A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
Ratings124
Average rating4.1
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Ratings124
Average rating4.1
Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - her medium of choice is dough. She can make pastries dance and bread light and fluffy - nothing extreme or dangerous. But when someone starts killing off all the wizards her minor wizard status doesn't matter and she has to run or be killed. But the people killing off the wizards have to be stopped and Mona doesn't let her lowly abilities stop her - a wizard's got to do what a wizard's got to do.
Such a clever, funny, amazing story.
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I found the beginning to be an absolute joy but I moved quickly into ‘lets get to the end'. This book is serious YOUNG Adult, which is not my taste.
This book is the polar opposite to other ‘young adult' books like the Hunger Games which is strangely classified as YA but has a heck of alot of dark and adult subjects that I wouldn't suggest a young adult read.
It does deal with alot of death but is presented more as a child would look at and think about things, not as a book about young adults.
Given this sells itself as a kid's book, this is far better than I was expecting. Some nice dark turns, and some surprisingly meaty subjects addressed. Impressive - and not just for kids.
This was cute and funny. The main character's magic is really different from everything I've ever read, which was very interesting
A tense sourdough and gingerbread thriller for these pandemic times.
