{"id":24424,"date":"2025-04-20T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T19:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24424"},"modified":"2025-04-30T15:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:41:52","slug":"cant-spell-treason-without-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24424","title":{"rendered":"Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea<\/em> (2022) Rebecca Thorne (Tomes & Tea #1)<\/p>\n

\"Can'tReyna and Kianthe have been dating for years, but because Reyna is one of the queen’s private guards, they have to keep things secret.<\/p>\n

But one night after stopping another assassin, Reyna realizes she has had enough, and is going to take Kianthe up on her repeated offer to run away.<\/p>\n

Run away with me<\/em>, the mage had said, her eyes alight. You like tea. I like books. Let\u2019s open a shop somewhere remote and forget the world exists<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But to leave the queen’s service is treason, and Kianthe is the Arcandor and can’t disappear, no matter how much she wants to.<\/p>\n

Reyna hesitated. \u201cWell, if you have money, we can combine our savings and try another route.\u201d A pause. \u201cDo you have anything?\u201d Her face warmed; this felt like none of her business. <\/p>\n

Luckily, her partner didn\u2019t seem to care. \u201cPlease. I\u2019m the Arcandor.\u201d The words were spoken with a puffed chest and arrogant tone. Then she broke down laughing. \u201cWhich, of course, means all my funds are routed through the Magicary. So\u2026 no. Did you think I chose you for your looks?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The differences between the two, although significant, aren’t a hindrance because their strengths and weaknesses offset each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a solution,\u201d she said, simply. And she did. Because unlike Kianthe, who\u2019d ignored this problem and hoped it\u2019d go away, Reyna had spent the time scheming.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And also because they’ve been dating long enough to know you have to talk about things.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, I’m not certain I’d truly categorize this as a cozy, mostly because I thought the stakes were pretty high, and there is a certain amount of violence, including the death of the assassin at the start of the book. That isn’t a bad thing, simply there was a bit more action than I’d been expecting.<\/p>\n

This is self-published, and although it was good, there were one or two spots I thought could have been tightened up, but those are things I hold against traditionally published books and not self-published ones.<\/p>\n

The major negative for me was how unfinished the end was. It was not a cliffhanger–but there was a good deal left hanging. And I hate waiting.<\/p>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Reyna, Kianthe the Arcandor, Queen Tilaine, Venne, Queen Eren, Visk, Lilac, Sigmund, Nurt, Hansen, Matild, Tarly, Diarn Feo, Gossley, Sasua, Harold, Allayan, Branlen<\/p>\n

Cover by Irene Huang<\/p>\n

Publisher: self-published<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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