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[STARRED REVIEW] “Sparks fly in Tsai’s refreshing and enchanting paranormal debut.... With brilliantly developed, multifaceted characters; a clever magic system; and witty prose, the pages of this fantasy fly. This marks Tsai as a writer to watch.”
―Publishers Weekly
“There are so many joys in this paranormal. The wealth of…
Why read it?
1 author picked Bitter Medicine as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Bitter Medicine is the book you read when you want to have big feelings in a new and exciting world.
In this romantic contemporary fantasy, Elle, whose magic works through calligraphy, is hiding herself away from a treacherous relative, and Luc, a dangerous man who’s done dangerous things, has given up on trying to disentangle himself from a boss who asks too much.
The magical universe Tsai creates is both familiar and fresh, and I loved Lus and Elle together and was on the edge of my seat when it seemed they’d be kept apart.
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