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That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming

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kimwritesstuff's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

First off, I am now a Kimberly Lemming fan. These books are 🔥. The characters are endearing, and the dialogue is so funny. Reading this reminded me of being single and hungover, recounting the night before with my best friends. Even though I received an ARC of this book, I'm going to purchase all three because I love them that much.

A little content warning: This is an adult romance novel and contains graphic sex scenes. There is also violence, dubcon, kidnapping, light BDSM, and some scenes with blood.

I feel like Kimberly looked at her first book and was like, "I can top this." This book was so entertaining and yes, hot. It has a little bit of everything: a golden retriever werewolf, a main female character who is afraid of abandonment, and yes, a little bit of tentacle porn. I still hate the naming conventions though. A cheesemaker named Brie? Cue the groans, and not in a sexy way.

Brie and Felix are so cute together. He just wants to take care of her and she's terrified that the only reason he's interested is because she accidentally threw a love potion at him. While out at the local pub, a creep tries to drug Brie. And when she throws the drink, it hits Felix. It's then that we discover the drink was really a love potion. Brie tries to resist, but who can resist a man who does chores for you and worships you? I mean, I definitely couldn't.

The B-plot of this book is that local single women are also going missing. I won't ruin the plot because this only unfolds in the last 25% of the book. Let's just say it's a bunch of creeps and a lobster. This book is also told through multiple POVs. I liked getting Felix's POVs. It showed how worried he was and how the love potion was such a minor part of how he felt about Brie. Though the potion did make him obsessive and a little bit of a stalker, Felix at least tries to resist.

I recommend this book for fellow romance readers, especially if you like a good monster romance. If you like more swoon-worthy, vanilla sex... this probably won't be for you.

Thanks to NetGalley and Orbit for the ARC.

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sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf is the second book in the Mead Mishaps series by Kimberly Lemming. It was just as cute as the first book, I really enjoyed it.

This book starts off with our main character, Brie (who is a cheesemaker), she's at a party with her best friend Cinnamon (the same Cinnamon who was the main character of book 1!) and they're getting drunk and having a nice time. Well, they were trying to have a nice time. There's a man who keeps asking Brie out on a date and he won't take no for an answer.

After Brie and this asshole argue back and forth for a bit, the man apologizes and tries to offer her a drink. Brie doesn't want to take it, but the pushy man insists! So, Brie grabs the drink and tries to throw it at him, but he dodges the drink and it hits and unsuspected person BEHIND HIM! This wouldn't be such a big deal if it were just a drink, but it turns out that it's a love potion. The person struck with the love potions name is Felix, he turns around and the first person he sees is Brie and he instantly falls in love.

After that, a hilarious and sweet story happens and it's just so good. I really recommend this series for anyone who likes romance, spice/erotica, and sweet scenes.

I would give this 5 stars but there was one thing I didn't like so I'm knocking off .5 stars. While Felix and Brie are visiting Cinnamon and Fallon, Felix is telling them that

he and Brie are officially married, and that they were discussing how many kids they might want to have

. Brie is embarrassed that Felix won't stop talking about this so she attempts to hit him, repeatedly. She does not hit him, but the fact that she attempted to really pissed me off. Hitting people isn't acceptable unless you're protecting yourself or your loved ones. I'm honestly tried of seeing the trope of "women hitting their partners" or "women hitting men". It's not okay and writing that little bit in just reinforces this idea that hitting your partner/a person for any old reason is okay.

The spice in this was nice, I'm giving this 4 chilies out out 5 chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️worth of spice.

Overall this novella was cute, I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I listened to this for free on libbyapp.com

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torrentsofhayl's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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zombiezami's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

3.75

Fun, but it was missing the narrative thrust of the previous book. I kept forgetting about the big conflict when there wasn't focus on it because it was treated more like a subplot.

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thoseoldcrows23's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really love this series! This installment leans more into the absurdism of the world Lemming has created, making it less plot heavy than book one but much funnier. Still, it had some pretty good thematic work around consent, and the over-the-top-ness of it all really worked for me. It reminded me (in a very good way) of Discworld but with the added benefit of smut, and I was here for it. Overall, I do think I preferred book 1, but its a close thing, and I'm super excited for book 3 to come out later this year!

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vivavia's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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kbairbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I stopped reading one of my current reads to pick this up because I had the strongest craving for Kimberly Lemming and I NEEDED to read this book.

The craving is satisfied and I was reminded, not that I forgot but still, how much I love this author, their writing style, this world, and these characters. It is SO MUCH FUN. I freaking loved it and I am absolutely going to pick up the last couple books soon because a new one is coming out soon.

The best magical, hilarious, sexy, quick, easy read. I bow down to the Queen that is Kimberly.

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kim03's review against another edition

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4.0

Ok first of, this was beautiful and stunning etc.
But. There are some parts of the world that do not make sense, mainly because the author seemed to have mixed some of our modern day elements into this story (which is very different and made it seem unfitting). I have to admit that that had its own charm (and very much added humor and such to the story), but i just wanted this to be noted.

also: did i just skip some parts or did the male main character just never confess his feelings / love?? He never says "i love you" to the FMC and sure, she ASSUMED, but no confirmation on his side.

And this is a personal preference i guess, but the constant presence of alcohol. They were talking about drinking, or drinking all the time it felt. In a similar way to modern day ppl having a beer or glass of wine after work to "wind down" as is they were not showcasing signs of addiction...

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spritea's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

It was fun to see these characters interact again, but is heavily dependent on the previous knowledge in the first book, with not much else being expanded upon.

Unfortunately, I didn't end up liking this book as much as the first. It swings from silly to over-the-top sexual very fast. The plot that this book does have happens suddenly without many questions being asked, and feels quite surface-level.

Overall the writing style is fun and lighthearted, with cute characters and scenarios. Do not take this book seriously.

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