That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

Source: NetGalley! Many thanks! (Full transparency, I have read this before and own it as well)
TL;DR:

Plot: Cinnamon gets roped into helping a ‘demon’ stop a lich and falls in love. It’s silly and over the top but that’s the point
Characters: They’re quite funny, but not super deep
Setting: High Fantasy but with a focus on romance more than fantasy. It was bright and vivid but we could have used more
Magic: There was quite a bit of attempts at laying a magical groundwork but it does need more attention if it were to become a more fantasy focused story (but it’s romance so I’ll let it slide)

Thoughts:

The Mead Mishaps series is a lot of fun, not a lot of deep fun mind you, but fun. That Time I Got Drunk And Saved a Demon is the first in this series, and one I’ve read at least twice now. Cinnamon is enjoying a celebration when she walks home (intoxicated) and ends up, you guessed it, saving a demon.

The story and world in these books is really thought out. Something that you really don’t see a ton in indie published novellas that are romance focused. This is High Fantasy with magic, fun creatures, spells, etc. We focus primarily on the characters and their romance but Kimberly Lemming has put a lot of thought into her world. That’s the biggest draw for me, besides the ridiculous banter these books have.

The writing and banter is very modern, very steeped in the now of our current day language, but it’s light and the story is fast paced so unless you just can’t stand that type of language it’s not off-putting. She also does a great job lightly touching on heavier topics like consent, freedom, and slavery.

This book, for me is a lot of fun with a lot of good memories attached. I am more than willing to reread it and pick up the subsequent books (multiple times). It’s not a super in-depth, deep, heavy fantasy but it’s light and funny and a good one sitting type of read.

P.S. Full transparency, I skimmed the sex scenes, I find those in general to be very cringe so go somewhere else for thoughts on that.

3.5 Cinnamon Sticks out of 5