The Court Bard is a fine addition to this series. I enjoy video game literature. This one, like many, is Isekai flavor. Very standard character archetypes with standard races and classes in the Tolkien approach to fantasy. Those things are standard for a reason though and if that’s what you’re looking for this is the book for you.
The narration for this book is top notch. Soundbooth Theater has never let me down. These narrators bring books to life in a fantastic way that elevates the experience significantly. With this book in particular they’ve gone a step further and added actual violin segments to enhance the bard’s playing in a way that truly makes this the best way to experience these books.
This is not the first book in this series. I occasionally like to begin some series in the middle and some series don’t really matter where you begin, but I recommend beginning this series from book one. A lot of the key moments of this book pay off character interactions that will only really be meaningful to those who come in from the beginning. So if you’re new to this series I recommend picking up the early books first.