A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
by T. Kingfisher (Argyll, 2020); audiobook read by Patricia Santomasso (Tantor, 2021)
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Not so much YA fantasy as a cosy adult adventure that happens to have a 14-year-old protagonist. Kingfisher makes the most of her premise—a wizard whose magic only works on bread—but the narrative voice is too verbose to rise properly.