Tracie's Reviews > A Royal Conundrum

This has so many elements I love: a dash of mystery, a secret, school, kid spies, pops of humor, well-drawn characters, great illustrations, a really fantastic bakery...but it was a very slow read for me. I just couldn't fall into it, although I tried really hard, deeply love and respect the author and illustrator, and can definitely see young readers loving this. I think for me, it was the narration; I just have a hard time getting into stories that are third-person POV.

But I booktalked this to all sorts of kids this spring, and I know it will find the fans that it deserves. Just not the right cup of tea at the right time, for me.