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That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon: Mead Mishaps 1 by Kimberly Lemming
14 reviews
wad3mil3sgarru2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol
katharina90's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence
garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming and Physical abuse
Minor: Child death, Trafficking, and Death of parent
dwarrowdams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Body horror, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence
Minor: Body shaming
chocolate_pondue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism
bangiebangs's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is a funny, lighthearted enemies-to-lovers. A short read, it's a relaxing adventure. The language is relaxed and quirky (with some contemporaneous phrases), so you get a bit of a modern (?) take on fantasy language. This is likely not for everyone, but I quite enjoyed it. Extra points for having a plus sized heroine (and the way he just loves her body).
The story is pretty straightforward, there is a possibly-villain, a reluctant but plucky heroine, a quest, and some romance. Worth noting that the spice here is really good (at least 3.5/5), so recommend if you like slightly kinky scenes...
Definitely going to read the rest of the series as well!
Graphic: Sexual content and Slavery
Minor: Physical abuse
faduma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
analenegrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
I like that it was clearly set in Fantasy South Louisiana, as someone from South LA.
The Worldbuilding was fun for the most part.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
ranjanireviewsreads's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
amyalwaysbooked's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book turned out to be a mixed bag for me. Cinnamon was a fun protagonist to follow. She was sarcastic and funny. Brave yet vulnerable, she drives the plot right along as she collects a band of merry humans and demons to her cause.
However, I struggled with the tone of the story. Lemming writes the story with a modern flair, despite the medieval fantasy setting. I appreciate what she was trying to do, but it never worked for me. It gave Cinnamon some great one-liners and created some amusing scenarios, but overall it took me out of the story. It often felt like the writing was trying too hard to be cute.
It flip-flopped between funny and light to ultra-serious too quickly. It gave me a sense of emotional whiplash. Cinnamon's demon love interest, Fallon is quick to dispose of anyone who slights either of them, including the burning of an entire city of humans. From what we know a majority of those humans were either innocent or ignorant to the plight of the brainwashed demons. While Cinnamon often protests Fallon's actions, her moral compass never feels consistent. Sometimes she's adamant that there be no unnecessary killing and other times she lets Fallon do as he pleases without a word (see previously mentioned city burning). Toward the end of the book she even shoots an innocent human right in the gut without batting an eye.
Maybe the cute, modern flair to the story could have worked better if the story didn't try to tackle such serious subjects like slavery and mind control. It made the serious moments jarring and insincere while the humorous moments were inappropriate or flat.
I also have to comment on the audiobook as that's how I read the book. The narrator did an excellent job of capturing Cinnamon's voice but wasn't great at reading Fallon's dialogue. All the romantic or sexy moments felt forced or awkward. I think I would have enjoyed the smut a lot more if I had been reading the words myself.
Also, "my demon" was SO OVERUSED. I swear if I heard it one more time my eyes were going to roll out of my head.
All in all, the potential of this book is there! There is so much I should have liked! The found family aspects were fun, but I wanted to know the characters better. The romance had a dynamic I like, but never grabbed me.
I can see why people love this story, it just didn't work for me. If the elements sound like something you'd enjoy I say give it a chance. You might like it more than I did.
Moderate: Physical abuse and Slavery
Minor: Child death