Emmeline Thistle has always had a mysterious bond with cows, beginning on the night of her birth, when the local bovines saved the infant cast aside to die in the forest. But Emmeline was unaware that this bond has also given her a magical ability to transform milk into chocolate, a very valuable gift in a kingdom where chocolate is more rare and more precious than gold or jewels.When Owen Oak, a dairyman's son, teaches Emmeline to churn milk into butter-and she instead creates a delicious chocolate confection-she immediately becomes a target for every greedy, power-hungry person in the kingdom of Anglund. Suzanne Selfors crafts an irresistible re-imagined fairy tale that will tempt readers with a delicious story of love that is sweeter than the richest chocolate. Magic and romance entwine in this fantastical world where true love and chocolate conquer all.
I wish I could say that I liked The Sweetest Spell more. It's a perfectly decent book with interesting characters, a unique premise and pleasant romance.
The problem is that the prosaic voice and the simplicity of the way Emmeline is written reminded me of [b:The Poison Diaries|7022166|The Poison Diaries (Poison Diaries, #1)|Maryrose Wood|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1271880229s/7022166.jpg|7268820]. So, when everything started to go wrong, as things inevitably do, the wrongness felt like The Poison Diaries which I didn't like much at all. It left a bad taste that I just couldn't escape however much I recognized that The Sweetest Spell didn't have any of the same ugliness.
Then, once things oddly started to improve (admittedly in a sideways direction) I was able to read The Sweetest Spell as its own story. And I (forgive my phrasing) it was perfectly sweet and a good book for a teenage girl.
