A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal, 352 pages. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Macmillan), 2024. $10
Language: PG (11 swears, 0 ‘f'); Mature Content: PG (kissing); Violence: PG-13 (bloody gunshot wounds)
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
18yo Arthie has been on her own since she was ten. She eventually found another orphan named Jin and took him under her wing. Together they built Spindrift, a tea house by day for proper society and a blood house by night for vampires who want to be civilized and not harm others. When Spindrift is threatened, Arthie tries using her blackmailing skills to keep her place safe. When that doesn’t work, Arthie and Jin recruit other outcasts to pull off a scheme that will knock the threat to its knees!
Arthie is mysterious and keeps to herself but she has fierce loyalty to those she cares about. Jin is a charming, fun character and adds a lot of life to the story. The mystery and scare of the half vampire, the Wolf of White Roaring, is extremely interesting.
The ethnicity is predominantly white with a mix of races as the main characters.
LynnDell Watson, DHS Librarian, Delta, Utah
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