Eva Müller's Reviews > A Coup of Tea
A Coup of Tea (Tea Princess Chronicles, #1)
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Look, I need escapism as much as the next person who's living through *gestures vaguely*, but I have my limits. I was willing to buy the story of Miyara, a princess, who randomly and without any planning decides to run away from home with nothing but the clothes on her back. I was willing to accept that she is almost immediately offered a job. Because after that it got quite cute. Miyara works in a tea-shop, makes friends and tries to solve minor problems. I would have loved a book that is just some low-stakes magical tea-shop shenanigans. It would have been delightful escapism. But that's not what this book was about. No, it needed to be high-stakes. And for that, Miyara has one conversation that makes her realise her privilege and then she immediately goes off and fights gentrification and internalised racism.
Yeah. Escapism is great but I am too cynical for this.
Yeah. Escapism is great but I am too cynical for this.
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Reading Progress
September 18, 2022
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September 18, 2022
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September 18, 2022
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September 18, 2022
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fantasy
September 23, 2022
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20.0%
"There is a line between "fluffy sweet stories that are great for escaping the current reality" and "stories that are teeth-rottingly sweet and give you caries" and this book is running slalom along that line"
October 26, 2022
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Finished Reading