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Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Arthie Casimir was a maestro commanding the room. A queen at her throne. The hangman at the gallows.

A Tempest of Tea follows a criminal mastermind who runs a tea house by day, and a bloodhouse by night. With her band of misfits, she carefully plans a heist to protect her establishment but along the way she stumbles upon secret after secret, conspiracy after conspiracy.

It draws inspiration from King Arthur, Peaky Blinders, and Six of Crows so the setting is both fantastical and industrial (just add Vampires to it).

It promised itself to be packed with action and plot twists, but what it suffered mostly from is the painful pacing. Everything about the book told me I would enjoy it, but when the pacing is excruciatingly slow it just fails to hold my attention.

The point of views are split between three characters, and only one I was tempted to skim through as I wasn't invested in her.

I do think fans of Six of Crows would enjoy it, but keep your expectations neither too high or too low.