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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
I listened to the audiobook version through the Audiobook Sync program.
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Great vibes and everything, but for me it just wasn’t giving what needed to be gave. A middle grade novel seemed great at the time and i’m glad i picked it up, but i don’t want to force myself to read something that doesn’t spark joy in me.
Baking, orphans, magic and pirates, what more could you want in a book? The premise is cute and entertaining. Kids who like baking, with a smidgeon of magic, will eat this up!
A hidden gem. An orphan girl with the power to bake feelings into her baking, set in a land ruled by an evil mage who has eliminated all trees so he can grow huge swaths of tulips. Add in a derring-do plot with a princess in distress (but not at all helpless), a brave young man, pirates...well, you get the picture. Non-stop action, wonderfully wrought characters, and a truly inventive plot. Bonus recipe for the famous Bout's Buns (I tried it, it's delicious). Eat this one up!
WARNING: dangerous book. Have a baked good of some sort at hand when reading this book.
This was so sweet and cute. It's a fun lovely story full of interesting young women overcoming obstacles and finding their own way in the world. Really glad to have read it.
This was so sweet and cute. It's a fun lovely story full of interesting young women overcoming obstacles and finding their own way in the world. Really glad to have read it.
I loved this story! It was quirky, creative and wonderful with plot twists I didn't expect.
**An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
Don't bake angry!
Whatever mood Bee is in when she bakes is the same mood whoever eats her baked goods will be in. This magic can be useful, but sometimes pretty rough, especially when Bee bakes in a bad mood, and before they figure out that's the cause of the unusually ill-tempered customers. But Bee also is a pretty rad baker, and soon the royal palace wants Bee's baked good delivered to the palace, where she discovers a rather nasty arranged marriage in the making and dastardly plots ruinous to the country. She befriends the Princess Anika and helps her to escape so they can go inform the Mage Council of the unsavory goings-on in Zeewal. Along the way, they encounter a friendly gang of roving tulip pirates, father figures, and tree spirits. Oh, and Anika has a pet hedgehog, so that's cool.
I was so very pleased that Wil had a sort-of romance with Anika and NOT with Bee. #blessed
Overall, it was okay and there were some elements that I very much enjoyed, but it didn't bridge the gap for older readers as well as some MG books manage to, so that I would probably only recommend it for the intended audience.
I also got my hands on a hard-copy, so props to Capstone for their quality of publishing - the pages were thick and the binding was strong and tight.
Don't bake angry!
Whatever mood Bee is in when she bakes is the same mood whoever eats her baked goods will be in. This magic can be useful, but sometimes pretty rough, especially when Bee bakes in a bad mood, and before they figure out that's the cause of the unusually ill-tempered customers. But Bee also is a pretty rad baker, and soon the royal palace wants Bee's baked good delivered to the palace, where she discovers a rather nasty arranged marriage in the making and dastardly plots ruinous to the country. She befriends the Princess Anika and helps her to escape so they can go inform the Mage Council of the unsavory goings-on in Zeewal. Along the way, they encounter a friendly gang of roving tulip pirates, father figures, and tree spirits. Oh, and Anika has a pet hedgehog, so that's cool.
I was so very pleased that Wil had a sort-of romance with Anika and NOT with Bee. #blessed
Overall, it was okay and there were some elements that I very much enjoyed, but it didn't bridge the gap for older readers as well as some MG books manage to, so that I would probably only recommend it for the intended audience.
I also got my hands on a hard-copy, so props to Capstone for their quality of publishing - the pages were thick and the binding was strong and tight.