Is there a sequel to A Tempest of Tea?

Yes. A Tempest of Tea is the first book in the Blood and Tea duology by Hafsah Faizal. The second and final book, A Steeping of Blood, follows.

What age group is A Tempest of Tea appropriate for?

It's a young adult novel generally recommended for readers 14 and up. It includes violence (gunfights, deaths of important characters), mild sexual content and innuendo, and references to colonial violence and parental loss.

A Tempest of Tea

Reader reviews of A Tempest of Tea

Kyrie · 2026-10-21T06:51:11.000000Z

Love this world Hafsah created. My only complaint is the pacing in the first half. It felt a bit disjointed at times. But that back half... 👌

Fantasy Young Adult

Pages: 352
Published: 2024
Language: English

Synopsis

Arthie Casimir runs a coffeehouse that doubles as neutral ground for the city's vampires, trading in secrets and favors while hiding a secret of her own that would get her killed if the wrong people found out.

When a job comes her way that promises to solve her money troubles for good, it pulls her into a heist against the very vampire underworld she's spent years navigating carefully, alongside allies she can't fully trust and a romance she didn't plan for.

The first book of the Blood and Tea duology, this YA fantasy mixes heist plotting, court intrigue, and a slow-building forbidden romance against a vampire-run underworld.

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How it reads

Tense Mysterious Adventurous Dark Romantic

Heist Secret Identity Forbidden Love Slow Burn Revenge Court Intrigue

Prose complexity 4/10

Content warnings (5)

ViolenceGun ViolenceDeath Of A ParentSexual ContentRacism

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CharactersArthie Casimir, Lady Linden, Jin Casimir +4

About the authorHafsah Faizal

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