A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal on February 20, 2024
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Vampires, Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / General
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Why save the world when you can have tea?
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 dark, 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—and 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.
I was excited about this one but I didn’t think this one was as well developed as it should be. I’m not a huge fan of YA, so that might have been why it didn’t live up to the hype for me. This book was very character driven and lacking on the plot most of the time. I was excited about a vampire book with a heist but I felt like it was missing something. I couldn’t get invested in the MC, Arthie or care much about her. The last few chapters had me curious about the next book, but probably not enough to read it.