The Demon Overlord’s Retirement Plan by M H Foster💙📚

Jodi Taylor #BookRecommendation

I don’t know why I picked this up. Possibly chocolate overload has caused my brain to shut down because I have no memory at all of buying this book. However, there it was in my TBR list so I got stuck in.

It’s absolutely delightful. What an unexpected treat. The Demon Overlord in question, bored with annihilating his enemies and causing various apocalypses, decides to retire and settle down. Four hundred and forty-four reincarnations have left him with a desire for the simple life. A future filled with vegetable growing and goat keeping. Appropriating the body of Willem Porter, he retires to the village of Lower Middleton, anticipating rural tranquility and an unending supply of healthy, homegrown vegetables.

Well, obviously, that doesn’t happen, and the tale of how Willem copes with interhuman relationships, village life, uncooperative turnips, taxation, children, and Prometheus the goat is hilarious. And clever. Everything Willem does turns to good. No matter what his intentions, everything has a happy outcome. This can be very disconcerting when you’re a Demon Overlord – even if you are retired.

This is a very understated book. The humour is subtle and the characters well fleshed out. And there’s a sequel which I shall definitely be reading because I can’t wait to find out how the Demon Overlord tackles his next challenge.

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