Review: King Henry #3
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2013
"The Foul Mouth and the Troubled Boomworm" is the third book in the King Henry series ... and Richard Raley did it again ... made me laugh so hard, I almost fell from my couch.Like in the first books of the series two King Henry stories are told in turns. The first is about King Henry, 15 years old at the Institution. The second is about King Henry, 23 years old, now proud artificer shop owner.This time King Henry (15 years) is fighting together with his class mates of Ultra class `09 to win the Winter War - a school tournament - and the heart of Valentine Ward aka the boomworm. Loved to see King Henry trying to win over Val ... along the way King Henry is the oddest/funniest (but most interestingly often successful) matchmaker for his friends. Yeah, King Henry definitely has a way with the girls...King Henry (23 years) owns a clothing print shop as camouflage for his artificer business. When Val - the boomworm - shows up in his shop to ask Henry to help persuade a teenage girl to join the Institution, Henry agrees to help. He presumes it's an easy job and takes it as an opportunity to spend some (hopefully quality) time together with the boomworm. Of course things do not happen as expected and the nice and slow trip to persuade the teenage girl to join the mancy school ends in a wild ride through the country trying to save said girl...The story delivers some really unexpected turns and twists - but I do not want to spoil the story for you, so I cannot reveal more details. After the developments in this book ... there is a LOT potential for more King Henry books. Now I am really curious to see how the story will continue in book 4 ...The Troubled Boomworm is the best book in the series so far! If you like Urban Fantasy and lots of humor - King Henry is for you. King Henry - despite all the swearing and cursing - really grows on you. By now he is one of my favorite book characters.My favorite King Henry quotes:"Sometimes to know a secret, you need to know a secret exists in the first place.""Manners ... they're some scary life-altering s***."My rating: 5 stars / A Keeper!