Critical Failures X

Caverns and Creatures, Book 10

By: Robert Bevan

Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep

Having established leverage over Mordred and influence in the Cardinian government, Tim is ready to move forward with the next phase of his plan. But Mordred has an ace up his sleeve that could shift the balance of power back in his favor.

Cooper and Nabi attempt to reunite with the rest of the gang.

Stacy and Dave are forced to put their differences aside and work together to avoid capture and execution.

Julian tries to find something productive to do while Chaz goes a little too far with the rockstar lifestyle.

Katherine is done taking shit from old foes.

Randy struggles with moral quandaries. Denise does not.

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just getting better and better

I second so many who say that unlike many other series, Bevan's work continues to improve. The characters develop, incrementally. It's tricky; long running sitcoms struggle with this. You don't want them to become one trick ponies (Seinfeld quit on top b/c of this), but you also don't want them all becoming so human and relatable that they're boring (MASH). The gang here continue to screw up in predictable fashion, but do learn a little as they go, and it's enjoyable and rewarding

The story and world continue to unfold at an interesting comprehensible rate. Enough new to be fun, not so detailed you have to reread 3 books to have any idea what's going on.

Happy to see the excellent work with Sleep continues, as well. Now to wait until 11....

Strong character development and surprising twists for the Failures.

Easily in the top 10 in the Critical Failures series! The characters go to the next level, lots of laughs, and as always with the Critical Failures audiobooks the narration is great.

Best Critical Failures book yet!

This was hands down the best book in the series so far, and I’ve listened to every single one of them (including the stories in between each book) at least 3-4 times each. Awesome story and character progression, and the funniest book yet!

Great addition to the caverns and creatures series

Killer bard songs and kickass hilarious narrative. Can’t wait until the next book in the series.

Most epic while also most troubling.

While the full laughs ive listened to this series for are here, the author takes a darker more serious approach in multiple directions that undercut the heartfelt moments that felt very earned. Its a juxtaposition not all will take to and im certainly still processing it too.