A Thousand Recipes for Revenge

Beautifully narrated and quite brilliant world building, imagine my surprise when I got sucked into this audio book.

I left the High Fantasy prompt of the 52 Book Challenge for the end because it's not a genre I usually gravitate toward.

In this story, Chefs have special powers in their world and are prized but held captive for their abilities. While there is lots of magic and talk of edibles and enhancements, there is also much that is familiar, almost old fashioned, about their world. There are gated cities and people wearing wigs, not much indoor plumbing- no electricity, a princess that loves to ride by horseback, and neighboring kingdoms with a tenuous peace on the verge of erupting.

I especially enjoyed the characters. All regular folks- a teen girl, a middle aged chef, her elderly grandmother- lots of talk of royal alliances and family bloodlines and the 5 Gods that rule their world.

Clearly, there's a sequel coming because it ends unfinished with the promise of so much more to come.

Perfect for those that love solid world building, magic and magical creatures.
No sex and no cursing whatsoever in this one so definitely appropriate for younger advanced readers. There is violence but it's not graphic.