Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop tells the story of Vanessa Yu and her unique skill of clairvoyance. While I did enjoy this one, I longed for a bit more about tea and fortune telling. After reading two books from Roselle Lim, it seems she's one of those authors with book premises that appeal to me, but the execution seems lacking in some way. Agent: Jenny Bent, the Bent Agency (Aug. ). This review is voluntary and opinions are fully my own. She's a 27yo whiner with the most overbearing, meddling family, but somehow she rationalizes them, over & over & over.
Literary Fiction at its best! It was nice to see Vanessa leaning on her family instead of friends, as is so often seen in books. Title: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop. Can't wait to read the author's future works! Vanessa wants what she has been denied by the virtue of being born with her special talent, she wants to defy fate: 'Despite spilling others' fortunes, I refused to believe fate dictated my life. Worse, the prophecies verbally burst out of her, with no effort on her part being sufficient to prevent it. If there is a person who can help her, it is Aunt Evelyn who is about to open a tea shop in the center of Paris. This one is no exception and such a fun read too! She's not about to let him do anything stupid.
When her life falls apart on the eve of her 40th birthday, Kate Parker finds herself volunteering at the Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies. Plot Structure and Development: 4 Stars. I had one quibble, however, with how Evelyn's relationship was resolved. The first one, I read the book instead of an Audible, and it was a lyrical beauty. Even though she no longer drinks tea she still is compelled to burst out loud with her predictions. People were coming in for a cup of tea and getting told their family member would die! By Disneyfans5 on 04-23-20. Narrated by: Erin Bennett. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her - the poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu. Vanessa Yu and her aunt love to eat.
She was whiny about having this 'gift' thrust upon her and was equally morose over the matchmaker telling her she would never find true love, and her relationship with Evelyn is combative. Until aunt Evelyn comes to turn her life around and asks Van to help her out in opening her tea shop in Paris. Evelyn is ready to train Vanessa but there is a lot of work to be done since she's tried to fight her abilities for so long. Finlay Donovan is killing, she's really not. But the answer to that question depends on who you ask, and how.
From this point, she decides she has to get rid of this ability so she can live her life. Unfortunately, Vanessa was such an unwilling pupil her aunt stopped trying to teach her and left her to apply the ability on her own. Roselle Lim is just brilliant! Also, all quotes are taken from the ARC and may or may not appear in the final published copy. With her parents gone and a little sister to protect, Kesa has spent over a decade of her life trying to keep a roof over their heads. The Paris setting was lovely, but what was most vivid about Vanessa Y's Magical Paris Tea Shop was the food descriptions. This was a fun story, easy to read and very sweet. But they seem to live in *this* actual world, where you can't just yell at a stranger that their dad is going to die. Berkley, $16 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-984803-27-6. I also didn't like how she was pushing her aunt to rekindle a romance with a man who she knew nothing about who also had a friend who launched a racist/xenophobic campaign against the tea shop. What love is made and chocolate. In addition, none of the characters truly made me care about what was going on in their lives.
It could have been so so good. It started off as a lovely story about Vanessa, a Chinese-American with clairvoyant abilities which she's trying her best to surpass because they brought her nothing but pain. Honestly, this felt more like a book about food than anything else. I tend to get lost when there are many people within a book, especially like Vanessa's family. The book is about: Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you can see the future every time you drink tea?
Sadly, this has caused Vanessa much strife as she often sees pain and despair instead of happiness and light. They were fun and familiar to me. To avoid blurting out their fortunes, she converts to coffee, but somehow, fortunes escape and find a way to complicate her life and the ones of those around her. So she just observes and envies the happy lives of her cousins and works as an accountant to help her family business which she does not truly enjoy but she has no idea what she's going to do with her life. I had to read it for book club and thought the audio book would help me get through a book that wouldn't be something I would choose for myself. 5 Parisian stars (rounded up). But Vanessa has a special ability she was born with that allows her to see other people's futures and it sometimes causes problems. Narrated by: Janelle Monáe, Bahni Turpin. Roselle Lim has officially made it to my list of must-read favorite authors, and I look forward to reading her next novel. I like feel-good stories with happy endings (especially now with so much uncertainty in the world).