#cant spell treason without tea

[bouberi]

reyna

[oracleofmadness]

Okay. This was irresistible! The cozy fantasy vibes, the sweet endearing sapphic romance, and just the overwhelming kindness that just radiated through this book. I absolutely loved this.

Kianthe is the mage of ages and is in love with Reyna, a guard for a quite evil queen. They decide to run away together and find the perfect middle of nowhere town. They get to work opening their tea shop and bookstore, not yet knowing how attached to this town they would become or the difference they would make.

This has plant magic and earth magic, dragons and dragon eggs, and a very loveable griffin. Not to mention the utter calmness this book brought me with its wonderful townspeople and solvable problems.

I can't recommend this enough!

Out May 7, 2024!

Thank you, Netgalley and Publisher, for this Arc!

[moonrisereverie]

Can't Spell Treason Without Tea

Rebecca Thorne

★★★☆☆

🎧 Book 8 of 2025 ✧ fantasy ✧

✨️women✨️

In all seriousness, this was really fun! I don't read a lot of books where the central relationship is pre-established, so this was a refreshing change.

I loved the world in this one! I don't read a lot of cosy fantasy so I wasn't expecting to be quite as immersed in this. I think I was expecting more low stakes vibes but this book really packs a punch.

Definitely would recommend this one, I'm not sure I'll be reading the rest of them, but it was a fun romp and I'm glad I gave it a go!

[agayprince]

February 2025 Reading Wrap-Up!

Read 5 Books

Sons of Darkness

The Last Bloodcarver

Tristan & Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights

Why Don't You Eat Me, My Dear Wolf?

Can't Spell treason Without Tea

Favorite Book:

The Last Bloodcarver

Least Favorite Book:

Sons of Darkness

[betterbooksandthings]

"Even though we love them, we have to admit there are some fantasy books that would be impossible to adapt into movies or TV shows. Not all magic and world-breaking fantasy elements are film-friendly.

Although book-to-film adaptations of fantasy novels have been getting better over time, there are still a few things even the best visual effects (VFX) and Computer-generated imagery (CGI) cannot pull off. I am a big fan of well-done practical effects, even if they are mechanic at times. For me, the way actors tend to engage with practical effects reads as more sincere. So, when it comes to this list of fantasy books, I mostly included books I think would require too much green screen or CGI to be worth it. Sometimes, magic is best left on the page and off the screen."

[cpyclopse]

I started crocheting and I made some gay flowers for my gay books!

Im about to rant about flowers and gay people so when youre done looking at my awsome flower book marks scroll if you dont wanna read like 4 paragraphs

So fun facts about these flowers in case you didn't already know!! As we all know some flowers mean different things (you can go deeper with floriography which is so neat) and they are just generally used in symbolism. We know lillies, specifically white ones, are used for funerals (at least in the west) and red Roses are for love we assign flowers and plants for roles often times by their looks, locations, and histories.

First we will talk about the Violet. So back in yee olden days in ancient Greece around 600-500 bce there was a poet named Sapho. She is important for a couple reasons 1) she was a woman and misogyny has been around since before Jesus (literally) ancient greece had some cool stuff and had some cool policies like that they (from what ive read) were pretty considerate of different religions even having some temples for immagrants for them to pray in but they also had stuff like slavery and generally hated women. And 2) she was the first ever documented woman who explicitly liked other women and wrote about it.

Sapho, being the pretty popular poet she was, made poems about her love of women and in one of them she talked about a beautiful woman wearing violets. That line is where we get the connection of violets to lesbians (and wlw people in general). People have refrenced her violets a lot in history some have also used diffrent purple flowers as well to show their love to other women.

Next we got the Pansy. This connection has been around for at least a little over a 100 years. Pansy has been used as an insult for queer men bc theyre delicate flowers and such and grrr flowers are feminine men are are big and strong hrumph. The term "pasny craze" was made in like the 20s bc queer people were really coming full swing well not really but more and more people knew of our existence and they weren't happy about it (shocker i know). To sum it up its more of a reclaiming something that was used against us there was even a bar named after the flower. To add on there is another flower used to represent gay men and this one was a bit more like flagging. This being the Carnation(my personal favorite flower) specifically the green one. The one and only *Oscar Wilde* wore one in his breast pocket which in turn trickled down to the every day gay mans consciousness.

