Book jacket image for The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen

Dutton

9781524742751

STARRED REVIEW

The Kingdom of Sweets

Erika Johansen’s lyrical and terrifying retelling of The Nutcracker is just as likely to disturb as it is to enchant.

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Review of ‘The Kingdom of Sweets’

Twins Natasha and Clara have always been two sides of the same coin, cursed and blessed in equal measure by their godfather, the sorcerer Drosselmeyer. Clara is beauty and light incarnate, but has little interest in understanding the world around her; Natasha may be dark and homely, but she has a penetrating mind. On the…

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