4.5 stars! Tilda is a retired adventurer, working as a bar maid in a quant town, and hoping her past never comes to find her. After 10 years, her past has found her by happenstance and given her an ultimatum… she returns the artifact she has in return for someone she cares deeply for. Tilda is strongarmed into taking some wanna-be teenaged adventures with her on her quest. They antics of these teenagers are exactly how you would expect teenagers to behave, even in the face of danger and possible death. It is a lot at times, and Tilda has to decide if she will continue. Now is Tilda’s chance. Will she adventure up or run away again? This was a charming story, and it reads very much like a D&D story, I do look forward to further Tilda and company adventures.
“Yeah, well, this isn’t exactly a book. It’s real life, and in real life, the stakes are always death.”