Early candidate for my Top Read of 2017!!!!
I may be taking a risk here, still having March and all that, but I'll call Kings of the Wyld the debut of the year.
“Leaves are falling all around, It's time I was on my way. Thanks to you I'm much obliged, such a pleasant stay.”
Humor is tough to pull off. Inside jokes can fail if they are too deeply buried to be noticed or so obvious they are less a joke and more a reference (hello Scary Movie and all of its knockoffs). Running gags can fall flat if used too often; or worse if they were not even funny in the first place (look up a Nakumara). So when an author proves within pages to be a deft hand with the dealing of jokes I already know I hold a book worth reading.