A Bump In Boohail: A Mead Realm Tale

Mead Mishaps #2.5

by Kimberly Lemming

Samhain was the biggest festival of the year. It was the time that the veil between our world and the otherworld thinned, meaning any manner of spirits could come through and wreak havoc. Not that I had anything to worry about with a dragon at my side. This year the festival would be the perfect excuse to snuggle up with my partner and enjoy Fall in full swing. Or at least it would have been, if I could find him.

This is a short story set in the Mead Mishaps series featuring Cinnamon and Fallon and is not a stand alone. It should be read after That Time I Got Drunk And Yeeted A Love Potion At A Werewolf.

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Novella, Romantasy, Fantasy Romance, Adult, Paranormal

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 26, 2022

Reviews

[Gabriel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un pequeño relato que toma como fondo el Festival de Samhain, que obviamente recuerda a Halloween con sus disfraces y sustos además de ofrendas.

Cinnamon protagoniza otra vez tratando de descubrir el misterio que oculta Fallon, quien anda comportándose extraño en medio de algún que otro espanto producido por gárgolas y la oscuridad.

Y nada, un placer seguir leyendo esto. Y que muchas gracias por la pequeña aparición de Alexis en el cuento.

[Rae (semi-hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, spooky, funny, and steamy

Best read after That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf

Just enough Cin and Fallon content to tide me over until the next book in the Mead Mishaps series.
Kimberly Lemming can write anything and I will read and love it!

[Elena Rodríguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5
“Happy motherfucking Samhain, you prick. ”

Relato corto que se desarrolla tras los acontecimientos del segundo libro y ocurre el día de Samhain ( Halloween). En él volvemos a tener Cinnamon Hotpepper, la protagonista del primer libro como narradora. Como no podía ser de otra manera, este relato me ha gustado mucho, sobre todo el “misterio” que esconde Fallon.

“I won’t shit myself this year. I won’t do it”.

En serio, ojalá más microrrelatos como estos. Lo que no estoy del todo segura si debe ser de lectura obligatoria para el tercer libro que va a sacar la autora en breve. Ante la duda, yo absolutamente lo recomiendo, te deja con una sonrisa de oreja a oreja, al menos para mí.

“Click clack clack”.

[Warda · Rating 3 out of 5]

More Fallon and Cinnamon content, please!

3.5 ⭐️

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well that was a nice snack! It was fun to revisit some characters from Boohail and the Mead Mishaps series. This reads in under an hour and is a cute little pick me up as we wait for the next instalment from this author.

[dovesnook · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of my favs are back in this super short and steamy and a little spooky novella! Honestly, what a T R E A T! I would’ve taken a single crumb if Kimberly Lemming offered it, but this is an entire meal! I think one of the biggest reasons I love this series is because it’s so completely obvious that the author had a BLAST writing it and, in turn, I was also grinning from ear to ear from page 1 to page 44.

I didn’t realize how much I missed this world. 10/10, 5 ⭐️

[♥Milica♥ · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit too short and not overly interesting. I would've preferred this to be more like the other novella that had a story/plot, instead of character crumbs. But it wasn't bad.

[Jan Agaton · Rating 2 out of 5]

chapter one had me hooked and then it gave me nothing else. i really thought spooky szn would've done the trick but nope. really hoping the 3rd novel is better!

[Andrea ☾ [is inconsistently consistant] · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mead Mishaps is one of my favourite series ever.
It's funny, kind of quirky, sweet and spicy! It makes my day every time I get to jump back into this world.
This novella was just a little epilogue in Cinnamon's POV (fmc from book #1). This all happens between books #2 & #3 and it was hilarious.
This one would make the perfect novella for Halloween if your looking for a quick read!

⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5
🌶️🌶️ / 5

[•Mrs Pizza• · Rating 4 out of 5]

44 pages of Cinnamon and Fallon. I’ll take it.

[Laurel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun short story to continue my journey in this world! I love all these characters so much.

