The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders

There was something in there about Isadore being more misguided than evil (even though he kidnaps Oz), but by that point, I honestly didn’t care enough to find out why.Ĭhalk this one up to good premise, lousy execution. Then I started skipping around in the book, because without the talking cat, there’s not much left. I took to skipping everything the cat said and did. I’m not a talking animals person, but sometimes I can get past that and enjoy the book. Actually: I couldn’t get past the talking cat. The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop Paperback by Kate Saunders (Author) 426 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 7.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 19.99 4 Used from 18.00 1 New from 19.99 1 Collectible from 91. (Wait: what?) With the help of a talking cat, Demerara, Oz and Lily are tasked with stopping Isadore from achieving his goal. And another brother, Isadore, is remarkably still alive, and wants the molds so he can be immortal.

Except one of the brothers invented a chocolate for immortality. The chocolate (and candy) was infused with magic in order to help and entertain people (think Weasly’s Wizarding Wheezes). Their family up and moves there, where the kids find out that the shop, run by their great-great-uncles, was a place for magic. Oz and Lily are twins - Oz is the genius, Lily has dyslexia - whose family has inherited a run-down, old chocolate shop in London. And the cover and title promised good things, as well. I really liked Beswitched last fall, and so when I found out that Kate Saunders had a new one, I was quite interested. Support your local independent bookstore: buy it there!

First sentence: “‘We’ll probably sell the place,’ Dad said, from the driver’s seat.”

The Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop by Kate Saunders