Anna Meriano’s Love Sugar Magic: A Dash of Trouble is a delightful fantasy full of family, friendship, magic, and baking.
Eleven-year-old Leonora Logroño is the youngest of five sisters. Her family owns a bakery, Amor y Azucár Pandadería, in Rose Hill, Texas.
Leo wants to help with the preparations for Dia de los Muertos, but her family insists that she wait until she’s fifteen. She sneaks into the bakery to see what she’s missing and learns her family’s secret. Her mother and sisters are brujas!
Not wanting to be left out, she smuggles her family’s old recipe book home in her backpack and starts experimenting with her own baking magic. When she tries to solve her best friend’s problem by baking cookies with a love spell, though, she finds that magic sometimes has unintended consequences.
The magical adventure continues in the next book in the series, Love Sugar Magic: A Sprinkle of Spirits, and another one is expected next year. Larrabee and I enjoyed the first two and are looking forward to the third book.
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This sounds like such a fun book! I’ve seen a number of new books about both Día de los Muertos and baking, but I haven’t seen the two topics combined until today. Thanks for the review!
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I see baking themes in so many MG novels now — and I love it. This story is particularly fun and involves culture, family and magic. Loved your review!
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Yes, I put this one in the category of books (including The Doughnut Fix and Midsummer Mayhem) that you shouldn’t read when you’re hungry. 🙂
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I have my copied ordered and it shipped today!
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Yay! You’re in for a treat!
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The plot has me hooked as do the characters. Good timing with Dia de los Muertos happening last week. I’ll be tracking down a copy of this one, Thanks for featuring your enticing review on MMGM.
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Sounds like such a fun book to read. I love how the cover brings the magic and baking to life.
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I agree. The cover is perfect!
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This sounds like it is just so much fun. I am going to have to check this one out. Thanks for the review.
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I haven’t read this book but have heard so much about it. Thanks for your inspiring review.
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I love this cover and have been wanting to read this one since I first saw it. Your review makes me want to get to it even sooner! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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