Book Review: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly Lemming

Hey all, Sam here.

So my planned blog schedule got thrown off course a smidge because I got a change of work schedule starting today/this week PLUS my reading schedule got a little thrown off course by me sort of “accidentally” reading two other books before the book I needed to read because I had planned it for review today. I have almost finished that book, should complete it today, but too late for me to get the review done as well…..so I am pivoting to one of the books that I picked up and obsessively rushed through recently.

I have found myself reading a bit faster than my typical the past several days, and I’ll talk a bit about why when we get to our next WIP Wednesday. But I’m not complaining about an increase in books read…just slightly complaining about it throwing my schedule into chaos. Haha.

All right, let’s go ahead and jump into the review.

All I wanted to do was live my life in peace. Maybe get a cat, expand my spice farm. Really anything that doesn’t involve going on a quest where an orc might rip my face off. But they say the Goddess has favorites. If so, I’m clearly not one of them.

After saving the demon Fallon in a wine-drunk stupor, all he wanted to do was kill an evil witch enslaving his people.

I mean, I get it. Don’t get me wrong. But he’s dragging me along for the ride, and I’m kind of peeved about it. On the bright side, he keeps burning off his shirt.

My Thoughts

Rating: 4.5 stars

I have been craving lighter, cozier, fun fantasy reads. And while this one doesn’t truly fit the low-stakes mentality of true Cozy Fantasy, it still has plenty of cozy (yet steamy) moments throughout. And this definitely isn’t low stakes either. The quest to destroy this evil witch who has manipulated and deceived so many for so long is sort of a mid-to-high stakes issue…but the heroes of the story don’t need a whole series to complete their quest, while also finding love along the way.

I ended up reading this so quickly. I had it sitting on my e-reader for months, after searching for more cozy fantasy reads (thanks Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree). The Mead Mishaps series has great reviews, with lots of people enjoying the characters and the adventure of it all.

Sure, yes, it is lighter on detail and worldbuilding compared to a lot of the fantasy reads I normally delve into, but it succeeded in doing what I wanted and what I was hoping for…something fun and entertaining, something that would be a fast and enjoyable read.

It was also a bit steamier than I was initially expecting. I’m not really complaining about that, but I did often find myself reading it at work, so I was trying to refrain from too many outward reactions at the more intimate scenes.

Cinnamon and Fallon were such a fun duo, and I loved that Cin just seemed to keep collecting demons to her adventuring group. It was really cool, and definitely set this up for future stories.

I don’t think it will be long before I jump into the next one. I really had a fun time with this.

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That’s all from me for today. Thank you so much for stopping by, and I’ll be back soon with more geeky content.