A Tempest of Tea

English language

Published 2024 by Pan Macmillan.

ISBN:
978-1-5290-9894-5
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On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and collector of secrets. Her prestigious tearoom transforms into an illegal bloodhouse by night, catering to the vampires feared by society. But when her establishment is threatened, Arthie is forced to strike an unlikely deal with an alluring adversary to save it—she can’t do the job alone.

Calling on some of the city’s most skilled outcasts, Arthie hatches a plan to infiltrate the sinister, glittering vampire society known as the Athereum. But not everyone in her ragtag crew is on her side, and as the truth behind the heist unfolds, Arthie finds herself in the midst of a conspiracy that will threaten the world as she knows it. Dark, action-packed, and swoonworthy, this is Hafsah Faizal better than ever.

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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.