By Megan Bannen
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy Book 2
Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Blurb
From the author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy comes a heartwarming fantasy with a best friends-to-lovers rom com twist--When Harry Met Sally, but with dragons!—set in the delightful demigod and donut-filled world of Tanria.
The entire town of Eternity was shocked when widowed, middle-aged Twyla Banneker partnered up with her neighbor and best friend, Frank Ellis, to join the Tanrian Marshals. Eight years later, Twyla and Frank are still patrolling the dangerous land of Tanria, the former prison of the Old Gods.
Twyla might look like a small town mom who brings cheesy potatoes to funerals and whips up a batch of cookies for the school bake sale, but her rewarding career in law enforcement has been a welcome change from the domestic grind of mom life, despite the misgivings of her grown children.
Fortunately (or unfortunately) a recent decrease in on-the-job peril has made Twyla and Frank's job a lot safer ... and a lot less exciting. So when they discover the body of one of their fellow marshals covered in liquid glitter--and Frank finds himself the inadvertent foster dad to a baby dragon--they are more than happy to be back on the beat.
Soon, the friends wind up ensnared in a nefarious plot that goes far deeper than any lucrative Tanrian mineshaft. But as the danger closes in and Twyla and Frank's investigation becomes more complicated, so does their easy friendship. And Twyla starts to realize that her true soul mate might just be the person who has lived next door all along...
Genre: Romantasy
Read if you Like:
🐉 Older MCs
🐉 Friends to lovers
🐉 Dragons
🐉 Coworkers
🐉 Cinnamon roll hero
My Thoughts:
If you are a romantasy reader you might wonder where are all the people over 30? Do they ever fall in love? Well, the answer is they are in this book! Twyla and Frank's story has the same sweetness and humor from Hart and Mercy's story and adds in cute dragons!
I love when a book can be set in a completely different world, but still feel completely relatable. One thing Twyla deals with is feeling like she has to sacrifice her wants for her family and is expected to do certain tasks just because of her gender. She may be patrolling a world with magic but I think most women will still relate to her.
I also really loved Frank's character. He cares about Twyla so much and is such a great friend to her! He's also an excellent dragon daddy and overall a good person. We get some glimpses of Hart and Mercy in this one as well as some of our other favorite characters from the first one.
One thing I will note though is some younger readers (late teens or early twenties) may not relate to this one as much as the first one. However, I think it's a great story and there are so many romantasy books with younger characters if that is your preference. I highly recommend this one to romance and fantasy readers! If you are like me and like a fantasy world but also need your HEA this one is for you!
🌶️🌶️🌶️- There are a couple of open door scenes in this one. One including a toy.
Thanks to Orbit for providing me with an eARC all opinions are my own.
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