Finished the next book off my ever-growing to-read shelf. 😅 (Two more arrived in the mail just a few days ago... 😅)
This book was Can't Spell Treason without Tea by Rebecca Thorpe. (Hmm. Maybe the 'w' should be capitalized...?)
This was a pretty good read, but I think the cover over-sold its "cozy" nature. Because, yes, the two heroines were looking to have a nice cozy, romantic life together running a book-and-tea shop. But also the one's past as a guard to a particularly vicious ruler and the other's present as the most powerful mage in the world (plus dragon attacks on the town) led to a lot of not-even-slightly-cozy incidents. And the climactic events were actually downright stressful to read. Like, we're talking they triggered my heart palpitations, they were so stressful. That kind of thing.
It's just book one of a series--and some events were left unresolved--so here's hoping the rest are a lot cozier. (At least the particular cause of the stress in this one should be unlikely to repeat itself...) I won't be likely to go looking for book two anytime soon, though. Next time I have room on my shelf to go out looking for a sequel to something I've recently read, it'll be the next book in the series that started with The Jasmine Throne. (Because I need to know how that is going to play out!)
Anyway.
Next up are the two books that arrived the other day, because they are graphic novels from a Kickstarter, and just the thing I need to get the decimal points out of my reading tally! 🤣 Though then there may be a slight gap before I can start anything further, since I won't be able to start this month's book club reading until I borrow it from my dad on the 4th. (I do have my own copy somewhere in this house, but...finding it would probably take weeks. 😰)
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