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indieandajean's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- 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? No
4.0
Much like the rest of the Mead Mishaps books, That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human is giving you exactly what it says it will (shifter romance and humor), no more, no less. It's an enjoyable, adventurous, saucy read giving just the right amount of character cameos from the previous books to keep the cozy/ familiar vibes coming (yay for Cherry being alive, yay for more Alexis content).
I will say for those that normally skip authors notes and launch themselves into a book, that early on there is a significant amount of dubious consent (relating to smelly drugged tea and misunderstandings) which is personally not my favorite thing. The content warnings supplied in the book were enough to prepare me to expect it, so it didn't ruin the book for me and that's why I personally love that all of Lemmigs books come with content warnings. The rest of the book does rely on Cherry and Dante's bond being formed in that moment of dub con, but the remainder of the book does include enthusiastic consent, so it is worth the read if you can get past that bit.
Overall the book is a great blend of humor, fantasy, and romance. If you enjoyed the other two books in this series, this will absolutely be your cup of (hopefully not smelly) tea.
I will say for those that normally skip authors notes and launch themselves into a book, that early on there is a significant amount of dubious consent (relating to smelly drugged tea and misunderstandings) which is personally not my favorite thing. The content warnings supplied in the book were enough to prepare me to expect it, so it didn't ruin the book for me and that's why I personally love that all of Lemmigs books come with content warnings. The rest of the book does rely on Cherry and Dante's bond being formed in that moment of dub con, but the remainder of the book does include enthusiastic consent, so it is worth the read if you can get past that bit.
Overall the book is a great blend of humor, fantasy, and romance. If you enjoyed the other two books in this series, this will absolutely be your cup of (hopefully not smelly) tea.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Trafficking, Confinement, Death, and Violence
rickireadss's review against another edition
4.0
this was such a fun installment to the mead mishaps series!! i swear kimberly's humor is just top-notch and i love how she intertwines it in this fantastical world she's created. i had a great time while reading and loved getting to know more about dante. i do wish we had a little more sister time between cherry and cinnamon because i just would have ate it up. overall a great read and i can't wait for the next book!
⚠️: kidnapping, violence, drug use, gore, slavery, blood, grief, death
⚠️: kidnapping, violence, drug use, gore, slavery, blood, grief, death
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Gore, and Slavery
Minor: Blood, Death, and Grief
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
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? Yes
4.5
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming is the third book in the Mead Mishaps series and it's just as fun as the first two books in the series.
This book is about Cherry, the long lost sister of Cinnamon, Cinnamon is the the main character from the first book. Cherry was abducted 5 years prior by something that lives in the lake on the edge of her small town, so the story opens up with her stuck in a tower. Cherry gets rescued by Dante, a dragon shifter who happens to be friends with the main characters of book one and book two.
Cherry has been kidnapped once already, she doesn't feel like she can trust Dante because he happens to know the entity that kidnapped Cherry the first time! Cherry thinks that there's no way that Dante will aid her escape so she uses some local mushrooms to drug Dante. Dante, in his drugged state, bites Cherry and a dragon bite means that they're now formally (or informally) mated to one another. They then set off on a journey to get Cherry home BUT Cherry refuses to tell Dante directly where she's from, because she's afraid that he's not friendly after all.
This story was romantic, funny, gory, surprising, and just down right entertaining! If you like paranormal romance, fantasy romance, humor, and smut, then this is for you!
The whole beginning of the story was messy, with the drugging and the no consensual biting. At one point Dante puts his face in Cherry's crotch without permission because he thinks that's how to woo a human woman. I had to knock half a star off for all the non consent and funny business shit.
Overall, I really enjoyed this novel! This is one of my favorite romance series. I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5/5 Stars
This book is about Cherry, the long lost sister of Cinnamon, Cinnamon is the the main character from the first book. Cherry was abducted 5 years prior by something that lives in the lake on the edge of her small town, so the story opens up with her stuck in a tower. Cherry gets rescued by Dante, a dragon shifter who happens to be friends with the main characters of book one and book two.
Cherry has been kidnapped once already, she doesn't feel like she can trust Dante because he happens to know the entity that kidnapped Cherry the first time! Cherry thinks that there's no way that Dante will aid her escape so she uses some local mushrooms to drug Dante. Dante, in his drugged state, bites Cherry and a dragon bite means that they're now formally (or informally) mated to one another. They then set off on a journey to get Cherry home BUT Cherry refuses to tell Dante directly where she's from, because she's afraid that he's not friendly after all.
