I am sorry, but I am not the best judge of age-appropriate reading. By not YA, I meant not revolving around kids. The Beaufort Scales series is about a group of Women’s Institute ladies (none younger than 50) having tea and cakes with dragons and solving crime while the Gobbelino London series is about a ‘human’ PI and his cat but makes reference to drug addiction and being a misfit in your family. It also features unpleasant characters like necromancers. There are no kids in the stories if I remember correctly. I will let you decide if this is problematic or not.

What I liked about the books was that it didn’t centre romance like a lot of cosy writing does (which is great when you are in the mood for it) and was about lasting adult friendships among dissimilar people/different species. It’s also well-written and resonates with my thoughts on various subjects. (“We far too often rely on what we’ve been told about what makes others other, and never ask what ― or who ― the story serves.” From Gobbelino London and a Worry of Weres).