in this unhurried, after-the-story timeline, where we pick up with our heroes and how they've suffered from their quests.

We have 3 POVs, heroes who have completed their quest to save the world, reeling from the loss of their leader and figuring out what life might look like 10 years later. Each one of our heroes is suffering from different impacts of their fame. One suffers from immense guilt; the other from hatred for the world for taking away her brother; the final from imposter syndrome. All of them have gone their separate ways in isolation, despite the fact that Clare and Beatrice have this yearning and second-chance romance to them, and Elowen has her own little sapphic love story grumpy-sunshine thing going on.

For any fans of the Hart & Mercy series and their world, this book will absolutely satisfy that cozy adventurous itch, while simultaneously addressing incredibly serious topics without being overwhelming or heavy handed.

What happens after the quest is done? In This Will Be Fun we find a group of former friends forced back together. They saved the world, but haven't spoken since. Now, as they journey together to a wedding their past feelings and miscommunications are brought into the light. This story is part fantasy, adventure, and romance. It doesn't take itself too seriously and the world rules are a bit gray, however, I found this added to the fun. I enjoyed the group's exploits more than the romances. The story leans into the characters hiding their feelings and isolating themselves. As a reader, this is a frustrating trope and what I liked the least about the story.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon books for the advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

This book is interesting. It is a very heavy character driven book but the 3 main characters are okay. They aren't very "loud" personalities so it comes off as dull and hard to really get into the book. The characters are trying to navigate grief and old history when given another quest that brings them together. The quest is a side plot but their interactions is suppose to be the star of the book. From the 3 povs I didn't really care for any of them, they each have interesting magic and own personal conflicts but again they are very meh personalities that nothing really stood out and the plot was so minor and nothing major happens to make it super compelling. Overall the book was okay. I do love that all the characters are in their 30s and not in their 20s and with them being older they aren't parents. The story started off wonderfully but as it went on it started to fall off.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon for the opportunity to read their E-ARC. This is my honest opinion.

I enjoyed the idea of this book. The concept of a group of adventurers reuniting for one last adventure is a sitcom waiting to happen. The world inside this novel was also creative with a sprinkling of modern technology in fantasy. It's very tongue-in-cheek and I found it amusing. The plot itself just felt very slow and repetitive in information dumping. It was written by three authors and I think this attributed to some of this problem.

Quite possibly the worst book I have ever read. Terrible characters, zero plot, nothing happens. Even the intense battle scenes lacked any action.

Thank you to Netgalley, Avon and Harper Voyager, and EB Asher for the chance to read this book in exchange for my honest opinion.

This Will Be Fun is truly that, fun. The translation of modern concepts (paparazzi, tv shows, Las Vegas) to versions appropriate to the time are so creative.

The history and camaraderie amongst the questors is a fun dynamic that brings its own conflict AND enjoyment.

Read if you like:
-3 POVs
-Sapphic love
-Cozy Fantasy
- Second chance romance x2
-Saving the realm

This Will Be Fun is indeed fun. Memorable characters on a quest while dealing with the fallout of their previous outing takes current details and places them in the context of this undefined, rather-medieval time. Twists and turns while we are taken back and forth between the different character's perspectives from the past and now.

Thank you Avon and NetGalley for an E-ARC of this book.

This Will Be Fun was a book that piqued my interest when I first started to see the arc's circulating social media. The description sold me as soon as I read it was The Princess Bride meets People We Meet on Vacation. But after finishing this book I think it's a bit more than that. This reminded me of Shrek, Ella Enchanted, The Princess Bride, and many other movies that held that "traditional Fantasy" setting with quirky and fun representations of the modern world but "medieval-ized".

We follow 3 different POV's of former friends and realm "heroes" 10 years after their greatest and last adventure together to save their realms Queen. Reunited to attend a royal wedding, they never thought to speak again but happen to find themselves on a new adventure.

This is classified as a cozy fantasy and I would say that it leans more in this direction despite the plot running around an adventure. This is much more of a character driven story than a plot driven and while I enjoyed myself it took me at least halfway through the book before I could become fully invested.

It normally doesn't bug me when we jump into the center of an already existing story where all the characters have history and a backstory but I still feel like this book just scraped the surface level of the depth it could've gone. I love a cozy fantasy, I don't even mind character driven stories instead of plot based ones. But, while I enjoyed this book I had pre-set my expectations lower after reading a couple reviews before starting my own arc. This focuses almost exclusively on the 2 separate second chance romances in the story and while there is action and adventure it is very much glanced over or solved relatively quickly. The romance is also almost exclusively pining and sometimes repetitive in their fretting over the same things. I was also left a bit unclear on how the magic system actually functioned, at times it felt like magic was extremely common but then at the same time only a select few possessed it and it was rarer.

Unlike a few others the modern day ideas but made medieval didn't bother me, I enjoy this type of tongue in cheek humor and thought they had achieved that well. It was a cute story, I was surprised to find out it was written by 3 different authors and I think that may have been part of the reason some ideas didn't quite connect for me. Maybe a couple more passes, or even a prequel novella would've helped me connect a little deeper.

I do recommend this book, especially for those who are looking for a character driven cozy fantasy that has very minimal spice and light adventure.

<i>This Will Be Fun</i> is a tale about three ex-friends who once saved the realm. It features incredibly lovable characters (both main and secondary), a lot of character growth and healing, and some hilarious scenarios and timing. But it's also accompanied by poor pacing, a plot that isn't well laid out (or perhaps thought out), and a questionable ending. I'm having the hardest time rating this book because while the character work was top notch, and the cozy fantasy vibes were on point, the storyline really struggled, which made it hard for me to stay focused.

A cozy romantasy novel about a group of heroes after their heroic deeds, This Will Be Fun is an enjoyably-contemporary work of magical fiction. The novel starts just before the heroes save the city, and then jumps a decade into the future, where they are grappling with fame (or infamy) and the messy parts of life. I particularly enjoyed the stand-ins for technology in this world, with their own Uber-style chariot services, magical text message alternatives, and so on. In all, it was a thoroughly clever novel.

Content warnings: divorce, grief, past loss of a sibling, kidnapping, violence

Elowen, Beatrice, and Clare are heroes of the realm -- three quarters of the mythical Four that saved the kingdom of Mythria. The fourth who didn't live to see their success was Elowen's brother Galwell, who sacrificed himself to save the world.

But what happens when the quest is over and the heroes have to return to regular life? The novel joins the heroes a decade later, with each shouldering the burden of the past in different ways. Clare is a celebrity who's often voted as the Sexiest Man Alive, Elowen lives as a hermit with her online friends for company, and Beatrice is witnessing the end of her marriage to a nobleman.

When they cross paths again, a new threat is growing and our antiheroes are the ones most equipped to save the day once again. They must also face their shared loss and the past that drove them apart.

The novel reads like a fantasy set in modern times; you can hire an Uber (wagon), magazines are published, there's an online community, and shadow plays are like modern TV. The modern-but-not world gives this book a very different feel from typical sword and sorcery fantasy novels. Recommended for fans of contemporary fantasy and humorous fantasy.

This was a cute story, and the characters were likable. It has multiple POV's, which I personally enjoy, and all the characters had interesting back stories.

They are on a quest to save the land, but I felt like I needed a bit more world building.

This story reminded me of the Dungeons and Dragons movie. Four heroes who lose their leader on their quest to defeat an evil reunite for the queen’s upcoming nuptials. But when her fiancé is kidnapped, they must cooperate and trust in their own abilities to defeat the re-emerging evil that they thought they had defeated already.

Funny, adventurous, and romantic. The pacing g For the first half of the story was a little slow but overall a fun read.

I enjoyed THIS WILL BE FUN. It’s about three friends who went on a successful quest 10 years ago, that changed their lives (not for the better. They haven’t spoken for 10 years and they are brought together for a new quest. It’s very entertaining and each chapter is written from one of their perspective. It has some humorous moments and some touching. It was a good story.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an E-Arc!

This book was indeed very fun, and I found myself smiling throughout it; I told my husband before I was even half way through I wanted to buy a copy once it's published.

I love these 2 authors. Their romcom’s are my favorites. I honestly don’t really know how I felt about this book, I can appreciate that authors want to try new things. I just wasn’t super hooked with this one.

I am so honored I got the chance to read the ARC of this book. Ever since I first heard of it I was so intrigued by the story and I’ve never read anything by these authors before. What happens next after saving the world? It’s such an interesting concept for a fantasy book and I loved how it went. I really did enjoy reading this book. It was a little hard to get into but that’s mostly because of all the things I had going on in my life. Once I got going I was really invested in the story. It’s definitely a book I would recommend if it sounds appealing to you. There were some parts that I was squealing over and getting upset over but the show of a good book is the emotions it gives you. I love the ending and think it is a very nice cozy fantasy read!

I was hooked in by the "Princess Bride vibes" of the cover blurb and promise of queer representation, and This Will Be Fun *mostly* delivered. The downside was that I did take a while to get into the swing of the characters and story--when we meet Beatrice, Clare, and Elowyn, they are the emo-est stages that mostly-grown adults can be having experienced major comedowns after "The End" of an epic quest. Also, bringing us into the story directly from Galwell's perspective...and then focusing almost entirely on the other three (for, admittedly good plot-related reasons that I will not spoil here) was a bit jarring.

However, once I was able to settle into the worldbuilding and the characters got all their moping out, things started to improve. The flirting and banter between Vandra and Elowyn was charming and I found myself more enchanted by Vandra's role in the story than in learning about how the Main Three healed their friendship. I also really wished for more background on how the magic (hand, heart, and head) works in the world--we're given a dive into the POV characters' specific talents, but there aren't many other magic users mentioned in the story which leaves this element feeling a bit shallow. I did enjoy the sly nods to get to the premise of hybrid fantasy/modern--Harpy & Hind for Starbucks, Rent-a-Wagon for Uber/Lyft...but bachelor parties are universal! Overall, a charming take and an interesting concept, but seemed to lack a bit of depth and polish.

4 out of 5 stars