Martin reviewed Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
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5 stars
Possibly even better than the first.
Audiobook
English language
Published Oct. 3, 2024 by Pan Macmillan.
4 stars
(9 reviews)
The heart-warming sequel to Rebecca Thorne’s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea. For fans of Bookshops & Bonedust and Our Flag Means Death.
Queer pirates will discover if enemies actually can become lovers . . .
Kianthe and Reyna are hunting for dragon eggs to save their hometown. To secure their prize, they must strike a deal with the local lord – who in turn wants Serina, notorious river pirate, and scourge of his supply chains. Surely, they can handle one small abduction in the name of justice?
Begrudgingly, the couple join forces with Bobbie, one of the lord’s constables. Bobbie is determined to capture Serina, but lawmaker and lawbreaker have a complicated history – and it might jeopardize everything. As Bobbie and Serina become reacquainted, Kianthe and Reyna watch this relationship-wreck from afar. Luckily, matchmaking is Reyna’s favourite pastime. The dragon eggs may just have to …
The heart-warming sequel to Rebecca Thorne’s instant Sunday Times bestseller, Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea. For fans of Bookshops & Bonedust and Our Flag Means Death.
Queer pirates will discover if enemies actually can become lovers . . .
Kianthe and Reyna are hunting for dragon eggs to save their hometown. To secure their prize, they must strike a deal with the local lord – who in turn wants Serina, notorious river pirate, and scourge of his supply chains. Surely, they can handle one small abduction in the name of justice?
Begrudgingly, the couple join forces with Bobbie, one of the lord’s constables. Bobbie is determined to capture Serina, but lawmaker and lawbreaker have a complicated history – and it might jeopardize everything. As Bobbie and Serina become reacquainted, Kianthe and Reyna watch this relationship-wreck from afar. Luckily, matchmaking is Reyna’s favourite pastime. The dragon eggs may just have to wait.
Take a break with this gloriously cosy sapphic fantasy rife with mischief and steeped in fun.
enne📚 reviewed Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
A Pirate's Life for Tea
3 stars
A Pirate's Life for Tea is book two in an ongoing cozy fantasy romance series. I had a lot of fun with the first book, but this one worked less well for me.
Having the perspective of the book continue to be from Reyna and Kianthe's perspective blunted the dynamic between Serena and Bobbie, especially with Reyna and Kianthe wink-winking at each other (and the audience) about their matchmaking schemes. Overall, this sequel felt a little too cozy for my tastes--nothing really had teeth in the same way that the first book did, and all of the new characters felt instantly either on side or not. Bobbie seemed like the only character who had any growth.
This sounds like I'm being quite negative, but it was fun to revisit this world and its puns and real-feeling relationships. I am looking forward to the next (final?) book as it will likely …
A Pirate's Life for Tea is book two in an ongoing cozy fantasy romance series. I had a lot of fun with the first book, but this one worked less well for me.
Having the perspective of the book continue to be from Reyna and Kianthe's perspective blunted the dynamic between Serena and Bobbie, especially with Reyna and Kianthe wink-winking at each other (and the audience) about their matchmaking schemes. Overall, this sequel felt a little too cozy for my tastes--nothing really had teeth in the same way that the first book did, and all of the new characters felt instantly either on side or not. Bobbie seemed like the only character who had any growth.
This sounds like I'm being quite negative, but it was fun to revisit this world and its puns and real-feeling relationships. I am looking forward to the next (final?) book as it will likely be a collision of characters who have mostly been off page, and also because it will likely come back to focus on Reyna and Kianthe again (and their wedding).
(This is also a petty side complaint, but Bobbie is a cop [sorry, a constable]; even if the book argues that you can't change things from the inside, it still ends with some "bad apple" theory that I could have done without. Mostly, there's some feeling that I could do without such direct cop analogues in my cozy fiction.)
BigBear1014 reviewed Pirate's Life for Tea by Rebecca Thorne
Review of "Pirate's Life for Tea" on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
The second part of the series accompanies our lovely couple in search of the missing dragon eggs and delivers awesome adventures and new, interesting characters to meet.
I am really excited to read the third book, when it is finished.
