A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
Readers rate it 4.1 (476 on Hardcover)
306 pages · Released Jul 21, 2020 · Argyll Productions
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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking is a lighthearted cozy fantasy with a clever premise and strong character development. While it involves an assassin and death, the tone remains whimsical and the violence is not graphic; the story emphasizes Mona's ingenuity, kindness, and courage rather than combat. It's well-suited for older middle-grade and early teen readers who enjoy humor and adventure with heart.
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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... 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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- Loveable Characters
- Strong Character Development
- Not Diverse Characters
- A mix driven
- Plot driven
- Weak Character Development
- Diverse Characters
- Character driven
- fantasy
- Adventurous
- funny
- lighthearted
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ISBN 9781614505242 · Argyll Productions