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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

T. Kingfisher

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1/10

How central romantic relationships are to the book.

Little or noneOriginal profileAt the heart of it
4/10

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QuietOriginal profileAction-packed
4/10

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Few secretsOriginal profileFull of questions
2/10

The strength of dread, cruelty, loss, and disturbing atmosphere.

LightOriginal profileVery dark
5/10

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ReflectiveOriginal profileRelentless
More ways to mix Worldbuilding, humor, emotion & complexity
6/10

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MinimalOriginal profileDeeply developed
6/10

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SeriousOriginal profileVery funny
5/10

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GentleOriginal profilePowerful
3/10

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01 / Your mixClose match

Illuminations

By T. Kingfisher

Romance at 1/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking; Action at 4/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.

  • Romance 1/10
  • Action 4/10
  • Pacing 5/10

What changes: less mystery (2/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 4/10).

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Mr. Bliss

By J.R.R. Tolkien

Romance at 1/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking; Pacing at 5/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.

  • Romance 1/10
  • Pacing 5/10
  • Action 3/10

What changes: less mystery (2/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 4/10); more complexity (5/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 3/10).

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03 / Your mixClose match

The Father Christmas Letters

By J.R.R. Tolkien

Romance at 1/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking; Pacing at 5/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.

  • Romance 1/10
  • Pacing 5/10
  • Emotional intensity 5/10

What changes: less mystery (2/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 4/10); less humor (4/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 6/10).

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Roverandom

By J.R.R. Tolkien

Romance at 1/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking; Pacing at 5/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking.

  • Romance 1/10
  • Pacing 5/10
  • Action 3/10

What changes: less mystery (2/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 4/10); a darker atmosphere (4/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 2/10).

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Shadow of the Fox

By Julie Kagawa

Pacing at 5/10 matches A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking; Romance at 2/10 is 1 point from A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking's 1/10.

  • Pacing 5/10
  • Romance 2/10
  • Action 5/10

What changes: less humor (3/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 6/10); less mystery (2/10; A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking 4/10).

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