Much Ado About Dragons

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Segorian Anderson’s an Idiot. But that’s fine with him. It’s a well paying job with no heavy lifting.
Nobody ever remembers Segorian. It isn’t magic—he just has the sort of face his own mother could forget, and she’s been trying to for years. But being forgettable is a job requirement for an Idiot.
No, he's not the Court Jester. He doesn’t wear motley (whatever motley may be). That's a different union. He’s the Idiot. In a Queen’s castle, wine spilt down the wrong dress can lead to war, so someone unimportant has to be blamed for it. That’s the Idiot’s job. He’s the Idiot that did it, for any value of ‘it’. Of course, as soon as he’s exiled-for-life out of the castle gate, he uses his back-door key and sneaks back in. But that's not all. Someday, something really bad will happen. Really, really bad. Badder than a bad thing on a very bad day with extra badness. When the world’s about to end (or the washing up won’t get done—whichever comes first), who you gonna call? No, not them. They haven’t been invented yet. You call the Idiot, someone nobody will miss if things don’t work out. And now Peladon has a case of dragon.
But the dragon may be the easy part. Segorian has woman trouble, and he’s the only person in the castle who doesn’t know it. Because to Segorian, women are an open book. The problem is, he never learned to read…

Segorian Anderson’s an Idiot. But that’s fine with him. It’s a well paying job with no heavy lifting.
Nobody ever remembers Segorian. It isn’t magic—he just has the sort of face his own mother could forget, and she’s been trying to for years. But being forgettable is a job requirement for an Idiot.
No, he's not the Court Jester. He doesn’t wear motley (whatever motley may be). That's a different union. He’s the Idiot. In a Queen’s castle, wine spilt down the wrong dress can lead to war, so someone unimportant has to be blamed for it. That’s the Idiot’s job. He’s the Idiot that did it, for any value of ‘it’. Of course, as soon as he’s exiled-for-life out of the castle gate, he uses his back-door key and sneaks back in. But that's not all. Someday, something really bad will happen. Really, really bad. Badder than a bad thing on a very bad day with extra badness. When the world’s about to end (or the washing up won’t get done—whichever comes first), who you gonna call? No, not them. They haven’t been invented yet. You call the Idiot, someone nobody will miss if things don’t work out. And now Peladon has a case of dragon.
But the dragon may be the easy part. Segorian has woman trouble, and he’s the only person in the castle who doesn’t know it. Because to Segorian, women are an open book. The problem is, he never learned to read…

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15705926-a-comedy-of-terrors

It made me laugh out loud then. When I reread it this weekend, it made me laugh out loud again.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15705926-a-comedy-of-terrors

I enjoyed this unique style of writing filled with veiled humor. Segorian is the Queen's idiot. An idiot? Hardly. He's an insecure man with a lot to offer. He doesn't know that, but the Queen does.
After danger, dragons, and a strange love story you come to a surprise ending that made me giggle.

https://indtale.com/reviews/paranormal-urban-fantasy/comedy-terrors:

What a delightfully witty novel, written in a tongue-in-cheek style that keeps one laughing over Segorian’s endless antics.  Segorian is not your typical romantic hero.  Bumbling, yet loveable, he is clueless about almost everything – horses, swords, and especially women.  In fact, Segorian is confused for most of the book, and since the story is told from his point of view, so is the reader.  Folks looking for a meaningful love story won’t find it here, but those who persist to the end will discover a surprisingly clever wrap-up that shows the Idiot’s journey in a whole new perspective.   

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