Have you ever wanted a strong, pretty lady to hand you a warm blanket and hot cup of tea, then pick up her sword and destroy all your problems? is sort of brushed off with a "well, we'll look more into that later," not even afforded a proper cliff-hanger. I wish I could have a whole novel of all the character moments, shenanigans, and romance without the deadly serious world-ending adventure storyline getting in the way”?

The politics, court intrigue, dragons, magic -- it was definitely an adventure fantasy served with a side of cozy.

i get that the author was setting themselves up for a second book in the series, but that meant that there was barely any story arc to this one. Kianthe and Reyna are such characters, and their interactions are full of wholesome love (and terrible puns) and I love every second of it. Romántica y fantasía se juntan para dar una novelita tranquila sobre asentar tu vida con tu pareja y aprender a dejar atrás una posición que, aunque cómoda, no te iba a hacer feliz.

The delicious combination of peril, romance and tea (you can never have enough tea…) was bewitching in the best possible way. This unfortunately massively missed the mark for me, promising a cosy fantasy with a great lesbian couple and delivering. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.it is not enough to have your characters sometimes be in a setting that would be described as cozy, the story should make your readers feel cozy. Together with their loyal animal companions they start a new life in Tawney, a tiny town filled with lovable people. It often felt like it wasn't sure whether it wanted to be a cozy story or a more high stakes adventure, which lead to some slightly off-pacing in places. There's also a lack of solid worldbuilding, and as other reviews have pointed out the book isn't really a "cosy fantasy".

What follows is a tale of mishaps, mysteries, dragons, and a murderous queen throwing the realm's biggest temper tantrum.and you just invent the concept of libraries in a single conversation (also, does the magic school NOT have libraries already? instead, we got interruptions like this in the middle of their actual conversations: There was something pleasing about productive conversations, rather than burning brides with fiery emotion. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen’s private guards, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence. Reyne is a Queen’s guard who is fed up of her life of sacrificing herself for the sake of a cruel ruler and wants out with her lover.