The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Carl and Princess Donut refuse to be prey in the fifth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition!
Attention. Attention. The gates are down. The hunters are loose.
Run, Run, Run.
A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade.” But that’s not all.
Just when Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, think they’ve seen it all as they compete to survive in the galaxy’s most popular game show, the latest dungeon level introduces a terrible new threat.
The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds.
As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, outside tourists are finally allowed to enter the game, and they are ready to hunt. Among them is Vrah, a famed and veteran hunter, intent on collecting the biggest trophy of her career.
But her prey is far from harmless, and this season they are fighting back.
Welcome, crawlers. Welcome to the sixth floor of the dungeon.
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I don't have a review just.... THIS BROKE ME...
"Odette, Darling," Donut asked. "We’re not on air anymore, correct?"
“That’s right,” Odette said. “We’re done.”
Donut suddenly let out a hiss and jumped to my shoulder. “You vile, disgusting bitch,” she spat at Bea, who pulled back in surprise.
“Wh… what?” Bea asked.
“You danced with me. You sang to me. You made me feel loved. I didn’t do anything wrong, and you were going to give me away.”
“What?” Bea asked again.
“I didn’t do anything wrong. Nothing. You were the only person I ever knew. I was born, and you were there. You and Carl. I loved you, and you were my world. My whole world. I know you had a bunch of cats growing up, and maybe I was just nothing to you other than a way to win more ribbons than your mother, but you were the only human I ever knew, and to me, you were everything. And I was so stupid, because I thought since I loved you, that meant you loved me.”
...
“And you were just awful to Carl. And even though he’s big and dumb, he didn’t deserve that. He’s not perfect, and I know he snores and has all these disgusting habits and smelly friends, but what you did to him is not okay. I know I make fun of him sometimes. I can’t help it. I’m a cat. That’s what I do. Plus, I mean, let’s be honest here. He walks right into it most of the time. But you actually betrayed him. We don’t do that to people we love. And you know what, Miss Beatrice? You don’t deserve how sad I feel right now. I still love you. I still miss you, and I hate myself for it. You don’t deserve to get to explain your side of the story. You lost that chance. But I’m glad you escaped. Because if the world ends and none of us survive except for you, I think that’s an even more fitting fate. Because you’re going to be all alone, and maybe then you’ll finally understand how you made me and Carl feel.”
The silence hung heavy in the air.
“You’re not my person anymore,” Donut added. “Carl is. He’s always been.”
And to top it off we also got - "My beautiful boy... Viva la revolución, Carl."
GUTTED!!!!!!
"Odette, Darling," Donut asked. "We’re not on air anymore, correct?"
“That’s right,” Odette said. “We’re done.”
Donut suddenly let out a hiss and jumped to my shoulder. “You vile, disgusting bitch,” she spat at Bea, who pulled back in surprise.
“Wh… what?” Bea asked.
“You danced with me. You sang to me. You made me feel loved. I didn’t do anything wrong, and you were going to give me away.”
“What?” Bea asked again.
“I didn’t do anything wrong. Nothing. You were the only person I ever knew. I was born, and you were there. You and Carl. I loved you, and you were my world. My whole world. I know you had a bunch of cats growing up, and maybe I was just nothing to you other than a way to win more ribbons than your mother, but you were the only human I ever knew, and to me, you were everything. And I was so stupid, because I thought since I loved you, that meant you loved me.”
...
“And you were just awful to Carl. And even though he’s big and dumb, he didn’t deserve that. He’s not perfect, and I know he snores and has all these disgusting habits and smelly friends, but what you did to him is not okay. I know I make fun of him sometimes. I can’t help it. I’m a cat. That’s what I do. Plus, I mean, let’s be honest here. He walks right into it most of the time. But you actually betrayed him. We don’t do that to people we love. And you know what, Miss Beatrice? You don’t deserve how sad I feel right now. I still love you. I still miss you, and I hate myself for it. You don’t deserve to get to explain your side of the story. You lost that chance. But I’m glad you escaped. Because if the world ends and none of us survive except for you, I think that’s an even more fitting fate. Because you’re going to be all alone, and maybe then you’ll finally understand how you made me and Carl feel.”
The silence hung heavy in the air.
“You’re not my person anymore,” Donut added. “Carl is. He’s always been.”
And to top it off we also got - "My beautiful boy... Viva la revolución, Carl."
GUTTED!!!!!!
This series is just incredible. There are so many intricacies and detail that brings humor to an actually deep plot. This book felt like a big turning point where Carl and gang really are building their vengeance plans and we see all of our characters starting to come into their own within the dungeon. I felt my heart drop just as much as I laughed out loud and could not wait to get right into the next one!
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