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bgprincipessa's review against another edition
3.0
Oof, 3 issues in a volume is really not enough to get any story going. This was okay and I'm intrigued, but there needs to be more.
mochomito's review against another edition
3.0
It's cute, and it has recipes, which is fun... can't say to much about it cuz... spoilers and it's quite short. Looking forward for the next volume 😊
caseythecanadianlesbrarian's review against another edition
4.0
Super cute comic that I picked up at Van CAF, mostly because it was described as "Betty and Veronica meets Breaking Bad with baking" and the writer for it was this adorable, endearing guy. It was really interesting to hear him talk on a panel featuring creators of colour about the difference between content created by people of colour and content featuring people of colour but done by white people and how it's more important to him personally that POC are getting the cheques. So an interesting context to go into this comic where the main characters are middle school white girls at a prep school but knowing the writer is black. Lots of food for thought.
But onto the actual comic! Lots of stuff to like here: the pastel colours that lure you into a false sense of normalcy and niceness, boarding school mean girls shenanigans, relatively evil 13 year old girl plots, some hints of interesting backstory yet to be revealed. We also know right from the beginning that things are going to go awry, which gives the story a nice sense of forboding and like, oooh, I can't wait to find out how exactly things go terribly wrong.
I would have liked to get to know the two girls who become fast friends and their enemy a bit more before diving right into the action--the plot of taking down the evil empire of brownie-baking mean girls. I also would have liked to see some more variety in the appearance of the character drawings: body type, as well as, as weird as this sounds, noses. I felt like everyone had the same nose.
But onto the actual comic! Lots of stuff to like here: the pastel colours that lure you into a false sense of normalcy and niceness, boarding school mean girls shenanigans, relatively evil 13 year old girl plots, some hints of interesting backstory yet to be revealed. We also know right from the beginning that things are going to go awry, which gives the story a nice sense of forboding and like, oooh, I can't wait to find out how exactly things go terribly wrong.
I would have liked to get to know the two girls who become fast friends and their enemy a bit more before diving right into the action--the plot of taking down the evil empire of brownie-baking mean girls. I also would have liked to see some more variety in the appearance of the character drawings: body type, as well as, as weird as this sounds, noses. I felt like everyone had the same nose.
bookbrig's review against another edition
2.75
Great art, and I love the recipe part! Will definitely look for more in the series.
amberinpieces's review against another edition
3.0
This is really cute. I love the art and I love the idea of a twisted mystery with the antagonists trying to solve a (potential, future) crime while the protagonists and reader are in on the (attempted) crime from the beginning.
couchnest's review against another edition
1.0
I don't think I am the right audience for this particular GN. Too juvenile for my tastes... definitely NOT Chew! :)
maiakobabe's review against another edition
4.0
This book was described to me by the author as "Betty and Veronica meets Breaking Bad". Competing cliques at an all-girls school strive to outsell each other in an annual bake sale, but each team is willing to play dirty by adding a highly addictive ingredient.
caytiecadence's review against another edition
4.0
Funny, made me want to look into the series more.