A Venom Dark and Sweet

The additional point of view - the story of Kang was great. Although, that is a bit confusing as to why Kang's POV is written in third person, while Ning's is in first person.
The first book to be so much more magical and whimsical, particularly surrounding the tea aspect, but with this one there just wasn't that spark of magic. It also feels like magic moves on from tea to “real” magic, which is hardly explained and rushed.
The motivations for the plot in the first half of the novel were vague, and the ending was quite rushed with everything that needed to happen to wrap up the story.