Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

106 reviews

hdunscombe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Violence, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Murder, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Classism and Injury/Injury detail

itsjustbethg's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation

Moderate: War, Blood, Genocide, Violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Colonisation, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Police brutality, Gore, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Classism, and Emotional abuse

tea_time's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, and Death of parent

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Stalking and Racism

kathigh86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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

5.0

My first 5/5 of the year!

Hafsah Faizal is such an amazing author. Her writing is compelling and elegant. She is a master at trapping the reader in her worlds.

I absolutely adored the political commentary and how Faizal paralleled her world to the real world. I’m very excited to see how Ettenia evolves in the next book.

I loved the multi-POV in this book. We got a little bit of each character without giving away too much of their own secrets. I really enjoyed trying to guess everyone’s ulterior motives. 

I have read the Sands of Arawiya duology. I felt like I was in on a little secret. It definitely added to my reading experience but not necessary to understand the general plot. 

Overall this book was amazing. It was very slow in the beginning but once you hit part 2/the 60% mark everything is full steam ahead. I was not able to put this book down for the last 25%. So many things left unsaid too. I’ll be waiting on the edge of my seat for the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Blood, Classism, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, and Trafficking

Minor: Alcohol, Genocide, Stalking, Colonisation, and Confinement

christene_littlelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

A Tempest of Tea has an interesting and unique setting a tea shop for the vampire yet I found it a bit slow at the beginning. It was character driven but the character was bland and cold. Though I like Jin and Flick. And the unexpected twist at the end surprised me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Blood

probablytoolate's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent

ceredonia's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Violence, and Blood

kyoko2a's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Xenophobia, Violence, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Colonisation

Minor: Trafficking

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