Review by somelibrarychick - A Tempest of Tea

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somelibrarychick 's review for:

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

2.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Faizal writes really beautifully, there were so many lines in this book that I wanted to highlight. But I feel like the story was lacking and confusing at times. There were a couple of points where I legitimately felt like I lost track of character/plot details somehow? Or perhaps that they were missing altogether? Certain characters and relationships didn't feel developed enough for my taste.

Especially Penn, when he died at the end I really did not care at all. He’s been in the story for less than 5 chapters?? like???

And the dynamics between Arthie and Matteo, and Arthie and Laith were confusing.

It was like she wanted to establish a love triangle but then halfway through she decided to scrap it in favor of….. nothing?

I guess this one just wasn’t really my cup of tea (no pun intended).

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