A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
Ratings28
Average rating4.3
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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
Ratings28
Average rating4.3
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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A tense sourdough and gingerbread thriller for these pandemic times.
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.
