Kill The Farm Boy by Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne

 

This is the story of the Chosen One and a quest.  But this Chosen One was killed and the job devolved on a talking goat.  He takes off on his quest accompanied by a troupe of companions.  There is the Dark Lord whose farmyard he lives in and who agrees to come as long as there is cheese to be gained.  His right-hand man is an assassin who is deathly afraid of chickens.  After visiting an enchanted castle and princess, the group picks up a bard who has been changed into a rabbit, and a female fighter who is large and in charge.  There are various witches along the way as well, some of whom join the group.

As the group travels, they meet various villains who have to be defeated.  There is Steph, the pixie who did the Choosing and gave Gustave the Goat the power of speech.  There is the Dread Necromancer Steve.  There is a human-eating giant and the Cavern of Tongues.  The group meets each challenge and arrives at their destination where a new King needs to be chosen as the old one just spends his time taxing the peasants and being generally unpleasant.

Delilah Dawson and Kevin Hearne are both well known authors in the fantasy realm.  Together they team up to provide an adventure with lots of comedy, puns and risqué humor.  This is light fantasy rather than grim, although there are battles and deaths along the way.  But the main focus is on the quest and the characters who become a united group and some who fall in love.  This book is recommended for fantasy readers.