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A review by clairetrellahill
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai
5.0
BITTER MEDICINE is an amazingly fresh and sweet fantasy romance! Elle and Luc both have magic—Elle creates magic glyphs via her Chinese heritage and Luc is a French half elven Agent who struggles with All The Things He’s Done. When we meet them on page, Luc has had something of a crush on Elle for a while, but when a secret from her past crops up, it entwines them together along with his job.
I found the world for this book really fresh and fun in the same way that The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy was so inventive and different! The book has an international feel as characters location-hop, and a large portion of the book deals with Elle’s background and culture, which is very present on the page. But since this is primarily a romance, the book makes very interesting pacing choices when you might expect a high-octane adventure or crisis. It chooses to make the emotionally resonant pivots. There were some plot threads that I wish were tied up a bit more, but I think they could be hooks for future novels if the author so chooses, so who knows! I’d be up for that!!
I enjoyed this so much and I’m definitely going to keep on the lookout for more books by this author! 4.5 stars!
Heat level: 2
I found the world for this book really fresh and fun in the same way that The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy was so inventive and different! The book has an international feel as characters location-hop, and a large portion of the book deals with Elle’s background and culture, which is very present on the page. But since this is primarily a romance, the book makes very interesting pacing choices when you might expect a high-octane adventure or crisis. It chooses to make the emotionally resonant pivots. There were some plot threads that I wish were tied up a bit more, but I think they could be hooks for future novels if the author so chooses, so who knows! I’d be up for that!!
I enjoyed this so much and I’m definitely going to keep on the lookout for more books by this author! 4.5 stars!
Heat level: 2