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A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
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May 08, 2022 rated it really liked it
It is incredibly impressive that Kingfisher can so effortlessly write a charming young adult fantasy novel like this book as well as a spine-tingling horror book like The Hollow Places.

This book had a little bit of a sputtering start and it was start-and-stop in parts (moments when the book lost momentum, before it picked up again), but it was overall a delight. In a world where some people have a magical talent for one specific thing - as broad as water or as narrow as raising horses from the
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Sourdough that kills! Loved it!
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