Book 50, 2025

[chez_jae]

The Great Witches Baking Show by Nancy Warren

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


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I finished an ebook last night. It was The Great Witches Baking Show by Nancy Warren. It’s the first book in her Great Witches Baking Show series. The main character is Poppy Wilkinson, baker and novice witch.

Abandoned as a baby, Poppy is determined to learn more about her birth mother. When she sees a painting in a grand British home of a woman wearing a shawl that matches her baby blanket, Poppy is desperate to gain access to the family that live there. Fortunately for her, the newest season of The Great British Baking Contest is being filmed on the grounds, and Poppy has been chosen as a contestant. The show is not without drama, however, with accusations of sabotage. When Gerry, a fellow contestant, dies under mysterious circumstances, Poppy is convinced he was murdered. So does Gerry, who’s shown up as a ghost. Poppy has always had the ability to see spirits, and she learns that it may be due to a witchy inheritance she knew nothing about. Now Poppy has two goals: solve Gerry’s murder, and get into Broomwode Hall.

Fun story. Poppy is a likable character, and I enjoyed how quickly she made friends with some of the other people involved in the show, including other contestants. One of the judges, Elspeth, is a witch, and she’s the one who clued Poppy in to her own heritage. Characters were three-dimensional, and the plot was sensible and entertaining.

Favorite lines:
♦ One bad move could snowball into catastrophe.
♦ “We’re more powerful when we work together. That’s why we have covens.”
♦ “What kind of man sabotages another man’s pie?”

Light, enjoyable read. Four stars.

Comments

[oracne]

Whee!

[chez_jae]

Cute story!