Tuesday Tea is a weekly post where I share what I am reading and drinking and whether I think they complement each other.
The Book:
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
Pages: 298
Published by Tor Books
Publication Date August 2, 2022
Goodreads
Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories.
But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.
The Tea
This week, I’ve been drinking Rishi’s Ruby Oolong loose-leaf tea.
The Assessment
I think a dark Oolong tea is a perfect accompaniment to The Book Eaters, The novel is dark, twisted, and has a flavor with bite, a perfect pairing.
Love this premise so much. It’s so unique.