A Coup of Tea by Casey Blair
Aug. 7th, 2023 09:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutI bought this in the wake of Travis Baldree’s Legends and Lattes. It is definitely higher stakes than that one, but still relatively cosy as fantasy novels go. It is the first of a series. I will probably wind up reading more. An audiobook of this one is due out in December.
There is found family and figuring yourself out and a lot of stuff about tea, business, etiquette and local politics. Also, systemic oppression, classism, racism, refugees and disaster areas.
There is a lot to like about this, altho there is also a certain amount of excessively tight timelines, and the wrap up involves a whole lot of And Then The Heroine Gets This Prize and That Prize and All the Prizes. But that is fine. I am here for it. If this sounds like your, er, cup of tea, well, it is pretty easy to recommend. If it annoys you, I am sorry.
There is found family and figuring yourself out and a lot of stuff about tea, business, etiquette and local politics. Also, systemic oppression, classism, racism, refugees and disaster areas.
There is a lot to like about this, altho there is also a certain amount of excessively tight timelines, and the wrap up involves a whole lot of And Then The Heroine Gets This Prize and That Prize and All the Prizes. But that is fine. I am here for it. If this sounds like your, er, cup of tea, well, it is pretty easy to recommend. If it annoys you, I am sorry.