Blog Tour: The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings (Review)

Hi Bookish friends!!!

Today is my stop on the blog tour for The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair by Natasha Hastings!!

A massive thank you to Dave @The_WriteReads/@WriteReadsTours, and the gang for my spot on the tour!! And to @HarperCollinsCh for providing an eARC of this book.

So, without further ado let’s dive right in and find out more about the book, the author and of course my thoughts!!

Synopsis/Blurb:

Genre: MG Fantasy

Length: 368 Pages

Publishing: 1^st November 2022

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Synopsis/Blurb:

An amazing and captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship.

It’s a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father’s sweet shop and the other the apprentice at the family apothecary – together they sell their goods on the frozen River Thames. When a family tragedy turns Thomasina’s world upside down, she is drawn to a mysterious conjuror and the enchanted frost fair.

But soon the world of Father Winter threatens to claim everything she holds dear. Will they be able to solve the magical mysteries that surround them . . . ?

My Thoughts:

This was such a fun and unique read. although The Frost Fair started off sad and took me a little while to get into, but it soon took off and turned into a magical read that I couldn’t get enough of.

I loved the setting. Set in London during the winter of 1683 it was really interesting to read about. It felt well-researched and brought back memories of learning about it at school and more recently reading about the big freeze with my nephew. The setting and the freezing of THe River Thames made it even more magical, especially when the frozen River Thames is transformed into a magical world by night.

Another thing that made this book stand out for me was that this is the first middle grade that I think I have read that deals with topics of death, grief as well as mental health illness in such a way that isn’t in your face but subtly weaved into the story, which makes it easier for younger readers to understand. It also makes the book and character feel a little more realistic and relatable.

I also adored the strong and brave characters. My favourites were Thomasina and Anne. I loved the friendship that grew between the two girls. I also liked how determined the two were to work together to save Thomasina’s family.

There is so much more I want to say but every time I wrote my thoughts it leads to spoilers so I’m not going to say much more. But what I will say is that this is a great middle grade that is perfect to curl up with during the colder months.

I can’t wait to continue with this middle-grade series!!

My Rating

💙💙💙💙

About the Author:

Natasha Hastings started developing The Miraculous Sweetmakers: The Frost Fair while studying history at Cambridge University, where she focused on gender and mental illness. While exploring these topics, she became determined to have the lives of working women, as well as their experiences of mental illness in this period, form the heartbeat of her debut book, The Frost Fair.

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