Book Review | Secrets, Spells, and Chocolate
Notes, quotes, & final thoughts; a review that’s honest, thoughtful, and a little chaotic
Quick take: Oh what a fun magical culinary delight! I loved taking this adventure at Brindille and being immersed in all the delicious fun and drama. Would love to see it be made into a middle grade / young adult movie!
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📖 Secrets, Spells, and Chocolate by Marisa Churchill | 396 pages by Page Street YA | Paperback arc gifted from the author and publisher
⭐️ 4.5 stars, loved it!
The background / tropes / read if you enjoy:
😍 Sweet dedication page
🪄 Spells and magic
📜 Chapter titles
🐾 kitties! Secret and sauce, how cute
💕 Coming of age, magical culinary boarding school
🏆 Includes a competition
😋 tons of yummy food references. Magical food too! Motivation muffins. Concentration cream donuts. Lol at the fruity mentos and caching a frog. Transparent pie. Peanut butter and banana (cute reference for their pairing)
📚 Huge library filled with over 100k, many cookbooks
✨ storage cellars full of magical ingredients!
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Favorite Quotes:
✨ Sometimes the ally you need is someone you’d least expect.
✨Real cooking is about intuition. You have to feel your way through the dish.
✨It has all felt disappointing, like biting into a steak cupcake.
✨Rumors are like shadows, they’re not easy to shake off.
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