All Ning wanted was to save her sister’s life. Being the daughter of a physician and a woman who can heal through the power of magical teas, this shouldn’t’ve been too hard a task. She tries everything, every remedy she can scrounge up from her brain and her parents’ supplies. When these fail, Ning decides that the only hope is to travel to the imperial city, join a competition for other magical tea brewers, and hope that the imperial family has something that can heal her sister. Judy I. Lin doesn’t make anything easy for her protagonist in A Magic Steeped in Poison...

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