[Mara · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun, quick short story about Samhain in Boohail - very cute!

[chichi · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was so fun getting to be with these characters again! I’m a Cin/Fallon girlie so I’m glad this mostly focused on them. Their steamy scenes have been my favorite so far in this series, and this novella was no different. The humor was fun in this one too, and somewhat reminiscent of Talia Hibbert’s brand of humor (but a bit more wacky). Super short, but I had a great time!

Kimberly also just posted the cover for the 3rd book and I’m SO excited for Dante’s book🥰

[Becky (romantic_pursuing_feels) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Note: Some of my goodreads shelves can be spoilers

Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔 (By itself, it’s quite short and more plot based but read book 1 and you will get to know the characters!)
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥
Humor: Yes
Perspective: first person from the heroine
More character focused or plot focused? plot
How did the speed of the story feel? fast
When mains are first on page together: It takes awhile...about 41% (or chapter 2 of 3 of this short story)
Cliffhanger: No, this ends happily for the couple
Epilogue: No
Format: read an e-book version through kindle unlimited
(Descriptions found at end of my review)

A small rabbit charm lined with diamonds glittered in the pale moonlight. The band was an elegant string of rose gold that hugged loosely against my ankle. “Oh, it’s so cute!”
“Good.” Fallon ran his fingers along my thighs, teasing them further apart. “I kept going back and forth between that and a necklace – yet whenever I thought about anything else wrapped around your throat, my hands grew terribly jealous.”

Should I read in order?
YES! You should, at minimum, read book 1 of the Mead Mishaps series (That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon) because this feels like an extended epilogue. But the whole series is so fun, so reading the whole thing in order is a great choice.

Basic plot:
Cinnamon and Fallon experience a Samhain festival together.

Give this a try if you want:
- fantasy romance with a historical feel
- Samhain celebration
- short story
- medium steam – 1 full scene that takes up most of the second chapter

Ages:
- They might be mentioned in book 1, didn’t see them listed here

First line:
“Cinnamon, go talk to your husband or I’ll hit you with another pumpkin spice pancake.”

My thoughts:
I really enjoyed this short story! I haven’t read Kimberly Lemming in awhile, and picked up the next book in the series for me (this one) because of the Diverse Baseline Challenge. It made me miss her work so much and now I want to catch up on everything I missed!

This is a short story, and definitely best after reading book 1 because it feels like an epilogue for Cinnamon and Fallon’s story. Fun, with a bit of light spookiness.

Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: 4
Average rating: 5
Favorite book: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- some light scenes of fear/spookiness
Author content warnings? Please be aware: This book contains light BDSM and sexually explicit content that could trigger certain audiences.


Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:

Safe sex: No
Hows the consent? It’s good
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) I don’t think there’s any talk of children/trying to get pregnant between the couple? There is unsafe sex but I can’t remember if there’s some other kind of contraceptive mentioned in their prior story (magical birth control, etc)
46% - kisses, oral for her, missionary, choking


Extra stuff like what my review breakdown means, where to find me, and book clubs


