Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death
Packed full with beautiful black and white illustrations from author Chris Riddell, Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death follows the adventures of Ada Ghastly-Gorm in the sequel to the award-winning Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse.Preparations for the Ghastly-Gorm Garden Party and bake-off are under way. Celebrity cooks are arriving at the hall for the big event and, true to form, Maltravers, the indoor gamekeeper, is acting suspiciously. Elsewhere at Ghastly-Gorm Ada's wardrobe-dwelling lady's maid Marylebone has received a marriage proposal. Ada vows to aid the course of true love and find out what Maltravers is up to, but amidst all this activity, everyone, including her father, appears to have forgotten her birthday!
Reviews
Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
A Fete means guests. In this case it's artists and bakers. Like the previous book, these guests all have names similar to those of famous people or famous literary characters. Recognizing who they are named for adds to the humor but there's enough going on otherwise to still be an enjoyable read. http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comm...
Antonia Marie@stormyclouds
** spoiler alert ** The illustrations in this book are astounding. I love the use of slight metaphors for well known classic. The end was a little bit sudden and I missed some pieces of information. I would have loved to know who won the baking contest. Overall a great book and not as scary as the first book.
Frida Kahlo@fridathequeen
Cookie@cookiespengler
Moray Lyle McIntosh@bookish_arcadia