Inclusion, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge
I find books mostly as reader copies and finished copies. Now, I try to have the reader copies physically in hand (it’s easier for me to read) but sometimes (and a lot more lately) I must settle for an online reader copy. And Pizza Witch by Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins came to me in an email that sent me to the graphic novels link to read. Due in mid September 2025, you’ll have a bit to wait before you can get your hands on a copy, but until then you can listen to me ramble on about it.
The concept is simple: A community of witches have their specialty of magic. Most seem to have a preference for a particular food magic. The main character of our story, Roxy, has a love for pizza and her talents have taste buds seeing stars as it tastes out of this world. The thing is, her parents’ gourmet tastes leave her not having much support, except for her talking cat George. In a Keystone Cops set of adventures, our heroine, her cat and her broom zip off on different adventures (or: errands) for her less than ideal boss at the pizza restaurant she works for. That is until the final one: Finding a Magical Mystery ingredient that will put her… ah her boss and his overbearing family… on the map for sure. Then some more mad capped adventures.
While a couple points are not as ideally handled as I would have hoped, things work out well in a meet-cute-friends-to-enemies-to-friends-again romance and the understanding of being yourself no matter what the roadblocks in front of you might be. Even if they are a crystal dragon, a magical wrestling match or a mean ghoul guardian guarding the magical ingredient.