diff --git a/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/Flurl/FlurlGraphQLException.cs b/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/Flurl/FlurlGraphQLException.cs
index 4dc25b2..9278f80 100644
--- a/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/Flurl/FlurlGraphQLException.cs
+++ b/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/Flurl/FlurlGraphQLException.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Text;
@@ -11,13 +12,17 @@ public class FlurlGraphQLException : Exception
     {
         private readonly string _errorMessage = null;
 
-        public FlurlGraphQLException(string message, string graphqlQuery, object graphQLResponsePayload = null, HttpStatusCode httpStatusCode = HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, Exception innerException = null)
-            : base(message, innerException)
+        public FlurlGraphQLException(
+            string message, 
+            string graphqlQuery, 
+            object graphQLResponsePayload = null, 
+            HttpStatusCode httpStatusCode = HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, 
+            Exception innerException = null
+        ) : base(message, innerException)
         {
             Query = graphqlQuery;
             HttpStatusCode = httpStatusCode;
 
-            //TODO: Verify if string is the optimal way to handle this vs Json JObject, etc.
             switch (graphQLResponsePayload)
             {
                 case string jsonString: ErrorResponseContent = jsonString; break;
@@ -27,13 +32,18 @@ public FlurlGraphQLException(string message, string graphqlQuery, object graphQL
 
             //Because this may be a result from a non-200-OK request response we attempt to inspect the response payload and possibly parse out
             //  error details that may be available in the Error Response Content (but not already parsed and available (e.g. when GraphQL responds with 400-BadRequest).
-            GraphQLErrors = ParseGraphQLErrorsFromPayload(ErrorResponseContent);
+            GraphQLErrors = ParseGraphQLErrorsFromPayloadSafely(ErrorResponseContent);
 
             _errorMessage = BuildErrorMessage(message, GraphQLErrors, innerException);
         }
 
-        public FlurlGraphQLException(IReadOnlyList<GraphQLError> graphqlErrors, string graphqlQuery, string graphqlResponsePayloadContent = null, HttpStatusCode httpStatusCode = HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, Exception innerException = null)
-            : base(string.Empty, innerException)
+        public FlurlGraphQLException(
+            IReadOnlyList<GraphQLError> graphqlErrors, 
+            string graphqlQuery, 
+            string graphqlResponsePayloadContent = null, 
+            HttpStatusCode httpStatusCode = HttpStatusCode.BadRequest, 
+            Exception innerException = null
+        ) : base(string.Empty, innerException)
         {
             GraphQLErrors = graphqlErrors;
             Query = graphqlQuery;
@@ -62,7 +72,7 @@ protected string GetMessageInternal()
                 : _errorMessage;
         }
 
-        protected static IReadOnlyList<GraphQLError> ParseGraphQLErrorsFromPayload(string errorResponseContent)
+        protected static IReadOnlyList<GraphQLError> ParseGraphQLErrorsFromPayloadSafely(string errorResponseContent)
         {
             if (errorResponseContent.TryParseJObject(out var errorJson))
             {
@@ -83,8 +93,8 @@ protected static string BuildErrorMessage(string message, IReadOnlyList<GraphQLE
 
             var errorMessages = graphqlErrors.Select(e =>
             {
-                var locations = string.Join("; ", e.Locations.Select(l => $"At={l.Line},{l.Column}"));
-                var locationText = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(locations) ? $" [{locations}]" : null;
+                var concatenatedLocations = string.Join("; ", e.Locations?.Select(l => $"At={l.Line},{l.Column}") ?? Enumerable.Empty<string>());
+                var locationText = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(concatenatedLocations) ? $" [{concatenatedLocations}]" : null;
 
                 var path = BuildGraphQLPath(e);
                 var pathText = path != null ? $" [For={path}]" : null;
@@ -112,9 +122,9 @@ protected static string BuildGraphQLPath(GraphQLError graphqlError)
             bool isFirst = true;
             foreach (var p in graphqlError.Path)
             {
-                if (p is int pathIndex)
+                if (IsNumeric(p))
                 {
-                    stringBuilder.Append("[").Append(pathIndex).Append("]");
+                    stringBuilder.Append("[").Append(p).Append("]");
                 }
                 else if (p is string pathString)
                 {
@@ -127,5 +137,10 @@ protected static string BuildGraphQLPath(GraphQLError graphqlError)
 
