A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

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if things go wrong in a siege you’ll all die horribly, and in formal weddings the stakes are much higher. Highly recommend if you are looking for a light, fun read with a comedic touch. It's a middle grade story, but one that someone at any age could enjoy.

When you’re different, even just a little different, even in a way that people can’t see, you like to know that people in power won’t judge you for it.” Ursula Vernon Awards". Science Fiction Awards Database. Locus Science Fiction Foundation. Archived from the original on July 2, 2021 . Retrieved August 4, 2021. Extremely sweet. I'd likely have been more impressed if I hadn't read Minor Mage first, but if you liked that, this is a similar concept and I think often funnier.Shortly after discovering the dead body, Mona ends up in the middle of a growing plot against wizards in the city, and all that entails. There are thrilling chases through the city, crawling up a toilet, and creating a crazed gingerbread army. She regularly attends conventions to exhibit and sell her work. She has been a guest of honor at Midwest FurFest 2004 and 2009, and the Artist Guest of Honor at Further Confusion 2010. Vernon was the Author Guest of Honor for Mythcon 45 [7] and a Guest of Honor at Eurofurence 20, both in August 2014. In 2017, she was the Author Guest of Honor at Arisia '17. When you're different, even just a little different, even in a way that people can't see, you like to know that people in power won't judge you for it.

That the hope Mona manages to provide involves some very bad gingerbread men, a few very large bread golems and a whole lot of carnivorous sourdough starter is what makes the story so much fun. Which it very definitely is.Overall, I loved the quirkiness of this book’s magical world, the atmosphere of the city, the snappy dialogue, and the memorable characters. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking is the perfect fantasy book for younger readers looking to branch into YA and for older readers looking for a cozy fantasy with colorful magic. The obvious is the whole 14-year-old saves the city thing that makes it YA. Mona is young. She’s still, to some extent, figuring out what she wants to be when she grows up, although her magic has driven her further down that path than most. But she’s also at an age where she’s unsure of herself and her future in so many different ways. She sees herself as young, and small, and weak. She sees her magic as not powerful at all or even all that useful. It’s handy in her aunt’s bakery, where she works, but it’s not otherwise big or showy. And neither, honestly, is she.