a tempest of tea – hafsah faizal | review

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…

review | foul lady fortune & last violent call – chloe gong

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.…

yellowface – r.f. kuang | review

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang StandalonePublished May 25, 2023 by The Borough PressAge Range: AdultGenre: Contemporary, Literary Fiction, MysteryRep: Chinese-American SC Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars: same year at Yale, same debut year in publishing. But Athena's a cross-genre literary darling, and June didn't even…

duology review | the celestial kingdom – sue lynn tan

Hello everyone! I'm finally posting my reviews for the two books in The Celestial Kingdom duology. I was yearning for a Chang'e inspired novel at the start of 2022 and I was blessed by Sue Lynn Tan's Daughter of the Moon Goddess. Enjoy! Navigate through this post with the titles below:🌕 #1: Daughter of the…

darker by four – june c.l. tan | arc review

Darker by Four by June C.L. Tan Series: Darker by Four #1Published April 2, 2024 by HarperTeenAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy, RomanceRep: Chinese, LGBT Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: A vengeful girl. A hollow boy. A missing god.Rui has one goal in mind—honing her magic to avenge her mother’s death. Yiran is the black sheep of an illustrious…

forging silver into stars – brigid kemmerer | review

Forging Silver into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer Series: Forging Silver into Stars #1Published June 7, 2022 by Bloomsbury YAAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy, RomanceRep: m/m couple Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: When nineteen-year-old Tycho, the King's Courier, arrives in the remote village of Briarlock, he hopes to escape the demands of his new life in the royal…

standalone reviews | celeste ng: everything i never told you & little fires everywhere & our missing hearts

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…

the silence that binds us – joanna ho | review

The Silence that Binds Us by Joanna Ho StandalonePublished on June 14, 2022 by HarperTeenAge Range: Young AdultGenre: ContemporaryRep: Chinese-Taiwanese-American MC, Black SCs Rating: ★★★★★ Synopsis: Maybelline Chen isn't the Chinese Taiwanese American daughter her mother expects her to be. May prefers hoodies over dresses and wants to become a writer. When asked, her mom…

arc review | never a hero – vanessa len

Never a Hero by Vanessa Len Series: Monsters #2Published August 29, 2023 by HarperCollinsAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, RomanceRepresentation: Chinese-English MC, Chinese SCs, side m/m romance Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family–and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come…

review | stardust in their veins – laura sebastian

Stardust in Their Veins by Laura Sebastian Series: Castles in Their Bones #2Published February 7, 2023 by Delacorte Press for Young ReadersAge Range: Young AdultGenre: Fantasy, Romance Rating: ★★★★ Synopsis: Princesses Beatriz and Daphne have lost their older sister, but their mother's grand scheme of taking the continent of Vesteria is far from complete. With…