This story was romantic, funny, gory, surprising, and just down right entertaining! If you like paranormal romance, fantasy romance, humor, and smut, then this is for you!
The whole beginning of the story was messy, with the drugging and the no consensual biting. At one point Dante puts his face in Cherry's crotch without permission because he thinks that's how to woo a human woman. I had to knock half a star off for all the non consent and funny business shit.
Overall, I really enjoyed this novel! This is one of my favorite romance series. I'm giving this 4.5 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5/5 Stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Racism, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery
notapenguin's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, and Slavery
Minor: Blood and Gore
givemaribooks's review against another edition
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I was really looking forward to Dante’s book and got even more excited when I realized his mate would be Cherry. That storyline always felt unfinished to me somehow so I love that she came back. That said, the pacing of the book was off. It felt like the author wasn’t sure how the story would go. I actually felt like the first third of the book didn’t match the tone of the rest of it. I’m having a hard time explaining what exact felt off about it. I was also bothered by the dub con, especially considering the previous books tried so carefully to avoid it, plus even through this book their actions felt inconsistent to what they characters said. Dante wanted to be so careful with his mate and prepared so much before going to search for her, but then acted like a bit of an asshole after biting her. She had just escaped 5 years of captivity and he didn’t show enough care or grace to her at the beginning in my opinion. I also don’t think her trauma was handled at all. The loneliness was mentioned often but not the actual trauma. Lastly, the ending was extremely rushed and I will probably be angry for a while that we didn’t get a real prologue.
Spoilers:
- I’m mad she gave her kidnapper a sort of pre-forgiveness. He better not show up as a mmc in a future book!
- Why would they go off to have sexy time after finding out he knows her family instead of taking her home right away? She’s been gone for 5 years and she had zero sense of urgency to get home. And he know her family thought she was dead but they had to go off to have sex instead of taking home??
- this book has one of my least favorite trope where the MCs know something the other doesn’t know that would change everything, in this case that she was Cin’s sister. It annoyed me so much that they didn’t figure out until the end.
CW: kidnapping, dub con, dead parents, drugging, forced fighting
Spoilers:
- I’m mad she gave her kidnapper a sort of pre-forgiveness. He better not show up as a mmc in a future book!
- Why would they go off to have sexy time after finding out he knows her family instead of taking her home right away? She’s been gone for 5 years and she had zero sense of urgency to get home. And he know her family thought she was dead but they had to go off to have sex instead of taking home??
- this book has one of my least favorite trope where the MCs know something the other doesn’t know that would change everything, in this case that she was Cin’s sister. It annoyed me so much that they didn’t figure out until the end.
CW: kidnapping, dub con, dead parents, drugging, forced fighting
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Death of parent
torrentsofhayl's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- 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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Body horror, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Cursing, Alcohol, Gore, and Death
fritopie's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement
kathrynok's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Death, Drug use, and Kidnapping
Minor: Grief
januaryt123's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
myths_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This was fun as always but not as readable as the first two books. I think a big reason is the distance between the reads. I read the first two books in this series pretty much back to back so I was invested in the characters and in the story. I unfortunately forgot pretty much all major plot points of the first two books so this one took me a while to get into because I had to remember previous events.
I will say, I was hoping for either Usha's story or Alexis' (I want Alexis story sooooo badly it's not even funny anymore). I was not that invested in Dante as a whole. I liked him as a side character but never really cared about him. Overall, though this book was fun to read, I can see how my lack of interest in Dante affected my overall enjoyment.
Fingers crossed Alexis gets a whole book to herself where she gets a body and can be the biggest menace that I love her to be.
Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4/5 stars
Steamy: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 7/10 hot chili peppers
I will say, I was hoping for either Usha's story or Alexis' (I want Alexis story sooooo badly it's not even funny anymore). I was not that invested in Dante as a whole. I liked him as a side character but never really cared about him. Overall, though this book was fun to read, I can see how my lack of interest in Dante affected my overall enjoyment.
Fingers crossed Alexis gets a whole book to herself where she gets a body and can be the biggest menace that I love her to be.
Plot: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️4/5 stars
Steamy: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ 7/10 hot chili peppers
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Drug use