“You aren’t a monster, Nivellen,” the Witcher said dryly. “Pox, that’s something new. So what am I? Cranberry pudding?” A world with monsters good and bad, a trustworthy horse, leather armor with large swords strapped on the back and a loud mouthed poet as dependable friend.

The Last Wish, a novella in The Witcher series, is a collection of short stories introducing the world of The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia. And present us some important characters surrounding him. Like the priestess Nenneke, the poet Dandelion and of course the sorceress Yennefer.

Years back a colleague told me about the best game he ever played: The Witcher Wild Hunt. He promised me I would like it too and he was right. I completely fell in love with the world. After that, I wanted to read the complete serie one day. With the popularity of The Witcher growing, because of its eponymous Netflix show, I realized there was no better time to start.

If you like the show, then you like the books; their almost identical to each other. It had scary monsters, it had humor and it was sexy. The book had an easy writing style as it took the time to explain the world. However, there’s one thing that made me doubt continuing reading it. It’s rather sexist. I considered I loved the world and the character too much to not keep on reading, but take this in consideration if you want to read the serie too. Besides that I loved it. It was a wonderful introduction and it ended with a cliffhanger which made me want to start the follow up immediately.