Maybe we should think about flowers more i know i do. I cant grow a garden bc i dont like to go outside and bc the sun here is evil but someone should grow a gay garden for me. That would make you a real horticulture lad *ba dum tisk*

Bla bla bla rant info dumping all in all i crocheted gay flowers and put them in their respective gay books

- xoxo gossip girl

[rebeccathornewrites]

im reading can’t spell treason without tea right now, i’m halfway through and omg i love it so much. its so sweet and makes me giggly (that was some aggressive flirting 🫢)

i cant wait to finish this and plaster it on every recommendation list ever 💕♥️💖🥰

Ahh, thank you SO much!! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Kianthe and Reyna truly have my soul--I’m going to miss them a ton when the series is over... :(

[inknbrew]

InknBrew's Reading Schedule and Deadlines 2024

Reading slump edition

July

To Kill a Mockingbird (7/20-7/31) [Audiobook, Kindle. 1 hour min, 50 pages min, or 3 chapters] PRIORITY

Spiderwick Chronicles book 1 (7/20-7/23) [Kindle] {5/5}

The Lost Bookshop (7/21-7/31)

August

Song of Achilles (8/1-8/11) PRIORITY

Cant spell treason without tea (8/1-8/11)

If we were Villians (8/12-8/20) [Kindle]

[gideonthe9]

recent book recommendations? 👀

the last book of the burning empire trilogy just came out and i cant recommend the whole series enough. if ur into cosy fantasy cant spell treason without tea and a pirates life for tea are my favourites in that genre. if you like greek mythology, i highly recommend the end cowns all. its a retelling of the troy war with the focus on cassandra/helen and its very underrated imo. and lastly if ur into graphic novels, the deep dark is also really good with beautiful art and a catching story.

[b0rtney]

9 people you would like to get to know better

BRO TY FOR TAGGING ME @bibookmerm i appreciate u <3333333

Hope it goes without saying, to everyone I tagged, no pressure if you find this annoying!

1. three ships: merthur (SORRY I KNOW IM LATE TO THAT PARTY LOL), clexa, and uhhhh honestly the coaches trio from ted lasso (ted/beard/roy). tbf i think 90% of that show is a complex polycule (and yes i WILL elaborate in a diff post)

2. first ever ship: nalu. yes. from fairy tail. yea.

3. last song: noel's lament from the cyclone musical (no i have not seen the musical but i DO wanna be that fucked up girl <3)

4. last movie: mamma mia (also late to that train but ITS SO GOOD WTF)

5. currently reading: Cant spell treason without tea by rebecca thorne (also bibookmerm im using ur reading list as a reclist so ty <3)

6. currently eating: not enough........ ill go make a snack after this XD steak?? i managed to get like 35-50 lbs of it thru TSA so may as well enjoy!!

7. currently watching: ted lasso. (-:[3 (thats ted in a cowboy hat)

8. currently craving: CHIFFON CAKE WITH GROCERY STORE FROSTING.

9. tagging: @cosmicjoke @swordlesbean @virisable @pendragon1996 @rainbowrider1290 @bestrongbebrave49

[adamarks]

Just saw a cant spell treason without tea ad. Can I not escape

[eggssjpeg]

HAI

get to know your moots tag game !

✶ answer the questions, then tag six people

favorite color - gosh I have too many, uhhhh teal, maroon, cream, and lime green

last song - Ready to Blow - KMFDM

currently reading - A LOT OF STUFF!! Cant spell treason without tea, Annihilation, Lady Killers, Alien: Prototype, aaaand All Quiet on the Western Front ^_^

currently watching - Yellowjackets, I just rewatched Arcane for the 4th time, and I have Aliens(1986) on in the background as I type this (6th time…)

currently craving - strawberry crepes✊😔 but also tomato soup

coffee or tea - neither, coconut Dr Pepper… but if I had to pick… then tea.

Tagging: I have like 5 mutuals in total so ur getting HALF the request… @humongousartisanfish @amytisou @swellienn

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favorite color ꕀ green and brown last song ꕀ tú by maye currently reading ꕀ the luminaries by susan dennard currently watching ꕀ the great british baking show currently craving ꕀ massaman curry. like always. and like. alcohol and a couple cigs HAHA. a break too :P coffee or tea ꕀ always tea! i don't like coffee

ty for the tag @saltcxrcle ! tagging: @lelapine @toadspondofwhimsy @outof-spite @h0neyst4rz @hhoneylemon @our-lady-of-venom

[rebeccathornewrites]

A major publisher bought my cozy fantasy series!!

https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/tor-serves-up-cant-spell-treason-without-tea-by-thorne

I’m beyond excited to finally announce that Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea and its sequels will be republished by Tor. TOR. I may have died and gone to heaven.

For anyone unfamiliar, this is Travis Baldree’s publisher too! Legends & Lattes. :D

THANK YOU for everyone who’s been a member of this journey. I am over the moon excited about this!!

[the-batchelors-wife-books]

Now I have discovered cozy fantasy I will remain here thank you very much.

[tinysillylemonman]

y’know, about that huntlow cant spell treason without tea au idea

i might just do it

[unconnectedreads]

Just started reading this and I'm loving it so much!!!

Lesbian couple abandon thier stressful lives to open up a tea shop in the mountains.