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A Tempest of Tea (Blood and Tea)
A #1 New York Times Bestseller
From the New York Times-bestselling author of We Hunt the Flame comes the first book in a hotly-anticipated fantasy teeming with romance and revenge, led by an orphan girl willing to do whatever it takes to save her self-made kingdom.
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3.75
On paper, I feel like I should have really liked this? This historical fantasy type setting usually works for me, heist plots are interesting, and I am a sucker for found family. I do think this book spent more time on the (lackluster) romances than it should have, but I could see myself not minding as much if I was in a different mood.
I think my problem is that more than anything I'm a character driven reader and I need to like the characters. Apart from Jin, I didn't really care for anyone, and so it was hard to care what was going on with them. Jin deserved better friends, honestly. He spent a lot of time having information kept from him and having to work around Arthie's love interests.
I wanted to DNF a few times, and I knew I was going to come away from this book displeased when I remembered it was the first in a series and seemed like the kind of book that was going to end on a big cliffhanger. That assumption was correct.
I think that if you're the type of reader who connects with the type of character that Arthie is, and you don't feel like the romance elements get in the way of the rest of the story, you may enjoy this. The audiobook narrator was okay, but it seemed like she was kind of whispering the whole time.
Content Warnings:
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Child death
Minor: Stalking, Racism, and Trafficking
On paper, I feel like I should have really liked this? This historical fantasy type setting usually works for me, heist plots are interesting, and I am a sucker for found family. I do think this book spent more time on the (lackluster) romances than it should have, but I could see myself not minding as much if I was in a different mood.
I think my problem is that more than anything I'm a character driven reader and I need to like the characters. Apart from Jin, I didn't really care for anyone, and so it was hard to care what was going on with them. Jin deserved better friends, honestly. He spent a lot of time having information kept from him and having to work around Arthie's love interests.
I wanted to DNF a few times, and I knew I was going to come away from this book displeased when I remembered it was the first in a series and seemed like the kind of book that was going to end on a big cliffhanger. That assumption was correct.
I think that if you're the type of reader who connects with the type of character that Arthie is, and you don't feel like the romance elements get in the way of the rest of the story, you may enjoy this. The audiobook narrator was okay, but it seemed like she was kind of whispering the whole time.
Content Warnings:
Graphic: Blood and Violence
Moderate: Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Child death
Minor: Stalking, Racism, and Trafficking
I really enjoyed this book, but I did read it as an audiobook. I have some bones to pick with the narrator and her over-the-top accent… but after about 25 chapters, it stopped bugging me and I got so into the story that I genuinely enjoyed the performance.
My love of vampires is apparently still in tact.
What a fun, exciting book! I loved the undercurrent of sexy moments. I was rooting for the characters to make out with each other the whole time. Thrilling to read. A good summer book, too.
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