BLOG TOUR: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop by Roselle Lim

Monday, July 27, 2020


I am so excited to be doing this blog tour as it is my first time to do a tour with Caffeine Book Tours. I didn't actually know that I was going to enjoy this book so much, but I did. The first few chapters really dragged but mind you, when you get to Paris, everything will just get you curious  and you just want to find out everything about Evelyn and just be her. *heart eyes*

I'll be doing a full review of this book after the tour, so watch out for that! ❤️


Title: Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop

Author: Roselle Lim

Publisher: Berkeley Romance

Publication date: 04 August 2020

Genres: Adult, Romance, Contemporary

Synopsis:


Become enamored with the splendor of Paris in this heartwarming and delightful story about writing one’s own destiny and finding love along the way.

Vanessa Yu never wanted to see people’s fortunes—or misfortunes—in tea leaves.


Ever since she can remember, Vanessa Yu has been able to see people’s fortunes at the bottom of their teacups. 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. To add to this plight, her romance life is so nonexistent that her parents enlist the services of a matchmaking expert from Shanghai.

The day before her matchmaking appointment, Vanessa accidentally sees her own fate: death by traffic accident. She decides that she can’t truly live until she can find a way to get rid of her uncanny abilities. When her eccentric aunt, Evelyn, shows up with a tempting offer to whisk her away, Vanessa says au revoir to America and bonjour to Paris. While working at Evelyn’s tea stall at a Parisian antique market, Vanessa performs some matchmaking of her own, attempting to help reconnect her aunt with a lost love. As she learns more about herself and the root of her gifts, she realizes one thing to be true: knowing one’s destiny isn’t a curse, but being unable to change it is.


QUOTES FROM THE BOOK THAT I LOVE TO SHARE WITH ALL OF YOU 


There were so many quotable quotes from this book and as much as I want to put them all in here, I'm afraid I might let something slip and ruin the experience. These are four quotes that caught my eye. I would've bombarded all of you with the descriptive prowess of Roselle Lim when it comes to describing food, but I don't want to distract you from your work, lunch break isn't due until a few more hours. I mean, just imagine, she was able to describe a siopao (I think that's siopao, right?) in a way I've never thought of before. That's just amazeng 🙌👌 but you won't find it here, read the book people!



I mean, this quote, girl? Why do you want to hurt me this much. Is it too much to wish for something you know will never ever be yours? Maybe we can make it so, maybe we can change our fates, so hell with this quote! But it is a really good and hard-hitting quote though.
The best advice for all marupokpoks (kidding). But it's good to take note of this and spare ourselves the heartbreak that comes with loving someone who might not even jump a puddle of water for us.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Roselle Lim was born in the Philippines and immigrated to Canada as a child. She lived in north Scarborough in a diverse, Asian neighbourhood.

She found her love of writing by listening to her lola (paternal grandmother's) stories about Filipino folktales. Growing up in a household where Chinese superstition mingled with Filipino Catholicism, she devoured books about mythology, which shaped the fantasies in her novels.

An artist by nature, she considers writing as "painting with words."

Author links:


Author website — https://www.rosellelim.com/  

Goodreads — https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17917712.Roselle_Lim 

Instagram — http://instagram.com/rosellewriter 

Twitter — https://twitter.com/rosellewriter 


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