Another fun and adorable installment in the Tomes and Tea series! Raena and Kianthe’s wedding is coming up, and they’ve got something extra special planned – a coup to overthrow the Queen! This is a sweet and cozy tale, but as usual in this series, there’s enough else going on to keep it from being sickeningly sweet. Rebecca Thorne is great at hitting that balance. There are plenty of warm fuzzy feelings, but also political intrigue! There’s difficult family relationships, but also baby dragons! There’s soul searching and grappling with religion, but there’s also lots and lots of found family goodness! There were a couple of things I had a hard time suspending disbelief for, but they were fairly minor, and overall I really enjoyed the novel. I listened to the audiobook, and Jessica Threet’s narration is excellent as ever. 4.5 stars.

As much as I enjoy these characters, the cozy town of Tawney, and especially the baby dragons, this installment in the series fell flat for me. There's chaotic wedding planning that turns into revolution planning, but it took me awhile to get invested and I'm honestly not sure I would've finished if I hadn't gotten the audiobook too. Jessica Threet keeps it light and did accents to highlight the dialogue, so that was a treat and definitely the way I'd recommend reading it.

TEA YOU at THE ALTAR by Rebecca Thorne

Kianthe and Reyna are an adorable couple! They are ready to walk down the aisle. Of course though, nothing ever goes as planned. No matter how much planning you try to do. I can’t get over the baby dragons, so cute! I absolutely love Reyna and Kianthe together! No matter what tough things they face, they always have each other backs!

I think Jessica did a great job as the narrator. She has a nice voice.

I loved the story. It was still the perfect amount of crazy and fantasy! These books just keep getting better and better! I definitely recommend reading the books in order! I can’t wait for the next one.

Thank you so much NetGalley, Rebecca and Macmillan audio for E-ALC!


Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Publication: March 4th 2025

My absolute favorite book in this series so far! Book 1 I feel for the characters and they kept me coming back but this one brings the plot!

i truly do love how these books are cozy fantasy with slightly higher stakes than most and i must admit i got teary eyes at my little lesbians getting married and the new family :’) but was that ending necessary!!! the last two were such nice books you could read alone and feel satisfied, and this one ends on such a dramatic cliffhanger that it genuinely threw me off listening to it. enough to knock an entire star off which is so disappointing bc i love this book and series so much but come ON rebecca i need my gal pals safe. however i did finish this 11 hour audiobook in 5 hours so clearly i loved it

Thanks so much to NetGalley and Tor for the Audio ARC!.

Jessica Threet is among the best narrators out there in my opinion, phenomenal job! No one could bring these characters to life better.

Rebecca Thorne does it again with another amazing and cozy addition to Key and Rain's story! The action was packed and the tea was hot, but I still left feeling like I had received a warm hug....well....mostly - I need book 4, that cliffhanger will be the death of me!

I seriously can't say enough about how much I love these characters and the unique and fun adventures they end up going on. This series has it all - pirates, romance, dragons, griffons, magic, alchemy, royals, espionage, swordplay, near-death experiences, tea, BOOKS!....it's the perfect combination of all things fantasy and escapism.

If you're a fan of fantasy, especially cozy fantasy, pick up this series now. It's worth the time!!

Best book in the series so far. It was a perfect combo of cozy without loosing out on plot. Three books in the main characters are still changing and developing in such a way that only makes me love them more. AND THE DRAGONS!!! Love love love!