Week 3 Review: Sweep With Me

From Goodreads:
A charming, short novella in the Innkeeper Chronicles, from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews.

Thank you for joining us at Gertrude Hunt, the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, during the Treaty Stay. As you know, we are honor-bound to accept all guests during this oldest of innkeeper holidays and we are expecting a dangerous guest. Or several. But have no fear. Your safety and comfort is our first priority. The inn and your hosts, Dina Demille and Sean Evans, will defend you at all costs. (But we hope we don't have to.)

Every winter, Innkeepers look forward to celebrating their own special holiday, which commemorates the ancient treaty that united the very first Inns and established the rules that protect them, their intergalactic guests, and the very unaware/oblivious people of (planet) Earth. By tradition, the Innkeepers welcomed three guests: a warrior, a sage, and a pilgrim, but during the holiday, Innkeepers must open their doors to anyone who seeks lodging. Anyone. 

My Review:
I just loved reading this novella! I did read it as we were getting the chapters, but I had to read the full book once it was published too! It was great to be back with Dina and Sean again, and since this was a holiday novella, well, there were just all the feels, though there was action and a pretty important development.

Taking place during the Treaty Stay, an Innkeeper holiday celebrating the treaty that set the rules for Innkeepers, aliens and Earth, where anyone can ask to stay and they'll be accepted. I wonder if this is just aliens, because a character asks, but is denied, and he's human. Or is it because another guest asked for him not to be allowed? I'm leaning towards the former...

Dina is under a lot of stress. After she bonded with the baby inn, and it died, her connection to Gertrude Hunt has felt sluggish. And instead of an Assembly meeting, she has to host a very difficult to host guest. So that's a lot of fun. And on top of that, there's a few other stressful guests.

I really enjoyed seeing these characters deal with these various stresses, like trying to make a fast food burger, fighting philosopher space chickens, and more. It was a fun, sweet, entertaining read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

This was a fantastic read, I really enjoyed spending more time with these characters, and I can't wait for more from this series!

Author: Ilona Andrews
Series:  Innkeeper Chronicles #4.5
Read: January 17th, 2020
Source: Ebook.bike
Reason Why: Love their writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2020 Book!
Publisher: NYLA
Published: January 14th 2020

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars