adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book is incredibly cute! I particularly enjoyed how the author used the ways that children live and think to get the characters out of sticky situations - a child hiding can be explained away as hide and seek. I adore the cast of characters and how Bee's magic is disseminated through what she bakes. Bee's description of a ham and cheese sandwich had me packing one for lunch every day for two weeks.

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adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

wholesome and fun lil read 

delightful! easy read with both good and thrilling vibes. all interesting elements combined: baking, magic, palaces, and pirates!!
adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

not sure who recommended me this read but I wanna thank them and give them a big kiss on the lips. I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT THIS BOOK BUT ILL KEEP IT SHORT AND DESCRIBE IT IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. this felt like a mix of ghibli and witch hat atelier ( in good way! ) and as a fan of these medias, I wanna highly recommend this book to those people who love and enjoy of said medias. this didn’t read like your standard run off the mill middle grade novel. this book features a copious amount of baking, a feisty female protagonist and other lovable and equally fleshed out characters, it has a gripping plot and a complex magic system. ALSO ALSOOOO FOUND FAMILY DYNAMICS, I’m a total sucker for books that has a well written found family in it and this book delivered. warning tho! this isn’t a completely light-hearted read as it has depictions of neglect and abuse also
the death of Joris was terrifying. but hey, he deserves it.
this book also teaches a very big overall lesson that is we must take care of Mother Nature
unlike Joris who got rid of the trees from the land, only planting tulips to accumulate wealth that caused natural disasters which is flooding to easily happen when it can be avoided

its fine but i didn’t feel like finishing it. the writing style might not be my cup of tea tbh
adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Super fun read! I got the audiobook free from audiobooksync, and it was narrated by one of my favorites: Tavia Gilbert! This book was actually extremely good for a mid-grade book! I totally enjoyed it and could hardly put it down!
adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No