Too Many Villains!

I’ll admit, I side-eyed the title *Too Many Villains!* as a gimmick—until I hit play and realized Brallier wasn’t kidding. This audiobook is a *looney tunes* script masquerading as a kids’ adventure, and I mean that as high praise. The story follows Jack and his friends as they face off against a rogue’s gallery so overstuffed it feels like a villainous timeshare: a sentient slime mold with daddy issues, a washed-up mad scientist, and a gang of monsters who keep tripping over their own evil plans. The humor lands because it’s *specific*—jokes about monster unionization or a villain’s Yelp review for a lair rental service had me laughing out loud. Robbie Daymond’s performance is a masterclass in comic timing. He doesn’t just *read* the lines; he *throws* them, like a stand-up comedian who’s two espressos deep. His Jack is the perfect sarcastic straight man, while his villain voices—especially the whiny, nasally Dr. Dread—are so exaggerated they loop back to brilliant. My only critique? The pacing occasionally sacrifices coherence for chaos. A few action sequences blur together, and the ending’s wrap-up feels rushed, like Brallier suddenly remembered he had a word count. Also, parents be warned: the humor skews *slightly* older than the 8+ label suggests (think *Rick and Morty* lite). But if you’ve got a kid who loves fast, funny, and relentlessly weird, this is a home run. Just maybe not for car rides—you *will* miss your exit.