A Tempest of Tea Readalong: Day 3!

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Hi fairies!

Happy Wednesday and welcome to day 3 of our readalong of A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal. I’m so excited to be reading this one with you, I hope you all love it!

But before we start reading, we have our secret giveaway! What’s that? Oh, just a chance to get your next FairyLoot for free as a reward for reading! Doesn’t really get better than that! And your chances are so good too! We don’t really announce this anywhere else as we truly want the person from the readalong to win! If you’d like to try your luck, all you need to do is follow these steps!

1. Take a photo of our edition of A Tempest of Tea
2. Include the hashtag #TeaFairy
3. Do all of this by the end of May 17th.
4. Mention down below in your comment that you have entered and include your Instagram handle (also super important!)

Good luck!

 I hope you’re all having a fun time reading so far!

Today we’re reading from chapter 15 to the end of chapter 22. Let’s do this!

When you’ve finished today’s section, catch up with me in the comments down below so we can discuss the beginning of the book. Happy reading!

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Please be warned, the following section will include spoilers for A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal from Chapter 15 to Chapter 22. Please only read on if you have finished this section!

!SPOILERS!

We begin today’s reading with an Arthie chapter but in all honesty, I want a Jin or Flick POV asap. I need to know they escaped okay, my nerves can’t take it!

After receiving a list of Arthereum members from Matteo Arthie is surprised to find a public official on the list. She goes to visit him to blackmail him into giving her his marker.

However, on her way there she spots Laith and decides to follow him and ends up on a rooftop with him.

“There was something to be said about a girl who knew everything about every one and a boy more mysterious than the moon.” Um, WOW! I cannot get enough of Hafsah Faizal’s writing! 😍

Laith and Arthie’s nicknames for each other being criminal and saint has me grinning like the Cheshire cat right now.

He put his hands on her waist?! Such a small thing and yet the sails of my ship are blowing steadily in the wind! Is anyone else swooning a little?

Arthie and Laith head to the Office of Public works together – Arthie goes in to speak to Official Lambard from her list whilst she makes Laith wait outside.

The way Arthie weaponises secrets just makes her an even more interesting and clever character. She doesn’t need to use violence when she can use people’s own wrong-doings against them.

After getting an expired marker from Lambard she is suddenly locked in his office alone with a very very large man – but not before Laith snook in. Of course, he shows up the moment she is in danger and tries to fight the man but ends up being strangled by the man instead.

Our of desperation she decides to use Calibore, also revealing it’s secret to Laith. The pistol shifts into an entirely different weapon.

Whyyyy does every chapter have to leave us on a mini cliffhanger!! But at least now we can find out if Jin and Flick will survive escaping!

As Jin distracts the vampire he says that it would be a good time to jump whilst Flick is hiding out of sight. It’s also worth mentioning that he calls her love again. Does this book have anyone else swooning over the smallest of things? (Please tell me it’s not just me).

Jin takes off running so Flick can jump and escape, eventually catching up to her outside. As they run to make an escape Jin gets SHOT whilst he jumps in front of Flick to protect her. The scream that I just let out is a sound I did not know I could make. If anything happens to Jin I will cry.

We switch back to Arthie’s POV which is just as intense. Calibore has transformed into a club and she uses it to smack the man over the head, releasing Laith.

As the man begins to wake up again both of them jump out the window, Laith saving her from falling by grabbing her hand. Cuteeee!

They run through the abandoned warehouse when the man suddenly appears once more cutting Arthie off from escape. But our FMC is very smart and comes up with a plan. She realises they’re surrounded by gunpowder so strikes a match and tosses it behind her in the direction of the man. Everything explodes and Arthie leaps through the window.

Flick and Jin make it to Matteo’s house and Jin is bleeding pretty badly after being shot. *cries*. Flick comes to realise that even though she had been prepared to do anything for her mother’s forgiveness, she never thought anyone would do anything for her. Let alone take a bullet. I hope we get the found family trope with her and the Casimir’s!

Things take a tense turn (yes, that’s right – more tense than the scene before) when Matteo finally appears; because of all the blood and Jin riling him up, he attacks Jin with his fangs out, pinning him to the ground.

Of course, our girl Arthie appears and immediately diffuses the situation; putting Matteo in his place.

Not Matteo noticing Arthie’s jacket is slightly torn and asking if she is alright. Is it sad that the bare minimum has me giggling? I love how attentive he is when it comes to her!

Surprisingly, to all the characters along with myself, Matteo apologises to Jin and also informs them that there has been yet another vampire disappearance. Do you have any theories about the vampire disappearances? Who do you think could be behind it and why?

Later that night Arthie ends up at Laith’s apartment as she wants the truth about his real motivations. I also suspect she is unsettled that he knows her secret about Calibore. We then learn that not only can Calibore shift into any weapon, but it can kill anything too. Including vampires… Interestingggg.

Okay, there is going to be a lot more to this story than I thought. Arthie had another family when she came to Ettenia who took care of her as if she was one of their own (before she ran away). I wonder who it could be and why she ran away. What do you think?

Laith reveals that the reason he is here is for revenge against his king. His sister had been sent to Ettenia on a quest to retrieve an artefact that could be used against the king. However, she died on her way here and Laith is now focused on retrieving it and getting his revenge.

Could the boy Arthie asks Chester to tail be related to the family she ran away from? 👀

After heading to the foundries to get help from a previous acquaintance from her forgery days, Flick is met with hostility and almost violence, until Jin sweeps in and protects her. 😌

Jin calling Matteo an ‘overgrown mosquito’ I am CACKLING.

Laith brushing his thumb over Arthie’s lip whilst they’re hiding from the guards??? Swoooooning!

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Well, the ending of today’s reading has me excited to continue! This book is so fast-paced, there are so many things I can’t wait to be revealed. But most importantly, I’m living for the cute moments between certain characters…

Do you have any theories on who this mystery family Arthie was a part of could be?

Do you think their plans for the heist will work?

Which potential couple are you rooting for?

I’m so excited to see what will happen in tomorrow’s chapters, see you there fairies!

Love,
Jodie