Third Eye by Felicia Day [Audible, 2023]

Third Eye

by

Felicia Day



Good, clean, silly magical fun.
This was a road-book for me, i.e, I used to listen to it in little chunks as I would go to and from work.

Felicia Day has long been a unique creative force, especially in the geekier realm of the entertainment world.
This time she brings to the table a passion project with a great star cast that includes Neil Gaiman, of all people, as a somewhat snarky and hilariously deadpan-ish narrator. Day leads the cast as the main character of Laurel Pettigrew, a.k.a, the loser, a.k.a., the chosen one who failed to defeat the dread Lord Tybus – a truly downtrodden shell of a person. There are also the voice talents of Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, LilyPichu and several others as members of the formerly magical realm and they are all a blast to listen to as it really seems like the cast is having a great time with the material.

As for the story itself, I was very pleasantly surprised. The basic premise of a failed “Chosen One” is not a common trope and here it is handled quite nicely – and it is at times downright hilarious with Days almost trademark awkward character styling (which harkened back a bit, to her debut on The Guild) being a perfect fit for Laurel. Then there are her insane house mates: an insanely self-absorbed fairy/her best friend who is never any help and Frank the reclusive, bald and paunchy Vampire, the “normie” Kate who upends her world, the douche-y local enforcer (Wheaton in full form) of dread Lord Tybus’ will and so many more who all seem to be both extremely well-written and perfectly cast to build on the tale.
It is an extremely well-written tale that is more than just a comedic fantasy. Over the course of the story, while we laugh and cry (with laughter), Day and her team have managed to craft a tale that also deals with the concept of fate and bucking the narrative built for your life, dealing with and growing after failure, controlling parents and learning to look at yourself through your own eyes and not the eyes of others.
I’m not sure how or if they would ever follow this up with another story set in this world and with these characters – but if they did, I would check it out for sure and regardless, this is a very solid and enjoyable adventure that is a great standalone.

If you’re a fan of Felicia Day’s previous projects and her style of story-telling, you also will most assuredly enjoy this newest work. From the start it felt like Audible let her have a very free hand with it all (or fate just went her way) and it all features her unique charm from start to finish.
For a comedic fantasy good time, I would highly recommend checking this out.

The full cast includes: Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, Christopher Judge, Carolyn Seymour, Laraine Newman, Wil Wheaton, Danny Pudi, Sean Astin, LilyPichu, London Hughes, Alan Tudyk, Nyima Funk, Hudson Yang, Amir Talai, Sean Giambrone, Jade Hykush, Janet Varney, Lila Sage Bromley, Amy Okuda, Phil LaMarr, Steve Agee, Kate Micucci, Jeff Lewis, Troy Baker, Harvey Guillén, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Kristian Nairn, and Jonah Ray Rodrigues.

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