Had Kingfisher been content to keep it a smaller story like in Minor Mage, it would have worked better for me. The second challenge-perhaps like much in baking-was one of scale. I might have liked her better if I was ten. But not my favorite kind of lead character. And I kind of applaud Kingfisher for trying to tell a story about someone who doesn't want to be a hero, and who doesn't get powered-up and stomp all over the story.
Her emotional breakdowns are in line with this persona, as are her worries. She's a young, rule-follower, trusting sort of young person, and that's fine. While that is entirely alright, the mileage one gets out of this may vary. While she does grow into her magic, I would hesitate to say she grows significantly into her personhood power. There were two problems here, both of which will vary tremendously depending on the reader. I’m pretty sure that’s a scientific fact." It is nearly impossible to be sad when eating a blueberry muffin. "You’re making their lives better, just a little tiny bit. Really, how can any baker resist a title like that, along with the lure of an enthusiastic but somewhat unreliable sourdough starter named Bob? But what at first seems to be a murder mystery when a young baker named Mona finds a body in the bakery morphs fairly quickly into a coming-of-age story, in the setting of a politically unstable landscape.
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