meghanlew_ 's review for:

Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai

3.0

adventurous emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an arc copy of this book.

I don’t quite know how I feel about this book, but as of right now, I feel that it was just fine. There were parts of it that I absolutely loved and other parts that fell short.

I loved the magic system and the world-building in this book. I thought it was done very well and I enjoyed finding out new things as the book went on. The author did a great job of showing the world instead of just info dumping. On top of that, I found the world interesting and it is not something I have seen a lot of and definitely not done in the way the author did it.

I also felt that the plot was interesting and it was the main thing that ket me turning the page. The author did an amazing job of intertwining different storylines together. I had a lot of fun trying to figure out how everything was connected. 

Now the thing that made it really hard for me to fully get invested in this book was the two main characters. I just did not care for either of them and I found myself putting the book down despite my interest in other parts of the book. I also felt no chemistry between them so that defiantly did not help.