Full break down on what my ratings above mean here:
Overall: How I felt about it everything considered!
Readability: How ‘readable’ was the book? Did I fly through it? Did I have to tell myself to pick it back up repeatedly? Were any passages confusing? (I will probably score like (1) is literally unreadable due to formatting/typing errors, etc (2) There were lots of errors that made it difficult to read OR It was extremely confusing and I had to reread passages to make sense of it OR I disliked it so much I had to bribe myself to keep reading (3) I didn’t really want to keep reading and would have preferred to abandon the read and start something else OR some minor continuity issues/confusion (4) I liked it fine, maybe a minor error or 2. I was happy to pick it up when I had time. (5) I never wanted to put this down. I thought about it when I wasn’t reading it. I hid in the bathroom from my kids to read. I threw inappropriate food at my children for dinner so I could read instead.)
Feels: Totally subjective to each person but did the book give me any tingles? Any butterflies? Did it rip my heart out (in a good way?)
Emotional depth: How well do I feel I know the characters at the end? How much did I feel their emotions throughout the story?
Sexual tension: Again, subjective, but how strong was the wanting and longing to me between the characters? A book might have strong sexual tension without a single touch.
Romance: Was there romance? Did romantic things happen? This can be actions/words/thoughts of the characters and again is subjective.
Sensuality: This is how the intimate scenes are written. Kisses and sexual scenes – how sensual were they? Were they on the mechanical side? Was there emotional pull tied in? Were the details explicit or flowery? These are subjective but generally (1) too short to get a good judgement (2) not all what I'm looking for - very vague or flowery prose (3) either not explicit enough or not enough emotional pull (too mechanical/physically descriptive without the emotions) (4) what I love in a scene (5) absolute perfection - perfect balance of emotional longing and explicit descriptions
Sex Scene Length: How long the bedroom scenes are (generally (1) is 1-3 sentences (2) is a few paragraphs to a page-ish (3) is about average, a few pages (4) more well developed scenes, quite a few pages with descriptions (4) the majority of the book takes place in the bedroom. This is always hard to tell for me on audio!
Steam Scale: Generally, each flame is a scene. If scenes are super close together I sometimes combine them. If a scene is super short or so vague I don’t know what’s happening, I don’t count it. There’s some levels of grey but generally the number of flames is how many sex scenes there are (I max out at 5 so I’ll put a + after if there’s more than that)


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Book Clubs
The Ton and the Tartans (Historical Romance)
Upturned Petticoats and Undone Cravats (Historical Romance with Steam Requirements)
A Love Less Ordinary (Science Fiction, Paranormal, Monster, Fantasy)
Modern Manuscripts (Contemporary Romance)
Words for the Wicked (Contemporary Romance with Steam Requirements)
Vintage Romance (Old School Romance – published 2000 and prior)

[Mighty Aphrodite · Rating 3 out of 5]

È giunto finalmente il tempo di Samhain e l’intero villaggio di Boohail è pronto per festeggiare questa ricorrenza. Ogni abitante è pronto a darsi da fare per creare un banchetto pantagruelico e a divertirsi ballando intorno a un enorme falò. Tutto per allontanare gli spiriti che – per una notte all’anno – riescono a superare il confine tra la vita e la morte e tornano sulla terra.

Insieme alla sua amica Brie, Cinnamon è addetta ai dolci ed è pronta a dedicarsi a questa attività anima e corpo, pur di non pensare a Fallon e al fatto che sono ormai giorni che è lontano da casa, deciso a scavare un’enorme buca nel cortile per chissà quale misterioso motivo.

Mille pensieri si affollano nella mente della giovane, che si chiede se l’amore e la passione si siano affievoliti nel cuore di Fallon, al punto da permettergli di stare lontano da lei per così tanto tempo. La paura di essere abbandonata, e perdere così la cosa più bella della sua vita, è forte e Cinnamon non trova il coraggio di affrontare il marito, scendendo in quegli immensi cunicoli per scoprire cosa stia davvero succedendo.

Sarà Brie a spingerla ad affrontare l’ignoto, con l’aiuto del suo compagno Felix, un licantropo abbastanza forte da spostare le immense pietre che sigillano la tana di Fallon. Quando però quelle stesse pietre verranno rinchiuse alle sue spalle con una risata inquietante, Cinnamon capirà di essere caduta preda di una trappola per spaventarla a morte.

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[BookSpokenly · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really fun short story. It didn’t have the adventure of the other books, but I found it to be a great palate cleanser between the main books that I am now binge reading in 3 days because I just love the series so much. It isn’t quite as good as the others but it’s still really fun

[Alyson Walton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ah. I've missed Boohail! Love Cinnamon and Fallon, and this little novella back into their world was just lovely, nice, and spicy too!

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don’t get me wrong, it’s cute! However, I am not OK with loved ones scaring their loved ones shitless. I would punch them all. And it doesn’t seem fair to have the other villagers be subject to the fall out.

