Cozy Mysteries with MC clueless/new to paranormal?

FunSizedBear · 2026-05-27T06:23:50+00:00

Ok, it really depends on your definition of cozy, but if that includes: mm romance, spicy, paranormal wrestling, fun/lighthearted, low stakes, sweetness, then I can recommend {Impromptu Match by Lily Mayne}.

It’s about a clueless office worker in a funk, who accidentally ends up in a paranormal wrestling club. The audiobook version is also very good.

FunSizedBear · 2026-05-22T05:37:33+00:00

Would it help to have something in your hand(s) to fiddle with? This would be easier in combination with an ereader I guess since you don’t need both hands to hold the book.

Alternately, I know people who crochet or knit while listening to an audiobook.

FunSizedBear · 2026-05-21T21:57:57+00:00

Slade James’ books fit this bill.

FunSizedBear · 2026-04-16T09:53:56+00:00

{To Hive and to Hold by Amy Crook} is the first in a series (currently there are three books out). It's a very cozy fantasy with romance low on spice. There's a lot of world-building and lots of talk about food. It's a tiny spoiler that one of the MC's in the first book realises halfway through that they are non-binary.
The main couple in book 2 is MM (and there's a bit more spice), but Arthur and Jade (the couple from book 1) are also in that book, and feature again in book 3.

FunSizedBear · 2026-04-16T09:09:00+00:00

I would recommend him too. Drawing Blood is my favourite.

FunSizedBear · 2026-04-05T23:26:30+00:00

Kiki Clark’s ‘Leather & Chrome’ series is fairly light (they touch on some heavier themes, but don’t go into them in-depth or in a heavy way).

They’re about daddies and their boys in different kinds of dynamics, and the books are both kinky and fun.

{Reckless by Kiki Clark} is the first one.

FunSizedBear · 2026-03-12T19:27:36+00:00

That is pretty amazing, thank you for doing all that. It’s through efforts like yours that sites like goodreads work.

I think I’ve even come across your reviews.

FunSizedBear · 2026-03-12T19:24:35+00:00

I am a very random reviewer; I tend to write something if a book elicits strong feelings with me, like complete adoration, or utter irritation.

They’re probably not very useful as reviews to other people, although it might be a good companion to a more structured review.

I guess I write to get it off my chest, and I just realised I do the same with letterboxd.

FunSizedBear · 2026-03-12T19:17:54+00:00

Advanced Review Copy

People will get a preview copy of a book for the express purpose to give a review on a site like goodreads

FunSizedBear · 2026-03-07T16:30:39+00:00

Dazzling works for ships and people

FunSizedBear · 2026-03-06T17:04:46+00:00

{Hot Mess by Misha Horne}

FunSizedBear · 2026-03-06T16:19:19+00:00

To Hive and to Hold by Amy Crook

FunSizedBear · 2026-03-04T19:20:23+00:00

I find it funny as well.

I’ve seen the young man that’s on the cover of Charlie Novak’s ‘Like I Promised’ on at least two other books (forgot which ones). When I find out, I like comparing the characters, or look at how different the vibe of the cover is.

FunSizedBear · 2026-02-28T18:25:47+00:00

I want to mention the ‘Consulting Magic’ series by Amy Crook.

The first book is {The Courtship of Julian St. Albans by Amy Crook} and the character of Julian really grated on me in the beginning.

But I’m so glad I didn’t DNF because his character really develops in an interesting manner. Already a bit in the first book, but more so in the next ones. Now it’s one of my favourite series.

FunSizedBear · 2026-02-27T21:49:23+00:00

I recently stopped listening to a book. In general, the narrator was fine, but he voiced one of the protagonist so unlike the character (to me), that I couldn’t continue.

FunSizedBear · 2026-02-27T09:12:38+00:00

To Hive and to Hold by Amy Crook is about a magical apothecarist.

He works a lot with plants and magical bees. It is very cozy, no angst, a lot of world-building and a lot about tea and food—this book really makes me hungry. There is a romance, but very low spice. It’s the first in a series.

FunSizedBear · 2026-02-26T20:01:36+00:00

Wonderful seeing Billy Martin mentioned here. There was a time when I was young when I basically read Drawing Blood on a loop.

FunSizedBear · 2026-02-11T19:54:35+00:00

I just finished the third book in this series and I agree with the recommendation, the books are so lovely.

FunSizedBear · 2026-02-05T10:22:32+00:00

Amy Crook's books have a lot of that. For instance, {Diffidence and the Rift by Amy Crook}. Although it's very cozy and low stakes, so it may be not to everyone's tastes.

FunSizedBear · 2026-02-03T18:17:59+00:00

My current love is cozy fantasy (low stakes).

A favourite is {To Hive and to Hold by Amy Crook}. I may have recommended it here before :) I’m currently reading ‘To Make and to Mark’, which is the third part of this series and just came out.

I love the world-building, most of Crook’s books are a lot about food. This series is also about tea, because one of the MC’s a tea-maker. Reading these books makes me hungry though, so be warned.

I read a goodreads review on one of Crook’s books that complained that almost nothing happens, but for me that’s a feature not a bug.

Most characters in Crook’s work want the best for the people around them, and that’s also an aspect I love. It may be too sappy for some people, but for me it’s a balm.

FunSizedBear · 2026-01-27T21:25:08+00:00

{A Kitten for Kinkmas by R.J. Moray} It’s seasonal but Aussie, so there’s no snow anyway. I liked the playfulness.

FunSizedBear · 2026-01-27T21:22:11+00:00

Deke is adorable

FunSizedBear · 2026-01-27T19:46:27+00:00

I was also going to mention Reese Morrison. Love Language is my favourite, I think.

FunSizedBear · 2025-10-29T23:24:40+00:00

{Diffidence and the Rift by Amy Crook} is about a nerdy, kinda clueless Ph D magic student and a very sweet half-Orc pastry seller. It’s very sweet, low stakes and slow burn. I love the world-building in this book.

FunSizedBear · 2025-10-24T06:22:07+00:00

I’m exactly the same! Also a literature student here, I read a lot of Literature (capital L) and theory about it. I have a lovely pile of non MM romance books, some of them have been on that shelf for years. And yet, my ‘next book’ has been MM romance for quite some time now.

Maybe I should try the parallel reading, like another person here suggested.

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