Author: Kimberly Lemming
Series: Book 1 in the Mead Mishaps series
Category: Fantasy Romance
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
"'You're already dragging me on some stupid quest I have no business being on. If you think I'm also going to spend my days eating unseasoned slop, you may as well kill me now.'" - Cinnamon
Cin is my girl! She's just trying to party with her friends, keep her head down, eat some cheese, and drink some wine. Isn’t that what we all want in life? It's times like these I wish I had a magic spell to bring my favorite book characters to life... I KNOW Cinnamon and I would be BFFs.
"My self-preserving habits made me a bit of an outlier with the other girls in town. 'Who wouldn't want to go off on a grand adventure with a bunch of hot heroes also chosen by the goddess?' Me bitches. No, thank you." - Cinnamon
But of course, as these things go, life had different plans for her, and I was 100% here for her quest. It was a wild ride, but Cin showed up and took her adventure by the horns, kicked some ass, and bagged herself a demon lover in the process. She was such a wonderful character, a determined badass, sweet, and so damn funny. With the biggest heart, Cin constantly tried to do the right thing even when it was hard and I admired her resiliency.
Fallon was a burnt marshmallow, hard on the outside but only sugary goodness on the inside. He was a typical alpha character, with swoon-worthy possessiveness and protectiveness wrapped in a package of devotion. He balanced Cin's personality well and absolutely went after what he wanted. I loved the building sexual tension between the two before Cin finally allowed Fallon to win her over fully.
"' I mean, I'm going to take you as my wife when this is all over.'
'That wasn't part of the deal, demon!' I imagine my retort would sound a lot stronger if it didn't come out so desperately.
'Then you shouldn't have been so horribly interesting.'"
Their back-and-forth banter was quick-witted and who doesn't love a friendly competition to win a woman's heart a couple points at a time? I adored their interactions and was practically giddy as their relationship evolved from somewhat enemies to lovers.
"'Scoundrel is too innocent of a word. You sir, are a rapscallion!; Fallon put a hand on his chest and gasped as if utterly scandalized before his shoulders shook with the effort not to laugh." - Cinnamon
This book was so much fun! It's been a while since I've read a true romance with adventure in it, and I forgot how great it can play into the love story. There are several great secondary characters that have or will have their own books and they are going straight on my TBR list. More book reviews from this author to come!
Blurb
All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn’t involve going on a quest where an orc might rip my face off. But they say the Goddess has favorites. If so, I’m clearly not one of them.
After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all he wanted to do was kill an evil witch enslaving his people.
I mean, I get it. Don't get me wrong. But he's dragging me along for the ride, and I'm kind of peeved about it. On the bright side, he keeps burning off his shirt.
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