This book is the perfect starting point for fantasy readers looking to get into cozy fantasy.

We follow our main characters as they abandon their responsibilities to open up the coziest tea and bookshop in a small town. There they make the small town their home. I really enjoyed this aspect and loved the various relationships we explored.

I think this is the perfect bridge because there is still a small amount of action and mystery. While Reyna has left everything behind, Kianthe doesn't have the same privilege. Her job title is a little more difficult to leave behind and causes her to take on a huge task that will lead us into the second book.

The perfect book to enjoy over a rainy weekend!

Cozy Fantasies are very hit or miss for me. This one however was a clear favorite. There is witty banter, an adorable queer romance (which is already established, something I haven't read about in a while and loved even more so), peaceful moments and elements as well as some stakes and dangers around the corner. Can't wait to read more from the author

**Thank you to NetGalley and Panmacmillan for the e-ARC**

3,5/5

'Can't spell treason without tea' had benn on my radar for a few months, as a queer cosy fantasy. In the end, it was nice couple hours spent reading, like I expected, maybe a bit oversold from what I saw on social media. The book has that "searching for a quiet life" vibe, with a little town a little bit cut out from the rest of the kingdom, sense of close community and focus on building your own little nest. It worked for the characters and their goals, but I must say I didn't have that cosy feel in the end, maybe because of the stakes, quite high in the end.
What I did like was the fact that the couple was alrealy, well, a couple, and had to work together for theur shared goal. There isn't enough of such kind of relationships in books, it was refreshing. And the mains characters are cute together as well as being separate entities throughout the story, working together and doing stuff on their own sometimes, I liked that.
All in all, I think the book somewhat delivered its promise and I had a nice time, even while not being that much invested and lacking that strong sense of cosyness.
If you're looking for a fantasy with a tinge of cosyness and quite high stakes, 'Can"t spell treason without tea' might work for you !

So, I received an e arc of this book to give my honest opinion.

Writing wise, it is not badly written and the writing style is easy to follow… however, it is basically just legends and lattes with a slight change for the first half of the book which to me is lazy writing.

The plot lacked but at least I could continue reading. After half way the plot began to develop and I did begin to enjoy the book for its storyline finally.

Definitely would say it’s an easy read and good to break up any high fantasy books.

But, if you’re looking for something similar to legends and lattes it’s perfect however if you don’t like it being too similar I wouldn’t recommend.

Unfortunately this was a dnf for me. The book was all over the place with no structure, it didn’t seem like the author knew what they wanted it to be which made it confusing with pacing issues. I found the writing very amateurish and I had no interest in reading anymore

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc