Reviews

A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

atypicalfemale's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

gracenp97's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

ellenabi's review against another edition

i cud not connect with the story

galexandriaw's review against another edition

dnf at 50%

Such a bummmerrr cause I had been waiting for this one! Personally I felt like the characters by themselves were not developed enough for me to then care about their romantic feelings for each other as well. I wanted action packed vampire heist and I didn't really feel like I got that :/

leslie_grace's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

2.75

reettam_r's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

3.5

alores's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

raadiyah's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

scorpi07's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

I think this one is 3.5 stars... I’m conflicted. The first half of the book was annoyingly full of all the characters noticing sexy details about each other, blushing, and being distracted by each others’ good looks. It felt like I was walking the halls of 8th grade. There was also a lot of unnecessary dialogue and yet constant lying by omission. 
The second half was more interesting, with plot twists and character growth. Maybe I’d give it 4 stars. We’ll just settle at 3.75 because StoryGraph lets me. 

I enjoyed the author’s interview at the end of the audiobook. Listening to her perspective made me like the book more. 

mthornburg13's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.0

This boom wants to be Six of Crows so badly. While the plot and twists were mildly interesting, the actual characters were half-baked, wishy washy and had dialogue pulled straight out of fan fiction.