ladykatka 's review for:

The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children: A Modern-Day Retelling of Hansel and Gretel by Keith McGowan

2.0

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I desperately wanted to like this book but once I was finished all I could think was "What the heck was that?" It left so many questions unanswered, and it suffered from character glut. There were so many characters and each seemed to be trying to have their own plot (or importance to the main plot) but none really did. Did that shop owner help them? Not really. What is with the parents? Why did Swift understand German? The sheepdog was trained in German, nobody said Swift was. Why was Connie such a little brat towards her brother to the point of ruining his life/self-esteem? How did that help anything? Is the curse broken? What was the curse? What was the prize? Is this going anywhere? That is how you end it!?!?!

I will read the second one to see if any of these questions are answered but I highly expect they will not be.