Children's ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Dungeons & Dragons: Dungeon Club: Final Face-off
Molly Knox Ostertag · 2025
🎙 Narrated by Full cast: Shaan Dasani, Andre Santana, Katie Anvil Rich, Adriana Santos, Sol Madariaga, Tara Sands, Patricia Santomasso, Christopher Salazar, Elena Rey
78/100
👍 Worth It
Ostertag and Bouma land the series finale with real emotional skill — the parallel between D&D dungeon stakes and middle-school social stakes (crushes, identity, belonging) is genuinely affecting and never condescending. The full nine-person cast brings the graphic novel's distinct voices to life in a way that makes this the rare audiobook where the format actually improves the experience, though families preferring content without LGBTQ+ storylines should note that theme is woven throughout.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: LGBTQ+ inclusive storyline including same-sex crush — not a concern for inclusive families but important for those with specific content preferences. We still scored it 78; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: excellent A nine-person full cast produced by HarperAlley gives each character a distinct voice — this is professional, immersive audiobook production.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety78
Substance / usefulness77
Craft & writing79
Originality75
Evidence & accuracy86
Hype vs delivers81
Age-fit82
👁 Human-eye gut-check78
Penny’s verdict78
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