Cute and cozy sapphic fantasy. I love the so stupid they’re funny jokes. This second installment had a bit more action and adventure. Loved the low stakes good guy pirating. I also enjoy having a satisfying wrap up of the main conflict in each book with a short buildup at the end leading up to the next book. Perfect for a fall day of reading cuddled up with a blanket and sipping a steaming mug of tea. The bonus spicy scene at the end was great! The narrator does such an amazing job with all the voices and accents it’s like you’re right there in the book with them.

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I did not realize this was a second book (entirely my bad), so I went back and read the first installment and came back to the second. Once I did that things made more sense. This is such a cozy fantasy read and I loved the characters. I would have read it from this quote from the author alone "To the people who gave me one-star reviews because the first book "had lesbians." I doubled the lesbians in this one. Just for you." The characters had depth and dimension, the world was well written and cozy, I love this series! 1000% recommend to everyone.

Rebecca Thorne does it again. I love the characters - old and new. It's a perfect extension of book 1 that adapts into a new story with new characters and problems while still trying to solve the original problem from the end of book 1. Kianthe and Reyna are still trying to find the lost dragon eggs to return to save their lovely town. Bobbie, Serena and Dreggs are wonderful new characters and I hope it is not the last we have seen of them all.

This was such a fun one to jump into! I read the first one in the series and was excited to read/ listen to this one! I always love a good pirate story and this one had a little bit of fantasy, romance, and adventure mixed into one book! It had the same great characters from the first one but also introduced some other lovable characters as well. I really loved the narrator and feel like they did such a great job at all the character voices. I think I enjoyed this one more than the first one!

Everything about this book tried hard to make me give up, from the plot to the romance to the audiobook narrator.

I won't say my mood wasn't a factor because it probably was. I wouldn't have requested the ARC if I weren't excited about it, but we're entering the fall/winter season when my reading mood takes a nosedive. This outcome was not the one I was hoping for.

Despite being billed as cozy, this storyline has mid-high level stakes with several near death experiences. All of the conflicts are resolved easily and briefly with minor difficulty, which is probably an effort to communicate coziness and instead feels like frustrating simplicity.

The new romance between Bobbie and Serina is bland bland bland. Both of them insist so forcefully on their lack of romantic relationship that Kianthe and Reyna's matchmaking feels invasive and unwelcome. Then in an abrupt ending switch-up Bobbie and Serina are in love and all over each other with zero development to get there.

And the audiobook narrator's voice is all wrong for the story. I genuinely appreciate her use of accents and she is clearly skilled. But her default narration sounds like the perfect choice for a snarky, emotionally closed off badass heroine - a characterization which fits none of these characters nor the tone of this story.

I truly want to have good things to say about this book, because I did enjoy Can't Spell Treason Without Tea - it just really did not work for me.

3.5 ☆
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If you want a cozy fantasy, this book comes highly recommended! Plain and simple.
The audiobook was good, and the narrator did a great job bringing the characters to life.
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Thank you, Netgellay, MacmillanAudio, and Tor Publishing for the audiobook and Ebook in exchange for my honest review.

The narration and the opening of the book did not grab me. I read about a chapter and wasn’t interested in the characters and plot enough to continue. While the plot itself seemed like it could be good, the writing style was not one that grabbed my attention.

Narrator Jessica Threet does an amazing job , as always and her unique and steady voice added to an already great premises of a “cozy” fantasy, a gene I am new to reading and listening to. I fell in love with the characters immediately and yes, read book one first.

Oh my, do I love Kianthe & Reyna 🥹

This was a super adorable addition to the series, and while it didn’t keep my attention *quite* like the first book, I still had an absolute blast reading about this charming couple and their new swashbyckling adventures. A Pirate’s Life for Tea introduces a whole second lesbian couple to adore, and it was fun to have the comfort of the couple we know alongside the tension of a new one who hasn’t figured out how they’re going to come together yet.

The audiobook narrator for this series is absolutely phenomenal, and while I did notice my attention drifting from time to time, the plot and world feels so comfortable that it’s very easy to come back to things and see what is going on. The narrator handles all the different characters voices incredibly well, and there was even a spicy one shot at the end!

Thank you so much to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for this little gem of a book! I can’t wait for the next installment!!

