sleepydahlias 's review for:

Tea & Alchemy by Sharon Lynn Fisher

4.0

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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I don’t know if I’d call this a Dracula adaptation or spin off or inspired but Tea & Alchemy dares ask the question, what if Harker was a vampire (not based on Dracula lore, but in his own way) and Mina fell for him anyways? I had so much fun while reading this. I feel like Mina was a well developed character, I loved how she fought to find her place, never giving in to her brother’s wishes for her. Harker was so tender and, in a genre where obsession is usually done in a really creepy, illegal/abusive way, I found it refreshing that his obsession with Mina was more soft and passionate. You could tell when his feelings changed from “oh she has a tantalizing smell” to “oh I love her and cherish her”. I feel like the plot could’ve had more urgency before the climax, but all in all, this was an enjoyable and quick read.