Name: Emma Miller's review of The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom by Justin McElroy
Item: The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom
Rating: 5
Author: Emma Miller

Justin McElroy

Carey Pietsch

Clint McElroy

Travis McElroy

Griffin McElroy

Based on the blockbuster podcast where the McElroy brothers and their dad play a tabletop RPG and illustrated by cartooning powerhouse Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom takes this #1 New York Times bestselling series to haunting new heights. A desperate call for help interrupts holiday celebrations at the Bureau of Balance, and sends Taako, Magnus and Merle on a high-stakes mission to find and Reclaim a fourth deadly relic: a powerful transmutation stone, hidden somewhere in the depths of a floating arcane laboratory that’s home to the Doctors Maureen and Lucas Miller. An unknown menace has seized control of the stone, and is using it to transform the lab into a virulent pink crystal that spreads to everything it touches. It’s only a matter of time before this sparkling disaster crash-lands, but in order to find the stone and save the whole planet from being King Midased, our heroes will have to fight their way through a gauntlet of rowdy robots and crystal golems, decide whether they can trust the evasive Lucas Miller, and solve the mystery of what—or who—has put them all in peril, before there’s no world left to save.

The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom

Ellie Reed

I really love this series! The art style is perfect, especially characters' expressions. Makes me want to re-listen to the podcast!

Emma Miller

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Katie

Another installment of the adaptation of the podcast of the same name (and my favorite of all time) kept me grinning ear to ear the entire time.

I think this book has the biggest difference from the source material in terms of changing the plot. Many side quests and fights were left out for the sake of time, though they were all referenced in one way or another so those familiar with the podcast would get a little joke while new readers wouldn't know they were missing a thing. I loved the earlier inclusion of Kravitz as a part of the crew and all the development between different characters. Hindsight serves this story well, as Clint and Carey have the perspective to see exactly how things will shake out in the end and plant the seeds for that now.

My only complaint? I wish Angus McDonald was on every single page.

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