             return stringBuilder.ToString();
         }
+
+        protected static bool IsNumeric(object obj) => 
+            obj is sbyte || obj is byte || obj is short || obj is ushort 
+            || obj is int || obj is uint || obj is long || obj is ulong 
+            || obj is float || obj is double || obj is decimal;
     }
 }
diff --git a/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/Flurl/FlurlGraphQLRequest.cs b/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/Flurl/FlurlGraphQLRequest.cs
index a17acf5..6ca8539 100644
--- a/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/Flurl/FlurlGraphQLRequest.cs
+++ b/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/Flurl/FlurlGraphQLRequest.cs
@@ -356,17 +356,18 @@ protected async Task<FlurlGraphQLResponse> ExecuteRequestWithExceptionHandling(F
             }
             catch (FlurlHttpException httpException)
             {
-                var httpStatusCode = (HttpStatusCode?)httpException?.StatusCode;
+                var responseHttpStatusCode = (HttpStatusCode?)httpException?.StatusCode;
                 var errorContent = await httpException.GetResponseStringSafelyAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                if (httpStatusCode is HttpStatusCode.BadRequest)
-                    throw new FlurlGraphQLException(
-                        $"[{(int)HttpStatusCode.BadRequest}-{HttpStatusCode.BadRequest}] The GraphQL server returned a bad request response for the query."
-                        + " This is likely caused by a malformed, or non-parsable query; validate the query syntax, operation name, arguments, etc."
-                        + " to ensure that the query is valid.", this.GraphQLQuery, errorContent, httpStatusCode.Value, httpException
-                    );
-                else
+                if (!errorContent.IsDuckTypedJson()) 
                     throw;
+                
+                var httpStatusCode = responseHttpStatusCode ?? HttpStatusCode.BadRequest;
+                throw new FlurlGraphQLException(
+                    $"[{(int)httpStatusCode}-{httpStatusCode}] The GraphQL server returned an error response for the query."
+                    + " This is likely caused by a malformed/non-parsable query, or a Schema validation issue; please validate the query syntax, operation name, and arguments"
+                    + " to ensure that the query is valid.", this.GraphQLQuery, errorContent, httpStatusCode, httpException
+                );
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/FlurlGraphQL.Querying.csproj b/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/FlurlGraphQL.Querying.csproj
index 26ec3e5..961611e 100644
--- a/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/FlurlGraphQL.Querying.csproj
+++ b/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/FlurlGraphQL.Querying.csproj
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 	<PropertyGroup>
 		<TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;netstandard2.1</TargetFrameworks>
-		<Version>1.3.1</Version>
-		<AssemblyVersion>1.3.1</AssemblyVersion>
-		<FileVersion>1.3.1</FileVersion>
+		<Version>1.3.2</Version>
+		<AssemblyVersion>1.3.2</AssemblyVersion>
+		<FileVersion>1.3.2</FileVersion>
 		<Authors>BBernard / CajunCoding</Authors>
 		<Company>CajunCoding</Company>
 		<Description>GraphQL client extensions for Flurl.Http -- lightweight, simplified, asynchronous, fluent GraphQL client API extensions for the amazing Flurl Http library!</Description>
diff --git a/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/NewtonsoftJson/NewtonsoftJsonExtensions.cs b/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/NewtonsoftJson/NewtonsoftJsonExtensions.cs
index af2ba6b..db6e578 100644
--- a/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/NewtonsoftJson/NewtonsoftJsonExtensions.cs
+++ b/FlurlGraphQL.Querying/NewtonsoftJson/NewtonsoftJsonExtensions.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace FlurlGraphQL.Querying
 {
     internal static class NewtonsoftJsonExtensions
     {
-        public static bool TryParseJObject(this string jsonText, out JToken json)
+        public static bool TryParseJObject(this string jsonText, out JObject json)
         {
             try
             {