This reminds me of something that bugged me in the first book. He scares her so that she will cuddle with him. Apparently, this is a frequent practice of his! How will she know it is not safe if he always scares her so she assumes any unsafe situation is due to her jerk of a husband!?

He is not a total jerk but I would not be OK with him scaring me!

[Jassmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brie shrugged and patted her husband on the shoulder. "Sorry Cin, but we've decided to spend the night reviving one of the older traditions of Samhain."
I tilted my head. "Which tradition?"
Brie grinned. The type of grin that sends chills down your spine and makes children cling to their ma's skirts. "Human sacrifice."
With that, Felix moved the boulder back into place, leaving me trapped.

I'm still not sure if I like Kimberly Lemming's writing style, so naturally I keep reading her books waiting for an epiphany.
I didn't love this at the beginning. People trying to scare each other is just... you know, why? At least to me... especially since some of the things seemed a bit extreme - but I kind of liked how it untangled in the end. I mean the idea that it was Fallon who was scaring Cinamon this much was ridiculous to me. Why would you do this to your partner?! So discovering that it was actually her brother made things more sensical and I liked the revenge they executed together.
All in all, this was kind of hilarious, but also... it's still not entirely my thing. Idk... but I really love how readable the style is and when I'm in a mood for something easy, funny and steamy, Lemming is actually a pretty good pick, even though it's not a perfect fit for me, so... waiting for the next full novel!
P.S. Also, still waiting for the lamia or centaur story. You can't tease like that and then don't deliver!

[Yany · Rating 3 out of 5]

CUUUUUTTE

[RLbooks (in and out) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, spooky, and steamy return to Cinnamon and Fallon. This series makes me so happy and this book was great after an emotional read. Also got to see Brie and Felix and, of course, some of the other side characters.

[Izzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this little short and check in with our first story. Perfect little Halloween night read.

[Angie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had a bit of lack of interest in this novella. Nice content if you loved Fallon and Cinnamon and wanted more of them, though.

[Jasmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick and smutty. Just what I needed to keep my book goal on track. And I missed these characters!

[helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

funny. quick. perfect halloween read and reminded me why Cin is my fav.

[Sabine · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75 imp statue stars
Very short. So much that it felt lacking a bit.
I was nice to check in with Cin and Fallon though.

[Weekend Reader_ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short

I love check-ins with Fallon & Cinnamon. This short though read like a deleted scene that just ended. So while I loved the checkin I was left not sure what was the purpose of the hole and why the secrecy. Listen I will read anything Kimberly Lemming writes so I guess I don't have to have all the answers.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short little nugget of a story starring Cinnamon and her shapeshifting demon. Fallon's off being secretive and Cinnamon's TRYING to give him his space, but her curious nature and the fact she loves her honey something fierce and misses his big personality has her making some questionable choices to figure out what he's up to. One jaunt through a subterranean lair later and she's satisfied her curiosity, found her honey-bunny, and is planning some GLORIOUS retribution upon her prank-loving brother.

Fun, quick, and pretty darn sexy because Cinnamon and Fallon kind of can't keep their hands off one another when they're sharing space. GOOD TIMES!

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

A Bump in Boohail
Mead Mishaps, Book 2.5

I Picked Up This Book Because: #SeriesLove2023


Media Type: eBook
Source: KindleUnlimited
Stars: 3
Narrator(s):

The Characters:

Cinnamon:
Fallon:


The Story:

I didn’t like the spooky bits, cause I’m not into spooky but I did like the sexy bits.

The Random Thoughts:

[ReadBecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a novellette following Cinnamon, as the community is preparing for Samhain celebrations, her husband has holed himself up at home doing something mysterious. It has a great balance of cozy and spooky-lite framing, sandwiching a great spicy scene in the middle. Definitely insubstantial, but I'd struggle to point out anything that could have been done better within just 40 pages.