by Bailey Cates
I started the series right in the middle with this one. It was the one which happened to be available at the library. But I sort-of liked it...maybe not loved, but I liked it enough to want to try another one.
Her magic is low-key and mostly herbal, which is appropriate from someone who's told she's a "kitchen witch". But there are hints and portents of a lot deeper, stronger magic to come. In the future. Which I won't see, because I'm going to go back and read the opener of the series.
Stay tuned for further updates. Oh yeah, and as to the book review: her writing is perfectly adequate, by which I mean that I didn't notice it at all, either good or bad. So that means she can convey the story well and also that the story was absorbing enough that I didn't get time to notice the mechanics of how it was told. For example, I couldn't tell you if it was first person or third.
There's an awful lot of food in here--it's the "Magical Baking" series, after all, but I didn't find it annoying. She doesn't use a lot of flowery adjectives or go off on rhapsodies of verbal food porn.
And her characters, while there may be a few too many of them to keep straight, are fairly interesting. I suspect if I read the series from the beginning they will all fall into place.
So, we'll see. I give this a good, solid 4-and-one-quarter stars.
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