Easily my favourite instalment to the series! （づ￣3￣）づ╭❤️～

I'm feeling incredibly bittersweet as one part of me feels like this was a great end to the trilogy and the other part of me needs at least three more books (one of which NEEDS to be about Usha and Ambrose).

Based on the glimpses of his character we got in the previous books, I had a feeling I would love Dante with my whole heart, and I was not disappointed. There's pathetic derogatory and then there's pathetic 😍😍😍 and Dante perfectly embodies the latter. I loved watching him pine, and fumbling, and begrudgingly ask for help from his friends (all of which he refuses to claim). He was the most capable and pathetic man ever, and I love that for him, for me, and for Cherry.

I ended up loving Cherry's character just as much as I loved Dante's, and I'm so happy about that. I wholeheartedly respect her decision to just immediately drug him in the hopes it would work out for her based on nothing but vibes and pretty bubble braids. She was strong and funny, and an overall fun time to experience a journey with.

I loved reading these books back-to-back because I really got to fully embrace the story and characters without my goldfish memory getting in the way, and I got to appreciate how Kimberly Lemming grows as an author throughout them. At first, the cringe humour was almost too much for me in its execution, but in this last book, I feel the way it was done was perfect. At this point, I may be completely biased because I fell in love with the series either way, but I believe my point still stands. I don't have time right now, but I really can't wait to read her alien romance that came out recently-ish.

I'm... obsessed. I've thoroughly enjoyed the other stories in this series (for some reason I read this after reading the second book and second novella), but this story is easily my favourite instalment so far. I think it just really hit all the marks for me from the fake dating to the immediate chemistry, they didn't needlessly fight (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ), it just really worked for me. I'm so excited to get to Cherry and Dante's book cause I already love him, and I can't wait to see how Cherry's character gets developed.

3.75 ⭐ Mead Mishaps continues to be such a breath of fresh air. It's so nice to read a well-done cozy fantasy featuring a Black fmc. As I continue reading, I'm becoming more endeared to the borderline too-cringy qUiRkY humour and the only reason this isn't a full 4 stars is cause I just can't get behind how the big bad was defeated 🥹. Finding out that the author is essentially writing these books thinking, "how much can I get away with before they say no", made me a lot more forgiving and has me seeing the humour in a new light, but I have my limits. I can't wait to read Dante and Cherry's story!

Chat, how long does it take to stop being too embarrassed and nervous to text your husband? 4 volumes, apparently.

I'm here for the cozy, slice-of-life vibes, but if he keeps blushing every time his HUSBAND wants a peck on the cheek, it's going to get progressively more difficult to enjoy this the way I did in the first volumes.

4.75 ⭐

It's been about 2 weeks since I read this, and I'm still thinking about it. Because it's been a while since I read it, now I'm struggling to remember the specifics of everything I loved, but just know this is one of my favourite romance books now. What I do remember is that Roland's first instinct, in instantly becoming obsessed with Vanessa, was "She's mine. Now what? Kidnap? Should I kidnap her? No, that's not a socially accepted means of staking my claim on a potential spouse. OH, I KNOW. I'LL FORCE HER INTO A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE. That makes a lot more sense." And then he continued to fight his instinct to kidnap her for the rest of the book. And I think that's beautiful.

I also didn't expect this to turn into a monster f*cker romance, which is the sweetest of treats. I'm so upset I can't request the second one on Netgalley (I don't think it's available in Canada 🥹)

3.75 ⭐ After I was able to get past the characters' names (siblings Cinnamon, Cumin, and Chilli have a cinnamon farm 😑) and some of the cringier things, I had the best time. It's one of those books where if you don't already enjoy that type of humour, you'd hate it, but if you do like it, you have fun with it. I'm somewhere in the middle in the fact that I did find a lot of the stuff in the beginning cringy, but I can enjoy such humour enough to quickly get over it and enjoy it for what it is.

The banter between characters was fun, and I enjoyed the chemistry between Cin and Fallon (regardless of how quick it was). One thing I really appreciated was that Fallon was described with the visage of a Chinese dragon, as opposed to the typical European dragon most often seen in these types of romances. I really loved this detail, especially considering Fallon is clearly depicted as an Asian man on the cover, so it felt very true to his character. I can't wait to read the next one.