Reviews and Comments

This book tries to ride the wave of tea-related fantasy books and Six of Crows praise but fails badly. There is hardly any teahouse stuff in it. Not much in this book makes sense. The criminal masterminds are all kids, the heist whose planning dominates much of the story turns out to be totally pointless, and it's written in an annoying, overly verbose style. In summary, totally frustrating. In our bookclub, we make a friendship bracelet for each book with a word/theme from it. This is the only one I couldn't even be bothered to make one for.

This month's classic read in the Libby app. The first this year that I haven't read yet and am also interested in. Listening to the audiobook.

My bookclub's choice for November.

This month's bookclub book.

I read the prequel - Bookshops and Bonedust - before this one and loved it. You can tell that this one is the earlier one because it's not quite as intricate. It was more dramatic than I anticipated given the "cozy" label but it does have a cozy vibe apart from that. I especially loved how Viv built a web of connections and ultimately, community, without really noticing at first. I'm normally not into the romance part of fantasy books but this one was handled well and in a realistic way.

Became available via Libby unexpectedly and I thought, "why not start another book?" ;)

The previous books in this series were quick reads, though.