Funny, sweet, fantastic world building, interesting, what more could we ask for in a book?
I picked this one up which is a few into the series but didn’t have a problem understanding the plot and as far as I could tell not too many spoilers.
I loved the characters, their relationships and their flaws.
Fantastic narrators, did a 10/10 job, I was totally immersed and didn’t want the book to end!

This book was adorable. I loved getting to see peeks of the characters from previous books intertwined in this new book and these new characters!

- opposites attract
- slow burn
- humorous
- LGBTQ+ rep


I loved the narrator choice for the audiobook.

I am thoroughly satisfied with book 3 in the Hart and Mercy series! I ate this audiobook up in pretty much one sitting, I did not want to stop listening. I didn't think I could like Rosie and Adam as much as I loved the other leads in the previous books, but I was wrong. I think Adam might just be my favorite MMC of the trilogy. Rosie is a complete badass, so naturally I loved her too. I laughed, I teared up, I smiled like a fool, I kicked my feet. So all in all a perfect listening experience.

The narrators did a fantastic job. Kacie Roberts flawlessly differentiated between different characters' voices. She portrayed Rosie's enthusiasm and recklessness well. She had me in a chokehold with how she portrayed Adam...meaning I was so in love with him, almost from the moment he entered the story because of how she voiced him. (I love a stoic, dry humored man.) The new mail delivery creature's voice was absolutely amazing, I could picture the hippy dik-dik creature vividly, lol. I also appreciated the range of emotions she portrayed, from excitement, to anger, to sorrow. 10/10 performance hands down. The other narrator, Jim Frangione, also did a great job with his part of the narration. I like how it made the story feel like a fairy tale within the book, which is exactly how I imagine the author wanted it to be. Another solid performance!!

In this Tanrian adventure we follow an immortal Demi-god Marshall Rosie whose motto is act first, think later. When the portals to get into Tanria break down Rosie must team up with Adam, the closed off inventor of said portals to fix them and save Tanria.

I absolutely love this whimsical fun world Megan Bannen has created and I am so sad this is the final book in the series. I was so excited that we got to have glimpses of many of the previous books characters. I adored the friendship between Duckers and Rosie and how they interacted. I also really enjoyed the lore that we got in this one and the old gods, even the Trickster.

The first half was a bit slow but I was having so much fun with the banter and being back in this world I didn’t mind much. While I liked the grumpy-sunshine aspect, the romance felt rushed at the end and I just didn’t feel like Rosie and Adam had much chemistry. I was much more interested in what would happen between Duckers and Zeddie to be honest.

Overall I really loved this book, it was hilarious, heartwarming, and even had me tearing up a little at the end. I had a fantastic time reading it and would do so again.

Audiobook:
The voices that the narrator did for each character were unique and fun. I laughed so many times at Gobbo’s lines. The pace, inflection, and emotional range were on point. I also enjoyed that the portion from Adam was read by Jim Frangione, it gave more depth to that chapter and his backstory. The narration as a whole was very entertaining and I would definitely listen to other books narrated by Kacie Rogers.

Thank you to NetGalley, Hachette Audio, and Orbit for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

This series has been so fun to read and listen to! Duckers plays a larger role in this book as Rosie's partner. He's so freaking funny!
Rosie is my favorite character, however, and I was so happy to see her journey move along with Adam. Her outrageous personality and actions paired with Adam's drab personality was a great combination. Add in Zeddy and Duckers trapped with them in The Mist, made for great entertainment!
Thanks to NetGalley and Hatchett Audio for the adiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review.

My goodness do I love the Tanrian Marshalls series so much (or Hart and Mercy#3). Rosie quickly became my favorite (just as Mercy was and just as Twyla was). I listened to the audiobook, which was beautifully produced, and I cackled every time the autoducks or equimaris’ were mentioned. Cheered for every dragon meep and chortled for every Rosie one-liner. It had so much heart (with an e!), gave me all the feels, and I just want this series to go on forever and ever.

Megan Bannen does it again. Her stories always have everything one could want. There’s love and mystery and dragons and toads and glitter slime and just the most amazingly welcoming and accepting characters. I’m so sad this is the last book in this series but I will forever come back to it. 🖤

Running to buy the other books on this series.

