The Apothecary Diaries
The Apothecary Diaries
A young maiden is kidnapped and sold into servitude at the emperor's palace, where she secretly employs her pharmacist skills with the help of the head eunuch to unravel medical mysteries in the inner court.
Tiffie Starchild reviewedJune 8, 2025
I first heard of Apothecary Diaries when I was in Barnes & Noble and I saw that it had a manga AND a novel. I decided to start with the anime since I’m already paying for a Netflix 😅, and I have no regrets!
The artwork is SO gorgeous and the story can move a little slow and it’s kinda heavy, but it’s really well-written and very enjoyable. And you can really take the story at surface value, but there are some great deeper themes to explore around power and womanhood if that’s your thing.
I love love love the main female protagonist and I’m so into this story that I’m def gonna head back to B&N to get the manga AND the novel 😭💕