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Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-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? No
5.0
Palace guards, an evil queen, a powerful mage (with anxiety... I mean, same girl.. same), a griffin who is simply the goodest boy and a horse who is just trying her best
... What more could you POSSIBLY want in a cozy romanticy???
This book has the ultimate feel good romance mixed with dragons and tea!
Picture Bookshops & Bonedust with less ogres, more action, and a dash of politics. It's like... A super soft Game of Thrones where the ending doesn't suck.
Pros:
-sapphic love
-the relationship is HEALTHY! No miscommunication tropes and each partner has their own flaws that don't dominate the relationship and are acknowledging and worked through on a mutually respectful and open manner.
-found family and community
-no-nonsense female leads
-magical creatures like dragons and griffins
-adventure and room for sequels!
If you read Legends & Lattes/Bookshops & Bonedust then you know that books like this get better with time.
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea is like a delicious pastry. It's lovely in the moment but then once you sit, relax, and let it settle in your mind you start to really savor how delightful that treat really was.
Give yourself a break. Sit back, relax, and enjoy some tea and tomes!
Brief synopsis:
Two women, one is the queens most loyal guard, and the other the most powerful mage in the known land decides to run off together and open a book/tea shop far away to the North. But this is all... Technically treason so of course their responsibilies start quickly catch up to them. Through political nonsense (yes it's nonsense), a sense of community, and through a strong bond and brilliant planning you can watch them fight their way to freedom! Or at least some version of it. Oh! And there's dragons.
... What more could you POSSIBLY want in a cozy romanticy???
This book has the ultimate feel good romance mixed with dragons and tea!
Picture Bookshops & Bonedust with less ogres, more action, and a dash of politics. It's like... A super soft Game of Thrones where the ending doesn't suck.
Pros:
-sapphic love
-the relationship is HEALTHY! No miscommunication tropes and each partner has their own flaws that don't dominate the relationship and are acknowledging and worked through on a mutually respectful and open manner.
-found family and community
-no-nonsense female leads
-magical creatures like dragons and griffins
-adventure and room for sequels!
If you read Legends & Lattes/Bookshops & Bonedust then you know that books like this get better with time.
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea is like a delicious pastry. It's lovely in the moment but then once you sit, relax, and let it settle in your mind you start to really savor how delightful that treat really was.
Give yourself a break. Sit back, relax, and enjoy some tea and tomes!
Brief synopsis:
Two women, one is the queens most loyal guard, and the other the most powerful mage in the known land decides to run off together and open a book/tea shop far away to the North. But this is all... Technically treason so of course their responsibilies start quickly catch up to them. Through political nonsense (yes it's nonsense), a sense of community, and through a strong bond and brilliant planning you can watch them fight their way to freedom! Or at least some version of it. Oh! And there's dragons.