The Tainted Cup

4.5 ⭐️

Oh, what a great read this was!

We have one of the most original and atmospheric (understand creepy) world, surrounded by danger and full of all kinds of weird science/magic.
The story follows a young assistant investigator (for the lack of a better word) who works under the supervision of a brilliant, if rather odd, detective (also for the lack of a better word). They get pulled into a very mysterious and horrifying murder case which takes them to the very dangerous borders of their empire and turns out to be masking a way bigger plot.

I loved every minute of this book. The pacing was perfect, the characters were illustrious and funny, the reveals were numerous, and the questions they raised even more so.

I took away half a star, because I found some of the reveals to have been slightly anti-climactic (but only some of them).

Overall, a great read and I can't wait for more books from this series to come out!