A review by elliotvanz
The Tea Master and the Detective by Aliette de Bodard

3.0

This is one of those novellas that feels like it should either be condensed into a short story or expanded into a novel. For me it fails to fully complete a full and satisfying story arc. What it does do is give me a sense of de Bodard's writing and the Xuya universe, which is honestly What I wanted most out of picking it up. I'm intrigued by the world building, especially the way space travel works. It was an interesting little morsel even if it left me on the hungry side.