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Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet

By: Charlie N. Holmberg
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
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Maire is a baker with an extraordinary gift: she can infuse her treats with emotions and abilities, which are then passed on to those who eat them. She doesn't know why she can do this and remembers nothing of who she is or where she came from.

When marauders raid her town, Maire is captured and sold to the eccentric Allemas, who enslaves her and demands that she produce sinister confections, including a witch's gingerbread cottage, a living cookie boy, and size-altering cakes.

During her captivity, Maire is visited by Fyel, a ghostly being who is reluctant to reveal his connection to her. The more often they meet, the more her memories return, and she begins to piece together who and what she really is - as well as past mistakes that yield cosmic consequences.

From the author of The Paper Magician series comes a haunting and otherworldly tale of folly and consequence, forgiveness and redemption.

©2016 Charlie N. Holmberg (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy Magic Users Witchcraft
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unusual and brilliant

Where does Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

A fairy tale for grown-ups. Magical tale which was unusual and refreshing. It led me to read some of Charlie's other books but this remains my favourite

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Brilliant!!!

So very very clever, I was hooked from the start. I cannot really say much more other than - this is one of the most creative storylines I've come across in a very long time

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A.good listen

Starts a bit slow, but picks up ans stays there. Itis also a bit predictable, but even so it is intresting and a good time.

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Loved this book!!

I have enjoyed every book I have read by this author but I have to say !WOW! this book is so different with so many unexpected twists and turns and (two) fantastic endings! I totally loved it!! I can’t praise Charlie N. Holmberg enough on this book and the narration was brilliant too!!

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Very weird book

Didn't really know what I was getting into here. But followed the story to the end. I won't read any more books by this author but it was a adventure into fantasy fiction.

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Totally unlistenable

One of my absolute favourite authors! Her writing is fantastic and always pulls the reader into the story and she fleshes out her characters with imaginative and colourful back stories. The narration of this book is quite literally painful to listen to. I have no idea how it got past the editors. All Holmburg’s other audiobooks have well practiced and lively narration. This one however let’s the entire series down. I am honestly baffled at how bad it is. I have watched videos of Kate Rudd recording audio for other books and she read far more expressively and fluently than she does here.

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Not as good as the magician series by some way

Long winded and confusing. Not a patch on the other two series written by the same author which I hugely enjoyed.


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unlistenable!

the woman performing this sounds like a robot. couldn't listen for longer than 5 minutes, I love this author and I'm really upset that I can't rate this high because I don't even know what the story was!

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