MMC: Adam Lee
FMC: Rosie
Exciting: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Romance: 💓💓💓
Slow burn
Narrator: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Plot/Story:
With an immersive voice the narrator take us to the Tanria, a place where Gods, magic and incredible people exists.
The chemistry and banter of the main couple, top tier. But the second characters are not left behind, with great backstories and character development, the author delivers a fun and sentimental with very original aspects story

⭐️⭐️.5/5

The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam is a fantasy romcom with magic, mystery, and found family.

Unfortunately, this one did not work for me. Although vivid and well-developed, the characters felt too immature for my taste. I longed for more world-building and plot development. The romance was sweet, although I hoped for more connection and development. Although Megan Bannen’s prose was often witty and entertaining, I found it difficult to connect to the characters and the story, which sometimes felt overly silly and lengthy. However, I did enjoy the stories and mythology woven throughout the book.

Jim Frangione and Kacie Rogers were fantastic narrators for this one. They brought wonderful energy and emotion to the story. I recommend the audiobook!

Thank you to the publisher for the free ALC!

The Hart and Mercy series does. not. Quit.

Rosie Fox is absolutely hilarious and I love her attitude. I’m sure a lot of us have already fallen in love with her from the past 2 books, but having her as a MC is really a treat.

We get so much more lore in this story too and I loved it! The myths, the legends and the truths all blend into one and it was truly a wild ride. Just the perfect amount of swoon-worthiness and the return of a bunch of other amazing characters. The ending legitimately had me tearing up from happiness, Megan Bannen is just so wonderful at making these heartfelt, real characters!!

The perfect blend of romance and fantasy, I’ll be recommending this series for life!

This series! All three books have been so much fun and I'm sad to see it come to a close, but so happy to have gotten Rosie and Adam's story! Rosie Fox is an immortal demi-god working as a Tanrian Marshall. When the portals to Tanria go on the fritz, Adam Lee, inventor of said portals, is called in to do repairs. When the repairs go awry and Rosie and Adam are stuck together, it becomes clear there is more to the inventor than meets the eye and they're going to need to work together to get out of this mess.

I know people were pulling for a Duckers/Zeddie book in this series, but I think there's just enough of their story in this book to make everyone happy! Rosie and Adam were, in my opinion, the stronger option to root this this book because there was so much to explore in their histories and characters. I can't wait to see what Megan Bannen does next, because I just know it's going to be a good time.

Even though the books in this series could probably be read as interconnected standalones, I highly recommend starting from the beginning to get the most out of the cameos and updates in this book!

The narrator was perfect for Rosie! This was an excellent audiobook and had the perfect tone for the book.

Thank you so much to Orbit and NetGalley for the eARC and opportunity to provide an early review.

A heartwarming, cozy third installment of this series. I love the whimsical exchange of teasing. An easy read and good palate cleanser of a book. The fantasy elements are magical in a way that it has its own identity compared to the first two.

I love (and thankful for NetGalley) the audiobook as it made me enjoy this one even more. The narrators did great in expressing and unfolding the love story between the leads. Voices are remarkable. (Listened at 1.5x speed).

Great writing and audio overall 🩷

This is the third of Bannen's Tanria books, and these are a perfect way to scratch the itch for a cozy romantacy. I know that sounds like a lot of things mixed together, but these books do it so well. The world that Bannen has created is just so warm, inviting, and kind. I mean, there are dragons that are empaths who sneeze out glitter rather than fire - I don't know how you could get more cozy than that. These books center around a small group of friends and their misadventures in Tanria, former prison of the gods. I love how interconnected these stories are and that I am basically guaranteed to see a character that I loved from a previous book when I dive into one of these. The plot of this one was particularly fun, as it dealt with issues of immortality and what that does to the human soul. I just cannot recommend these books enough if you are looking for a heart warming, cozy fantasy romance.

Megan Bannen delivers another charming fantasy rom-com set in the cozy, donut-and-dragon-filled world of Tanria. Immortal demigod Rosie Fox's existential crisis feels surprisingly relatable, while her opposites-attract chemistry with uptight inventor Adam Lee provides plenty of entertaining friction when they're trapped together in the mysterious Mist.

The world-building remains consistent and delightful, with satisfying cameos from Hart and Mercy characters that enhance rather than overwhelm the story. Bannen's signature humor hits throughout, though it occasionally disrupts the romantic tension. The portal mystery keeps things moving, even if the resolution feels slightly rushed.

The voice acting really made this story. Kacie Rogers added depth, and gave Rosie the voice I imagined. Highly recommend this book on audio!

