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A review by thelittlestmermaid
A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Holy moly I loved this book. Gimme the second book now.
The magic was SO cool. I love tea but they can use the tea to do magic?? And heal people? Or see into their brains?? That's sick.
Ning was such a good main character. She's brave and smart and thoughtful. She's never too self-absorbed but she also isn't too focused on saving everyone but herself. She's pretty balanced when it comes to her goals and motivations.
The supporting characters are all so fun too. Lian is such a sweetie. And I wasn't expecting to love Zhen and Ruyi but I did.
I wish we could have seen a little more of Kang, he seemed to be such a cool character and he's not there for very much of the book.
Overall this was such a blast to read and I'm so glad I finally got around to it.
The magic was SO cool. I love tea but they can use the tea to do magic?? And heal people? Or see into their brains?? That's sick.
Ning was such a good main character. She's brave and smart and thoughtful. She's never too self-absorbed but she also isn't too focused on saving everyone but herself. She's pretty balanced when it comes to her goals and motivations.
The supporting characters are all so fun too. Lian is such a sweetie. And I wasn't expecting to love Zhen and Ruyi but I did.
I wish we could have seen a little more of Kang, he seemed to be such a cool character and he's not there for very much of the book.
Overall this was such a blast to read and I'm so glad I finally got around to it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Blood, Medical content, and Death of parent