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    Review: A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal

    Arthie Casimir is the owner of Spindrift — teahouse catering to society’s elite by day, and bloodhouse illegally serving White Roaring’s vampire underworld by night. Having clawed her way up through society by her own means, Arthie now has a place to call her own, and a lucrative business trading in tea, blood and secrets. But when all of it threatens to come crashing down overnight, Arthie and her crew must band together to pull of a masterful heist which just might be enough to save Spindrift — and earn them some coveted power along the way. But as long-held secrets come to the surface and loyalty is questioned, threats…

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    Review: Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater

    Dora Ettings has a problem: she is missing half of her soul (which was stolen by a faerie when she was a child), and therefore is unable to feel emotions such as shame or embarrassment. Far from being an advantage, it has caused quite a few difficulties in the regency society where she lives with her aunt and her cousin Vanessa. When Vanessa is taken to London by her mother to try and find a husband, Dora is allowed to accompany her. Hoping only not to cause too much trouble and interfere with her cousin’s prospects, Dora’s plans are upset when she meets the handsome but bad-tempered Elias Wilder, the…