Just give me all the cozy fantasies. One thing I really love about this series, is that it still has a lot of action without it ever being high stakes or stressful. It’s such a different niche of cozy fantasy but in the absolute best way. This was even better than the first one which was a high bar.

I absolutely loved the first book in the series and A Pirates Life for Tea continues with the cozy fantasy vibes.

A Pirate’s Life for Tea is the perfect follow up for Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea. Keeping true to the cozy vibes of the first but amping up the thrills enough to keep the reader and listener engaged (with wonderful narration once again. The sequel fleshes out some world building questions that weren’t answered in the first book nicely, building onto the magic unique magic system and continuing to keep it fresh.

"To the people who gave me one-star reviews because the first book "had lesbians." I doubled the lesbians in this one. Just for you."


Yes, absolutely, yes. You had me at the dedication (and Ponder, let's be honest, the baby griffin is ADORABLE, and I would also read anything with them in it.)

I did miss some of the cozy bookshop time with Kianthe and Reyna, but it was worth it to go on a swashbuckling adventure and meet Bobbie and Serina. I loved their escapades and cannot wait for book three's adventures.

Thank you Netgalley for the ALC in exchange for an honest review.

This was fun. It's a fun adventure sapphic fantasy. I love it. The book continues the story we get in the first book but while also expanding upon the world. All of which is done amazingly. I think my only real issue is that the book is promoted as a cozy fantasy and while yes there are cozy elements. I feel like it's a cozy adventure fantasy. Not just a cozy fantasy. Still though an amazing book.

Cozy fall vibes abound in this low stakes pirate adventure. The world was fun, and side characters were fleshed out nicely.
Missed out on the fun aspect for me though. i wanted the same colorful feel from the first book. Where the adventure felt exciting, and something the characters would naturally fall into. in the new life they made.
i did love however that the main relationship felt much more cohesive in this book.

3 stars.

I love cozy adventure romances, but I could not fully get into "A Pirate's Life for Tea" by Rebecca Thorne like I did with the first novel. It might just be me not being in the mood for a book like this, but it might be because it felt like this sequel was missing something, the spark I felt in the first. It might be the pirate/dragon egg chase setting versus the bookstore tea shop one. I enjoyed the first book "Can't Spell Treason Without Tea," but the small-town coziness felt more absent in this installment. I liked the dialogue and banter between the characters. I still love Kianthe and Reyna and their sapphic relationship. I will read a third book if one gets released, but the magic and oomph and luster might be a little lost.

Thank you to NetGalley, Rebecca Thorne, and Macmillan Audio for the complimentary ALC of this book. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for this review.

Completely cozy and loads of fun, fans of lighter fantasy will sink easily into this swashbuckling tale!

A Pirate's Life for tea invites readers into the lives of some beloved characters from the Tomes and Tea series as they begin a new epic journey. I found it nice to already have some familiarity with the cast. It allowed me to find footing within the story very quickly and focus on the nuanced character building that really makes this story shine! Like the previous installment the plot is solid and it moves along swiftly without skimping on some seriously lovely atmosphere.

If you are looking for some low stakes adventure this fall...this one may be for you!!!

I really loved this audiobook and the story as Kianthe and Reyna embark on a quest. The adventure was great followed by all the characters, pirates and getting to know each other better.

A Pirates Life for Tea is a return to our favorite mage and retired queens guard, Kianthe and Reyna as they leave their cozy bookstore/tea shop to continue their quest to find the stolen dragon eggs that were promised in exchange for safely from the dragons who were attacking their town in the last book!

On their quest they cross paths with a Robin Hood like Pirate, and her constable love interest. Their found family grows as they take to the seas to uncover the mystery of the missing dragon eggs.

This cozy story will warm your heart and thrill you as they sail the seas and outwit local law enforcement. I love Kianthe and Reyna! I’m so happy I got to return to their world, and you even get a spicy little bonus chapter!

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan audio for the ALC of this book.

I absolutely loved book 1 and book 2 was just as fantastic. I was a bit worried it would focus more on the new couple, but it was mainly still Rayna & Key. We had a couple chapters that were the other two but those were great.

I can’t wait for book 3. These have quickly become a favorite for me.

All the spice is behind closed doors but there is a bonus bit at the end of this that is quite spicy.

The narrator is wonderful and absolutely brings these characters to life.