The Wizard’s Bakery – Book Review

Quick Review:- A quick read about how life can be altered by the use of simple magic, except you have to follow the rules properly

Rating:- 3/5

-Child Abuse

-Sexual abuse

-Domestic abuse

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‘Don’t we all need a little magic in our lives sometimes?’

Open twenty-four hours a day, at first glance The Wizard’s Bakery seems like any ordinary bakery where you can buy bread, cakes, and cookies, with a somewhat grumpy man behind the counter.

At first glance, that is. Because when the young boy who is our protagonist chooses it as a refuge to escape a difficult family situation, the reality he finds is quite different. Baked with the help of a mysterious blue-haired shop assistant, are sweets and pastries with immense powers, capable of changing diabolical cinnamon cookies to give to those you can’t stand, madeleines to fix broken hearts, almond bars to remember the past.

But each of these items comes with a warning, regardless of the positive or negative the power contained in the treats inevitably alters the order of the world and sometimes produces dramatic consequences for those who consume them, consequences that need to be weighed carefully.

Follow along with our protagonist as he learns about the responsibility that comes with working at this bakery . . . and most of all, how much people need a little bit magic in their lives.

To an outsider, the Wizard’s Bakery seem to be a normal bakery that sells cakes, pastries, bread etc. But when a young boy finds refuge inside the bakery, he finds that each of these pastries and cakes are made with special ingredients. These ingredients will help you in many ways from destroying your enemy to repairing your life and relationship with others. But you must follow certain rules otherwise it might get backfired.

The protagonist didn’t really grow up in a loving family and you can see the way his stepmother is treating him horribly. When a situation arises, the boy is forced to run away from the house and then finds refuge inside the bakery. He slowly befriends the grumpy baker behind the counter and the blue haired girl who was always cheerful. The chapters were all given titles of pastries with a magic word and how they are used.

This was a sad book but at the same time realistic in life sense. Worth 3 stars.