97. A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

The Library Coven

It’s our final episode (!), and we’re discussing A Tempest of Tea, the much anticipated new novel by Hafsah Faizal. We meet Arthie Casimir and her crew who run a tea-house-turned-blood-house called Spindrift in the city of White Roaring. When Spindrift is threatened, Arthie is forced to make alliances and pull off a dangerous heist. There are vampires, colonial shenanigans, forgeries, and intrigue galore. The book ends on a serious cliffhanger, and we don’t know when to expect the next installment.

Links for ways to keep in touch included below

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• Recommend if you like…
  • Hafsah’s other duology The Sands of Arawiya (We Hunt the Flame episode 32 and We Free the Stars episode 54)
  • Sabaa Tahir if you like books that deal with colonialism set in a magical world (An Ember in the Ashes episode 4; A Torch Against the Night episode 7; A Reaper at the Gates episode 10; and A Sky Beyond the Storm episode 50)
  • Definitely Peaky Blinders which was how Hafsah marketed this book – as Peaky Blinders with vampires, although this book is way less violent!
  • Six of Crows (episode 22) and Crooked Kingdom (episode 29) by Leigh Bardugo since Arthie and Kaz have similar vibes.

how to find us slash keep in touch after the show ends:

• Jessie shares baking adventures at jessie.mae.bakes (on instagram and TikTok) and knitting escapades at jessie.mae.knits on instagram.
• kelly is less online but can still be found making queer community radio with the OutSources Collective on KNGU (kgnu.org/category/outsources) or at kellyjdrumright.com.

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