A review by purplepierogi
The Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull

I remember reading and loving this book as a child, the time travel and intrigue of potentially many villains, and it was fun to revisit it! however, as one of the top comments mentioned like 10 years ago (and had been debated in the comments since) the use of magic to change race for disguise purposes was really bizarre; as an adult, the descriptions around it felt really weird. Other descriptions of characters’ race also felt clumsily done and uncomfortable, which is a shame and the author and editors should have done better.