{"id":13692,"date":"2023-04-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13692"},"modified":"2023-04-25T12:18:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T17:18:16","slug":"v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=13692","title":{"rendered":"V is for very mean, very short APPRENTICE LORD OF DARKNESS, by CED & Jean-Philippe Morin (Graphic novel review) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s peaceful in Alkyll these days, no famine or pestilence in the medieval land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bah! Time for the so-short Apprentice Lord of Darkness to become all-powerful and rule this kingdom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Master of Evil shall be released from his 200-year imprisonment! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the Apprentice Lord of Darkness needs is a secret hideout, some henchmen to do his bidding (and reach things on high shelves), a lot of money, and a plan\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After acquiring bumbling henchmen Gonzag (goblin scared of everything) and Slurp (huge, slimy, silly), the very mean anti-hero eventually finds a semi-suitable meeting place, a book of spells, and a little bit of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, they must hatch and train a dragon<\/a>, then find a fearsome relic of evil power. What’s this? A princess bored with castle life wants to join their evil gang, too?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can the Apprentice Lord of Darkness complete this quest?
Does the land of Alkyll have a hero prepared to stop this pint-sized meanie?
Why is the A.L.D. so intent on world domination? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprises abound in this witty and clever graphic novel about finding one’s place in the world through barbarian battles, extra slime, dragons with attitude, and lots of determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What part of medieval life would you like to experience (temporarily)?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Apprentice Lord of Darkness \/ CED (Cedric Asna); illustrated by Jean-Philippe Morin. Yellow Jacket \/ Little Bee, 2022. [author site<\/a>] [illustrator site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s peaceful in Alkyll these days, no famine or pestilence in the medieval land. Bah! Time for the so-short Apprentice Lord of Darkness to become all-powerful and rule this kingdom! The Master of Evil shall be released from his 200-year imprisonment! All the Apprentice Lord of Darkness needs is a secret hideout, some henchmen to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,19,80,30],"tags":[10,22,11,45,5,70,16,257,18,44,38,111,31,132,15,217,21,35,6,28],"class_list":["post-13692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-fiction","category-graphic-novel","category-legends","tag-a2z","tag-behavior","tag-communication","tag-competition","tag-coping","tag-crime","tag-determination","tag-dragons","tag-family","tag-friendship","tag-magic","tag-non-us-artist","tag-non-us-author","tag-personal-finance","tag-relationships","tag-royalty","tag-self-image","tag-surprises","tag-travel","tag-villains"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13692"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13841,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13692\/revisions\/13841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}