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3/22/2023

I've neglected this blog pretty hard in the last year; I really thought I'd update it more (and then I got the newsletter instead). But I just wanted to update this really quick with the lovely review Bitter Medicine got from the New York Times Review of Books!

A screenshot of the New York Times Review of books with the following text: I've saved the sweetest book for last. BITTER MEDICINE (Tachyon, 272pp., paperback, $18.95), by Mia Tsai, centers on Elle, a descendant of the Chinese god of healing who makes magical glyphs for a fairy bureaucracy and secretly pines for Lucien, a handsome, half-elf agent. When the glyphs work too well, saving Luc's life but revealing Elle's existence to the dangerous family members she's running from, she and Luc will have to atone for the sins of their pasts while working out what they truly mean to each other. There are so many joys in this paranormal. The wealth of languages, mythologies, religions and magicks are a weight that balances the emotional tenderness. Healing magic, rather than fighting magic, takes center stage - and without spoiling things too much, it's also one of the rare paranormals to feature a heroine who loses rather than gains power. Tsai does not flinch from this grief:

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Mia is a musician, teacher, writer, editor, and occasional photographer whose formal education is in music, psychology, and pedagogy. She enjoys reading a lot, thinking while on long drives, finding songs for each moment, and snoozing with her cat.

She can be found on Twitter at @itsamia and on Instagram at @mia.tsai.books.

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