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appreeshation 's review for:
Bitter Medicine
by Mia Tsai
this book is incredible. it's so rich in everything and the author's note about not providing translations for the different languages used in this book is IMMENSELY respectable and regardless of the reason why, i love putting in effort, however little it may be, to read different languages in novels so <3 it was the first book i've flown through in a month or two and i appreciated that immensely.
getting into the actual plot it's about elle, (who, despite being the middle daughter, has all the symptoms of eldest daughter in an asian household syndrome and whom i couldn't help but love. she is fiercely protective and underestimates herself to a fault and i love her so much) and luc, (a half-elf who hates the work he does but can't help it for reasons i will not say and is just so much more than the stoic mask he puts on) and secrets that unravel between them and that connect them in multiple ways.
this contemporary fantasy was just so good for me and i loved every minute of it. i loved how the focus was on both their characters and how their romance was simply a part of it and truly this was just beautiful. full of family and mistakes and longing and magic and the mundane, bitter medicine was anything but bitter and i couldnt be more glad! the writing is a little plain in the beginning but it's clear that it had to be done that way because describing appearances gets very complicated very fast and there's only truly ONE moment i could tell, because other than that the writing is not full of metaphors and flowery words but instead does exactly what it's meant to do, which is make me feel and it fits the story so well so im not upset!!
overall, this book was incredible and im seated for anything else mia tsai wants to write!!!
ty to tachyon publications and netgalley for the arc!
getting into the actual plot it's about elle, (who, despite being the middle daughter, has all the symptoms of eldest daughter in an asian household syndrome and whom i couldn't help but love. she is fiercely protective and underestimates herself to a fault and i love her so much) and luc, (a half-elf who hates the work he does but can't help it for reasons i will not say and is just so much more than the stoic mask he puts on) and secrets that unravel between them and that connect them in multiple ways.
this contemporary fantasy was just so good for me and i loved every minute of it. i loved how the focus was on both their characters and how their romance was simply a part of it and truly this was just beautiful. full of family and mistakes and longing and magic and the mundane, bitter medicine was anything but bitter and i couldnt be more glad! the writing is a little plain in the beginning but it's clear that it had to be done that way because describing appearances gets very complicated very fast and there's only truly ONE moment i could tell, because other than that the writing is not full of metaphors and flowery words but instead does exactly what it's meant to do, which is make me feel and it fits the story so well so im not upset!!
overall, this book was incredible and im seated for anything else mia tsai wants to write!!!
ty to tachyon publications and netgalley for the arc!