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product_id: 56570053
title: "Promises, Promises: A Romp with Plenty of Dykes, a Unicorn, an Ogre, an Oracle, a Quest, a Princess, and True Love with a Happily Ever After"
brand: "l-j baker"
price: "A$39"
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# Promises, Promises: A Romp with Plenty of Dykes, a Unicorn, an Ogre, an Oracle, a Quest, a Princess, and True Love with a Happily Ever After

**Brand:** l-j baker
**Price:** A$39
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- **What is this?** Promises, Promises: A Romp with Plenty of Dykes, a Unicorn, an Ogre, an Oracle, a Quest, a Princess, and True Love with a Happily Ever After by l-j baker
- **How much does it cost?** A$39 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    "You know, going on adventures sound great. Until you actually do it."
  

*by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2017*

"You know, going on adventures sound great. Until you actually do it." Drusilla, dispossessed princess of an oppressed people.Promises, Promises is one of those books that people have been telling me I need to read for years. It features witches, oracles, a Red Sonja-like warrior woman, and, as the cover proclaims, plenty of dykes.But more importantly, it is a fun story with some great and memorial characters.  This is L-J Baker's first foray into comedy and it's a ton of fun.In the pages of this book she lampoons and satirizes: Star Wars, Dune, Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Princess Bride, Shrek, the Valdemar Books, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, Eragon, Narnia, every fairy tale, Buffy, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (many times), Harry Potter, Monte Python and the Holy Grail, Conan, and of course lots, and lots of D&D.Not all her jokes hit the mark, but there are so many you don't really care.  This is not, as others have claimed. a Xanth-like novel, but the comparison is a fair one.I honestly believe that L-J Baker had to have been (or still is) a gamer.  The references are too well done and actually too lovingly well done to be anything else other than admiration.  Yes she is poking fun at some long-held tropes but in such a way as only someone who has loved these tropes can.If you love stories of adventures or games of them, then I would suggest getting this for those reasons alone. It points out some of the most ridiculous situations adventurers often find themselves in, but again does it in such a way as never to ridicule, but have light fun.  The lack of proper hair care products, insect repellant, steady wages and sleeping accommodations are only the tip of the iceberg. You quickly learn that every adventuring company needs a "Ruth".A couple of nitpicks. Sometimes the book tries to be too clever. Especially when talking about anachronistic details like flushable toilets and advanced cartography. BUT even these are meant to poke fun at modern biases you see in many fantasy books, especially ones based on game worlds.Also I picked up the audio-book for this and the narrator really has a an odd way of pronoucing some words. Not sure what was going on here, but I cringed every time she would say "talons". Other words she just didn't know how to pronounce. I picked up the Kindle version too just to make sure I was not mishearing something.All in all, though the book was extremely fun and enjoyable. There is a good story here and even a message about not having to go out to seek something that you already have.It's no spoiler that there is a Happily-Ever-After (it's on the cover) but like all adventures, most of the fun is getting there anyway.Thank you my internet minions for suggesting this book to me! Now go forth and find me more!(Or...if I take the lesson from this tale, I should just go over to my tower of "To Be Read" and tackle that."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Absolutely Hilarious!
  

*by F***Y on Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2022*

Kept me laughing out loud the whole way through. The characters are so entertaining and lovable you can't help but cheer them on.  I devoured the whole thing in a single day!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Highly entertaining and self-aware
  

*by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2017*

I haven't laughed out loud at a book in ages! Baker definitely had me chuckling throughout. Highly recommend this to anyone looking for a lighthearted fantasy story involving multiple queer female characters. With so many dark and tortured romances out there, Baker's fantasy romcom is very refreshing. The 4th wall is broken several times and no trope is left unacknowledged.A note of caution to younger queer readers: the term "dyke" is used many times throughout this book, primarily as a term of self-identity. As it is a slightly older novel, one must remember that is was a very common self-referential around its time, though i has fallen out of favor in recent years.That aside, buy this book and ENJOY!

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