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A review by indiekay
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This has been on my TBR for so long, and I'm really disappointed by it.
1) This is not cosy fantasy, there is WAY too much happening in it to be cosy.
2) The main couple have like no personality and you could swap their names at any time and the story would still progress just fine. The biggest difference between them is that one likes to make puns and the other doesn't.
3) This is high fantasy but I was completely thrown out of the story frequently by words like "girlfriend" and "croissant"
4) And talking girlfriends, these women have been dating for 2 years, decide to move in and start a business together, and then halfway through the book do their first "I love you"s?????? Are you kidding me?????? DON'T START A BUSINESS WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHO YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SAID I LOVE YOU TO YET. The book also ending with them getting engaged had me rolling my eyes so hard. The usual romance tropes of first I love you and marriage proposal does NOT work when you've already living together and started a business together, ffs.
5) I'm taking one star off my review because the epilogue is not actually an epilogue, it's a prologue for the next book. I HATE when books do that.
1) This is not cosy fantasy, there is WAY too much happening in it to be cosy.
2) The main couple have like no personality and you could swap their names at any time and the story would still progress just fine. The biggest difference between them is that one likes to make puns and the other doesn't.
3) This is high fantasy but I was completely thrown out of the story frequently by words like "girlfriend" and "croissant"
4) And talking girlfriends, these women have been dating for 2 years, decide to move in and start a business together, and then halfway through the book do their first "I love you"s?????? Are you kidding me?????? DON'T START A BUSINESS WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHO YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SAID I LOVE YOU TO YET. The book also ending with them getting engaged had me rolling my eyes so hard. The usual romance tropes of first I love you and marriage proposal does NOT work when you've already living together and started a business together, ffs.
5) I'm taking one star off my review because the epilogue is not actually an epilogue, it's a prologue for the next book. I HATE when books do that.