Tempest of Tea

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Hafsah Faizal: Tempest of Tea (2022, Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

English language

Published Sept. 27, 2022 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

ISBN:
978-0-374-38940-6
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reviewed Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (Blood and Tea, #1)

Bad and frustrating - stay away

This book tries to ride the wave of tea-related fantasy books and Six of Crows praise but fails badly. There is hardly any teahouse stuff in it. Not much in this book makes sense. The criminal masterminds are all kids, the heist whose planning dominates much of the story turns out to be totally pointless, and it's written in an annoying, overly verbose style. In summary, totally frustrating. In our bookclub, we make a friendship bracelet for each book with a word/theme from it. This is the only one I couldn't even be bothered to make one for.