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A review by smutty_librarian
Butcher, Baker, Vampire Slayer by Juliann Whicker
4.0
3.75 stars
I love Twelfth Night. It is my favorite Shakespearean comedy and I am drawn to retellings. In this novel, the world and the system of magic has so much potential. That is why I gave it almost 4 stars. Unfortunately, I still have no idea about the how/why/history of the butcher-baker relationship. This needs exposition because it has no mythology (unlike vampires, shapeshifters, witches, etc.). If a supernatural slayer has to eat food specially cooked by supernaturally gifted bakers (at one point it is like 120 muffins in one sitting), I think the natural question is “but why?” It’s like shadow hunters who need to eat food prepared by culinary energy vamps...? Super weird, would be awesome if you could explain wtf was going on, but I feel like I fell down the rabbit hole and everyone expects me to act like this is an everyday thing.
I love Twelfth Night. It is my favorite Shakespearean comedy and I am drawn to retellings. In this novel, the world and the system of magic has so much potential. That is why I gave it almost 4 stars. Unfortunately, I still have no idea about the how/why/history of the butcher-baker relationship. This needs exposition because it has no mythology (unlike vampires, shapeshifters, witches, etc.). If a supernatural slayer has to eat food specially cooked by supernaturally gifted bakers (at one point it is like 120 muffins in one sitting), I think the natural question is “but why?” It’s like shadow hunters who need to eat food prepared by culinary energy vamps...? Super weird, would be awesome if you could explain wtf was going on, but I feel like I fell down the rabbit hole and everyone expects me to act like this is an everyday thing.