The Miraculous Sweetmakers 1 The Fr..., Natasha Hastings
The Miraculous Sweetmakers 1 The Fr..., Natasha Hastings
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The Miraculous Sweetmakers #1: The Frost Fair

Author: Natasha Hastings

Narrator: Imogen Wilde

Unabridged: 8 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 11/01/2022

Synopsis

A heartwarming and magical adventure, The Frost Fair is a dazzling historical fantasy perfect for fans of Frozen and Serafina and the Black Cloak. It's winter, 1683, and the Great Frost has swept into London.By day, thirteen-year-old Thomasina and her friend Anne peddle sweets on the frozen river, hearing rumors of the magical Frost Fair that awakens there at night. They say if you can find it, Father Winter himself will grant any wish you have.And Thomasina has an impossible wish: the return of her twin brother, whose death left her family fractured.But once they discover Father Winter’s icy kingdom, Thomasina and Anne quickly realize the Frost Fair isn’t exactly what it seems… and that some wishes never come for free.With a delightful fantasy setting and unique magic system, The Frost Fair is an enchanting look at the power of friendship, the way grief shapes all of us, and how love can warm even the coldest heart.

About Natasha Hastings

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alyssa on October 21, 2022

This book takes readers on a magical journey through the frost fair, accompanied by stunning illustrations by Alex T. Smith which are sprinkled in between the chapters. Surprisingly, the book did get quite tense and suspenseful towards the end with a couple of unexpected surprises. The writing is ab......more

Goodreads review by Whispering on December 20, 2022

The Miraculous Sweetmakers is the perfect winter read for middle-graders to young YA readers. The plot is filled with friendship, family, and an air of mystery when our main character Thomasina is invited to the frost fair. The book opens on a sad note with Thomasina’s twin brother dying. We then mov......more

Goodreads review by Estíbaliz on May 11, 2024

3'5 YOUTUBE / INSTAGRAM  A pesar de que es un libro que se me atragantó un pelín (creo que no estaba del humor adecuado para leerlo, pero me lo había puesto en la TBR de invierno y soy de las que intentan cumplir sí o sí), la verdad es que creo que es una historia middle-grade con mucho mérito. Para e......more

Goodreads review by İrem on February 17, 2025

Bu kitabı yaklaşık 2 aydır okuyorum 😂 aslında biraz okuduktan sonra arkadaşımla devam etmek için ara vermiştim fakat havalar soğuyunca yine elime aldım! Tam kış günlerine uygun büyülü, tatlı ve hüzünlü bir hikayeydi. Bir çocuk kitabı fakat hem çocukları hem yetişkinleri derinden etkileyecek bir konu......more

Goodreads review by Ömer on April 05, 2024

Genç Timaş gerçekten çok güzel kitaplar seçiyor ya! İkiz kardeşinin kendisi yüzünden öldüğünü düşünen küçük bir kızın büyük kederini okuyoruz ama yine yas ve depresyonla başa çıkmanın, büyümenin güzel bir hikâyesi bu.......more

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