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The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton

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itsbexx's review against another edition

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adventurous

2.5

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naomiysl's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Pirates in flying houses! Wonderfully trope-y with enemies to lovers, false marriage, only one bed, and so on. Love the trope moments. BUT. The sex was so utterly... straight. Vanilla. Boring. I had to skip it, cause it really just gave me the ick. So I gave it a 2 because I enjoyed most of the read and the world building is great, but it's a real bummer to be finally at the climactic scene of the slow burn and not enjoy it.

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samchase112's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A delightful end to the series, complete with all the wackiness and heart I’ve come to except. While this sadly wasn’t my favorite — that title goes to The League of Gentlewoman Witches — I flew through it and still enjoy the world it takes place in. I was excited to read about Alice and Daniel, but sadly their characters fell a bit flat for me, especially since we barely got any Daniel POV (only when he was lusting or meeting friends??). Mainly, I was just looking for more; more character, more cohesive plot. But all in all, I’m sad to leave this series behind!

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meghanm404's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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vixenreader's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Although the gimmick of “the Dangerous Damsels” is getting a bit stale, this book is still charming, littered with literary references, cheeky, and has the best pairing/situation in the entire trilogy.

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shaipanda's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I’ve been in such a reading slump most of this year so this took me a while to finish but I loved ittt - it was completely ridiculous but super fun and had a really great time reading it :) it really gripped me esp in the second half

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annikaa's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

what I liked

had some of my favourite tropes (fake dating, secret identities, rivals)
Alice was such a badass
Daniel was a badass with hidden softness (my weakness)
I really liked the neurodivergent (autism) representation
funny
very charming and witty writing style
I loved all the references to books as well as all the literary quotes (and misquotes)
the chapter titles were very innovative and I liked them a lot (they really added to the overall witty writing style)

what I didn’t like

a little hard to get into at first (probably due to the fact that I read the third book in the series first and that I haven’t really read any historical fiction yet. Also, as someone whose first language isn’t English, the writing style took a little while to get used to)
the middle part was dragging a bit (it wasn’t really much happening plot-wise)
the reveal that
Dr. Snodgrass was the secret villain was no surprise to me (he was more of a caricature than a character)

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nenaveenstra's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book was incredibly funny and I - as an autistic person - really related to Alice and Daniel. Without saying it outright, this book is a great representation of what being autistic is like (although I wouldn't say we are all as naive/innocent...). I laughed out loud several times, and I also wiped away tears. The romance was very slow, though.

I think I would love this book even more upon reread, now knowing what to expect. I miss these characters already.

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meecespieces's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The first and second book in this series were gifted to me by Michael Joseph Penguin Publishing and when I saw that the third book was released, I had to find out how it ended. I didn’t overly enjoy the first two books, so I didn’t have high hopes for this, and it was okay just not mind blowing.

This book has two points of view. The first is Alice also known as Agent A and she is the top operative within the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret government intelligence group that is fortunately better at espionage than at naming itself. From managing deceptive witches to bored aristocratic ladies, nothing is beyond Alice’s capabilities. She has a steely composure and a plan always up her sleeve. So when rumours of an assassination plot begins to circulate, she’s immediately assigned to the case. But she’s not working alone. Daniel Bixby, otherwise knowns as Agent B and Alice’s greatest rival, is given the most challenging undercover assignment of his life – pretending to be Alice’s husband. Together they will assume the identity of a married couple, infiltrate a pirate house party and foil their plans. Determined to remain consummate professionals, Alice and Daniel must ignore the growing attraction between them, especially since acting on it might prove more dangerous than their target.

If you are wanting enemies-to-lovers – this isn’t it. This book is two people denying their feelings for 200 pages and one of them pretending to hate the other and the other of them having a crush on them but having conflicted feelings about. The only saving grace of this book was the dual POV and hearing Daniel’s thoughts and him being protective of Alice.

I think this book would have actual enemies-to-lovers instead of fake dating and pretending to hate each other. I wanted to know the conflict and why they hated each other and none of them had a valid reason. Another issue I had with this book was I was waiting for something to happen, anything to happen that when the big “villain” got revealed I was almost rooting for him because this book was just a bunch of filler pages until the reveal. I would have liked the separation after the mission to have been longer, but it was like they are forced apart in one chapter and back together in the next.

Throughout this series, all I've wanted was more from it and never got it. It was an alright read but I don’t think I'll re-read them again.

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