A review by sarahkorn
The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen

Did not finish book. Stopped at 41%.

I love a spooky retelling so I tore into part 1. Couldn't put it down. Part 2 dragged and leaned too far into the fantasy realm for me. Maybe it gets spooky again but  The Kingdom of Sweets was, indeed, a bit too saccharine. Didn't care for all of the descriptions of gumdrop villages and snow made of powdered sugar, and gingerbread men who can talk. Obvious, uninspired, couldn't get into it so DNFed 150 pages in.