A Coup of Tea

by Casey Blair

Ebook, 2022

Status

Available

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Fic SF Blair

Publication

Casey Blair

Description

When the fourth princess of Istalam is due to dedicate herself to a path serving the crown, she makes a choice that shocks everyone, herself most of all: She leaves. In hiding and exiled from power, Miyara finds her place running a tea shop in a struggling community that sits on the edge of a magical disaster zone. But there's more brewing under the surface of this city--hidden magic, and hidden machinations--that threaten all the people who've helped her make her own way. Miyara may not be a princess anymore, but with a teapot in hand she'll risk her newfound freedom to discover a more meaningful kind of power. A Coup of Tea is the first book of the Tea Princess Chronicles, a cozy fantasy series full of magic tea, friendship, and lifting people up even when the odds seem impossible.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member quondame

A well paced well written runaway princess story in a fairly interesting world, and if the obstacles are overcome without a huge seeming effort, at least they arose primarily from human greed and prejudice rather than any of the magical elements lying about so handily, which is a great plus.

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LibraryThing member catseyegreen

Princess Miyara chooses to officially leave her family and goes to a city at the edge of her kingdom. Once there, she has to cope with learning real life skills and discovering her place in society. She studies as a "tea aspirant" who will test for tea mastery in 3 months; something that is not

supposed to be possible. She also starts to learn about discrimination among her people.

read 9/20/2023

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LibraryThing member zjakkelien

Nice book, I like the theme of self discovery the main character is on, and I like the idea of the tea master. Story is nice and cosy, but I think it could have done with a few less events and less speed. I think the story could have been a bit more subtle. And the main character as well, she tends

to hit people over the head with things. Including the readers.

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