Bitter Medicine

De: Mia Tsai

Narrado por: Natalie Naudus

As a descendant of the Chinese god of medicine, Elle was destined to be a doctor. Instead, she’s underemployed as a magical calligrapher at the fairy temp agency. She and her older brother are in hiding from their younger brother, who seeks their deaths to gain their god’s favor. Safety means an order of invisibility with a side of no attachments at the No Fun Allowed store. Elle only relaxes around her client Luc, to whom she’s gotten attached. Oops.

Half-elf Luc, the agency's top security expert, is chained to his job. Retaining his free-will involves unrelenting excellence, overtime, and no relationships, especially not with an overqualified calligrapher connected to his latest investigation.

When her skills accidentally save his life, he brings her a gift and a commission that should catapult her into fame. Double oops.

Elle will do one job, in secret, then cut him off. Except she hasn’t counted on their chemistry, which blooms into a relationship complete with bad puns, dick jokes, and long…nights. Happiness, for once, is an option. But Elle is loyal to her family above all, and Luc, soul-bound to the agency, can never leave.

When Elle's younger brother attacks, she must choose: flee, losing Luc but saving her big brother, or fight, risking it all for her happily ever after.

©2022 Mia Tsai (P)2022 Recorded Books

So, so lovely and excellent characters

Definitely a slow beginning but it was good to get the lay of the land and appreciate the characters and where they were all coming from. I think the author did a great job of making us fall in love with everyone, such good little details here and there to make everything come together. I loved the ending. And I appreciate that it was a well-rounded stand-alone novel instead of a giant 6 part series, sometimes you just want to have a good read and let it be resolved at the end. Loved it!!

Terrific!

And now for something completely different. Great story. Well worth the time and the credit.

Loved how inclusive it was to other cultures and the romance

I enjoyed the performance immensely, perfect accents. I loved the love story and how the auther captured the intimacy of a relationship. Also i liked this world, wanted to learn more about it. Overall great read.

Very interesting story line

I really enjoyed the story line of this book, very fresh and engaging. Natalie did a fabulous job with the narration, as she always does. I purchased this book because of Natalie's Instagram recommendation.

Relationship Win

I loved the voices of these characters. I appreciated the slow burn feeling between the characters without chapters of filler.
I did feel that the mid book climax led to a bit of a plot plateau and the rest of the story was relationship driven rather than event driven.
I still will probably read again, gave me warm fuzzies!

Finished in 48 hours!

This is a fun urban fantasy and slow burn romance with a unique magic system that seamlessly combines Eastern and Western mythologies.

Good but…

The world building was lacking. It felt rushed and felt more like a contemporary romance than a fantasy. It was enjoyable though.

Finally!!!!

So good, romance between two emotionally sound, fully developed adults (not barely legal adults...but like 150 year old adults). People who use their words, rely on each other, build friendships with others, and solve problems in groups!

Great story telling!!!!

Beautifully narrated, captivating story

I love Natalie Naudus' narrations and she shines with this novel: accents, emotions, languages, all of it.

Quirky right from the start

This story drew me in it was both fresh and delightful. I’m happy I read it.