A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal Series: Blood and Tea #1Published February 20, 2024 by Farrar, Straus & GirouxAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy, Romance, Historical Fiction, ParanormalRep: Asian-coded, Middle-Eastern coded Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: Why save the world when you can have tea?On the streets of White Roaring, Arthie Casimir is a criminal mastermind and… Continue reading a tempest of tea – hafsah faizal | review
Hello everyone! Chloe Gong's Secret Shanghai world pretty much took over my life when These Violent Delights was released, so it's no surprise that I would pick up future novels set in this universe. I love related series that explores different characters and letting side characters in one series be the main characters in another.… Continue reading review | foul lady fortune & last violent call – chloe gong
Hello everyone! Today's review will be for the books in THE KEEPER OF NIGHT duology by Kylie Lee Baker. The duology starred a half-British, half-Japanese girl who is trying to find her place in the world. She explores the world of the Japanese Shinigami as a British Reaper for the first time. I loved exploring… Continue reading duology review | the keeper of night – kylie lee baker
Hi everyone! I've collated my reviews for Celeste Ng's books here. They are pretty hard books to read in terms of the topics covered and the characters often would go/are going through difficult things in their lives. Everything I Never Told You still gave me the chills whenever I think about it, Little Fires Everywhere… Continue reading standalone reviews | celeste ng: everything i never told you & little fires everywhere & our missing hearts
Hello everyone! I finally sat down and finished The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A. Chakraborty. Truthfully, all three books are pretty hefty in terms of page count so I've been dragging my feet about finishing it up. I'm glad that I did it. S.A. Chakraborty's writing brought me into the world of Cairo and Daevabad, the… Continue reading trilogy review | the daevabad trilogy – s.a. chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty Series: Amina al-Sirafi Published February 28, 2023 by Harper VoyagerAge Range: AdultGenre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, she’s survived backstabbing rogues, vengeful merchant princes, several husbands,… Continue reading the adventures of amina al-sirafi – shannon chakraborty | review
Shanghai Immortal by A.Y. Chao StandalonePublished on June 1, 2023 by Hodder & StoughtonAge Range: AdultGenre: Historical Fiction, Romance, FantasyRep: Chinese Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: Pawned by her mother to the King of Hell as a child, Lady Jing is half-vampire, half-hulijing fox-spirit and all sasshole. As the King’s ward, she has spent the past ninety… Continue reading shanghai immortal – a.y. chao | arc review
The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu StandalonePublished on March 3, 2020 by Putnam/G. P. Putnam's SonsAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: Born with a gift for music, Nannerl Mozart has just one wish: to be remembered forever. But even as she delights audiences with her masterful playing, she has little… Continue reading the kingdom of back – marie lu | review
🖋🖋🖋 Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R.F. Kuang StandalonePublished August 23rd 2022 by Harper VoyagerAge Range: AdultGenre: Historical Fiction, FantasyRep: Chinese MC, Indian Muslim SC, Black SC, POC SCs Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift,… Continue reading babel, or the necessity of violence: an arcane history of the oxford translators’ revolution – r.f. kuang | review
Strike the Zither by Joan He Series: Kingdom of Three #1Published on October 25th 2022 by Roaring Brook PressAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Historical Fiction, Romance, RetellingRepresentation: Chinese Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions… Continue reading arc review | strike the zither – joan he
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