A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
2020 • 9 pages • 8h 30m
Ratings68
Average rating4.2
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Ratings68
Average rating4.2
Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can't control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making gingerbread men dance.But Mona's life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona's city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona's worries¿
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Started really well but I lost interest halfway through. The plot got very predictable and nothing interesting happened except for the magic gingerbread men and golums. I was hoping for a plot twist that never came. Dragged my feet through the last 4 hours just to get it done.
I think I'm officially a fan of T. Kingfisher. Though it's only my second book from her, I love how solid her characterization is, and her writing is always fun and enjoyable. This one in particular has a good mix of fast paced action, humor, and a touch of darkness.
I agree with another review I saw that this is quite cozy yet still realistic in terms of the cost of war, politics, and the like on your average citizen. It was really good but dragged a little bit around the 3/4 mark for me. I definitely enjoyed the writing style though and am interested to try more from this author.
I really liked this book. I was concerned it would be too young for me, but the writing was really excellent and pulled me in. This was my first Kingfisher book and I'll definitely be reading more of them.
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