✨ALC & ARC Review✨

For some context, I have been a big fan of this series so far with the first two books, The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy and The Undermining of Twyla and Frank. Those two both got solid 4/4.5 star reviews from me. Somehow I managed to like The Undercutting of Rosie and Adam the most.

It isn't often for me that the first book of a series isn't my favorite book, but here we are. We had the opportunity to get to know Rosie throughout the previous books. This fiery, careless, death-prone immortal demi-god with stunning red eyes. It was so fun to get to dive into her character, learn who her dad was, and how she internalized her immortality. Watching her fall in love with a character with such depth was beautiful.

Adam is a selfless brainiac who created the portals that linked Tanria and the remainder of the world. His aloofness drew Rosie in and every little bit of himself that he shared with her had her drooling for more.

The whole connection of who Adam is, who Rosie's dad is and how Rosie and Adam's lives have been forcefully intertwined for a looooong was a true surprise. I did not see it coming but it created such a beautiful and devastating love story. Megan Bannen really had me on the edge of my seat wondering whether or not the two of them would make it to the end of the book alive.

The audiobook was phenomenal, just like the other two. The narrators, Jim Frangione and Kacie Rogers, did such a great job bringing these characters to life. I especially loved Kacie's Duckers voice. It may have been my favorite thus far.

Big thanks to NetGalley for both the ARC (Orbit) and ALC (Hatchette Audio) for this book. I loved having the opportunity to experience both. I honestly don't know which one I'd push on my friends. It was an easy read or listen.

I really do hope one day that we can get a book or novella about Duckers and Zeddy.

Thank you to NetGalley, and Hachette Audio for the audiobook ARC.

This was a cozy, adventure-filled addition to the series. I was soooo happy to get more of Duckers and I honestly was hoping book 3 would have been about him and Zeddy, but they were featured pretty heavily in this one at least. Maybe at some point there will be a novella for them but I did enjoy the pieces of their story we got in this installation.

I loved that we had a tall queen x short king situation because it is not a traditional pairing in romance/romantasy novels so it was unique. My only complaint is it felt like the build of their relationship was an afterthought to the main plot. Which, normally I would be ok with but the first two books were so focused on building and blending the relationship between the MCs that this one felt like it was rushed. And not as much like a slow burn but almost like there were cute interactions and then they suddenly were in love.

I enjoyed the lore of the world and the gods and how the world transformed through the books and that was continued here.

I highly recommend the audiobook, as the narration was excellent.

Megan Bannen has done it again! The third installment of this wonderful series was excellent. I couldn’t help but love the FMC, Rosie, who is an immortal that faces the daunting task of outliving all the people she loves. We are reunited with several characters from previous books and we get to root for Rosie as she looks for the meaning of life and finds someone to share it with. I loved this book and highly recommend it!

Thank you Netgalley and Hachette Audio | Orbit for the free alc. My opinions are being left voluntarily. I am loving this cozy romance series. The first book remains my absolute favourite and need a trophy for my shelf. It's like a warm hug on a cool day. I don't remember the previous book so need to go back and read it soon.

Suggest giving it a try.

4.5/5☆

5 stars!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is a series that is best enjoyed as an audiobook. I found the plot a little slow moving at times but didn’t really mind because Kacie Roger’s narration was perfection, she perfectly captured Rosie’s sassy and funny personality in her inner monologues and honestly I think I could listen to Kacie read take-out menus and still enjoy it.

The story itself was great, I was excited to be back in Tanria, Megan Bannen has created such a cool urban fantasy setting.

What I loved in particular:
- I loved the partnership between Duckers and Ro-Fo, they were so funny together and so supportive too.
- I loved Adam and Rosie as a couple, it was such a good example of opposites attract making sense.
- I loved spending time in Rosie’s mind, she’s delightfully funny and sweary. Like her, I tend to like people who cuss!

Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for the opportunity to listen to this ALC.

*♡Thank you to to Megan Bannen and Hatchette Audio for the ARC of this audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion♡*
This is now my favourite book of the series!! First of all, massive props to Kacie Rogers for bringing all of the characters to life. She did an amazing job at narrating the book and helped to hook me from the very start.
The world building that Megan does is remarkable and so much fun to read. The slow burn between Rosie and Adam is romantasy gold, as well as the rekindling of Duckers and Zeddies relationship. I absolutely adore everything about Duckers!!! The dynamic between him and Rosie is beautiful and they are the ultimate friendship goals ♡