Reviews

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

imalionheart's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This has its moments of amazing and some moments of boredom. I liked all the characters but also did not feel like they stood out to me. The ending though...i will be reading book two when it comes out

poetsofsweetpea's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A vampire heist book with tea and pastries, what more could you want?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Violence, War, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Racism

juwi_peaches's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Classism, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

aaliyahxcx's review

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

shereads8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

quintycaspers's review against another edition

2.75

Honestly….I probably wasn’t in the right mood. But I also thought there wasn’t a lot of description for things and I missed it a bit. Didn’t feel as cozy as I hoped it would 

singingshooter's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, Racism, Gun violence, Gore, and Trafficking

astillac's review against another edition

Too much horniness for me

frawst_disasta_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I didn’t go into this book blind.  Given I bought the Owlcrate edition, I wanted to be sure that I liked the synopsis.

The story kept me engaged most of the time.  I liked the characters, especially Matteo and Flick.  The setting felt dark and gritty and I enjoyed the interrelationships.  The tension too.  Omg the tension and plot teists!  Plus, I do love a book focused on tea!

My main issue was that each time I thought of the Crows (Grishaverse), they came out on top.  At times, especially in the beginning, I kept comparing them.  Also we are told and not shown how important Spendthrift is, which made me feel a bit disconnected.

Overall, though, I enjoyed this book and am itching for the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence and Blood