Week 19 Review: The Undermining of Twyla and Frank

From Goodreads:

From the author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy comes a heartwarming fantasy with a best friends-to-lovers rom com twist set in the delightful demigod and donut-filled world of Tanria.

The entire town of Eternity was shocked when widowed, middle-aged Twyla Banneker partnered up with her neighbor and best friend, Frank Ellis, to join the Tanrian Marshals. Eight years later, Twyla's rewarding career patrolling the strange land of Tanria remains a welcome change from the domestic grind of mom life, despite the misgivings of her grown children.

Fortunately (or unfortunately) a recent decrease in on-the-job peril has made Twyla and Frank's job a lot safer ... and a lot less exciting. So when they discover the body of one of their fellow marshals near an enormous footprint—and Frank finds himself the inadvertent foster dad to a baby dragon—they are grateful to be back in action.

 

Soon, the friends wind up ensnared in a nefarious plot that goes far deeper than any lucrative Tanrian mineshaft. But as danger closes in and Twyla and Frank's investigation becomes more complicated, so does their easy friendship. And Twyla starts to realize that her true soul mate might be the person who has lived next door all along...

My Review:
I had such a fantastic time reading this book! I loved the first and I loved this world, and I believe we briefly met them in the first book. So I was really excited to continue on with this series! I had such a great time reading about these two! Though it was interesting, we were fully in Twyla's perspective, instead of alternating between her and Frank.

After the events of the first book, things are pretty different, especially for these two and their jobs. The fact that he's in love with her, and she doesn't know it, they're best friends, and she doesn't see it, and doesn't want to the ruin the relationship. But it was pretty hilarious, seeing how many people think that they were a couple, and the way that he reacted when she started a new romance.

The big plot of this book besides the romance is dragons, which was really freaking cool! The history of them, and how they were different, and how one of them latches onto Frank as a foster parent was just so adorable and I loved to read it! That it gets entangled into other things, including an interruption of a certain special night, well...so entertaining to read! 

Watching Twyla deal with the baggage that her marriage left her,and how that's affecting her currently relationship, oh, that hurt! That she was only considered by her use and not that she was a person herself, that was hard. Loved how it played out! 

This was a really fantastic read and I can't wait to continue on with this series, each one has done something big for the world and I can't wait to see what happens next! 

Author: Megan Bannen 
Series: The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy #2
Read: May 5th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and the first book was great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Orbit
Expected Publication: July 2nd 2024

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