A Bad Place to Be a Hero

I found A Bad Place To Be A Hero by Jerry F. Westinger by looking for free or cheap books on kobo. Never heard of the title or the author, but the cover and blurb were intriguing, so I jumped right in! I wasn't disappointed, as it is a quick to read story. I enjoyed just how different the main charac......more

Full disclosure, someone gifted me this book/series as a gift. Boy, did they get it spot on! I found the story twists and the adventure enjoyable enough to finish in two days. The characters are not meant to be likable in many ways, but I was rooting for them to accomplish their goals. There is too......more

Reviewed on Reedsy Discovery: [URL not allowed]-b... A Bad Place to Be a Hero is a fantasy mystery with a set of morally gray characters that will pull you in. The worldbuilding is extremely well done, so much so that it made me hope for future stories set in the same world at least......more

I always like to take a chance and read books by new authors, especially if they fit into the fantasy genre. This one was well worth the read. Westinger takes the common themes found in crime dramas and pulls it into the fantasy realm. He doesn't rely on old beat up tropes, he takes them and expands......more

Unlikely protagonists Alternate universe, fantasy, magic, suspense, murder mystery The three main protagonists are more anti-heroes, and one of the characters has a pithy saying about heroes. The story is initially chaotic, before coming together, with twists and turn right till the end, with a tantal......more