Welcome to my weekly segment, Waiting on Wednesday, where I look at upcoming books that I am planning to order and review in the next few months and which I think I will really enjoy.  Stay tuned to see reviews of these books when I get a copy of them.  In my latest Waiting on Wednesday post, I highlight a very fun upcoming fantasy novel that is likely to be one of the top sequels of the year with Eight Tastes of Treachery by Ryan Rose.

Last year I had the very great pleasure of reading the cool fantasy debut novel, Seven Recipes for Revolution.  The first book from author Ryan Rose, Seven Recipes for Revolution was a gripping and unique read that followed a magical, but lower-class, chef, who found himself in the centre of a revolution.  A compelling novel with a very clever and tasty concept behind it, Seven Recipes for Revolution was an outstanding book, and it ended up being one of my top debuts of 2025.

Due to how awesome I found Rose’s first novel to be, I have been eagerly awaiting a second novel from the author for a while, and I was very excited when I found out that he had a sequel to Seven Recipes for Revolution coming out this year.  This sequel, Eight Tastes of Treachery, is set for release in July 2026, and looks set to be another epic fantasy novel that will take the food-based magic and class warfare of this distinctive fantasy world in a whole new direction.

Plot Synopsis:

Monster Hunter and Empire of the Vampire collide in the adventurous sequel to Seven Recipes for Revolution, guaranteed to make you crave delicious fantasy dishes.

Three years after eating the rich, Paprick Bessa is an infamous warchef known as the Butcher. Numbed by grief and war with the ousted rulers, Paprick no longer enjoys cooking and can’t create new recipes. So when Ranch finally reaches a tenuous ceasefire with the Rare, Paprick seizes the chance to reheat his passions, opening a restaurant with a menu all his own.

But conspiracy interrupts the opening night, his own emphon destroy the restaurant, and all signs point to the neighbouring Empire of the Badgeboar. Whoever orchestrated this threatens to destroy everything Paprick and Ranch’s common fought for, and the Butcher leaves no threat breathing. To find the attacker and stop another all-out war, Paprick, his partner Cori, and his kitchen brigade journey west to curry favour with the Empire’s questionable elite and investigate its mysterious religions.

Treacherous forces and dire prophecies lie in wait for Paprick’s arrival, and all the while, the Rare re-arm in the east. Facing magics and flavours unlike any he’s ever tasted, Paprick will have to choose what matters most: his people, his passions, or his partner. He can’t save all three.

I like the sound of this cool plot for Eight Tastes of Treachery, which I think has a ton of potential.  An intriguing and complex sounding follow-up to the narrative from Seven Recipes for Revolution, this new plot sounds extremely awesome, and I cannot wait to see how it leads up to the dark future we’ve already seen in parts of the first book.  The continued dive into the food-based magic of this world, including some alternate regional recipes is going to be very interesting, and I’m curious to see how this will impact the plot.  I’m also keen to see Rose’s dive into the impacts years of war will have on his protagonist, especially as we’ll likely see it from multiple angles thanks to the series’ chronicle style format.  As such, I’m very excited to read Eight Tastes of Treachery later this year, and I cannot wait to see how Rose continues to develop as a writer.  A sure to be outstanding read from a great rising author!