Eggs Butter Sugar and Disaster eBook Alicia L Wright
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Recipe for Ragnarok
First take a generous helping of Seralina, whisk up into the Norse pantheon, add dwarves to taste and sprinkle with a dash of immortality.
Leave to mature for just the right amount of time.
Now settle back and enjoy a fun trip through numerous afterlives and see if Seralina can stop Ragnarok.
A fun fantasy for young adults.
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Eggs, Butter, Sugar and Disaster by Alicia L Wright is a humorous take on mythology and the afterlife featuring strong female characters.
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Eggs Butter Sugar and Disaster eBook Alicia L Wright
So, I've resently read Alicia L. Wright's book Eggs, Butter, Sugar and Disaster and was asked to write a review.So here goes ...
... I quite liked it! Or rather it didn't make me want to throw it at the wall in frustration. Considering it's a book in a genre I'm not the biggest fan of and a young adult fiction, it must mean it's pretty good.
I won't give away too much about the story. It's about a young woman named Seralina
who accidentally drinks a can of ambrosia and becomes a goddess/valkyrie in the norse pantheon. We follow her through her struggles to cope with her new situation and duties.
She gets a taste of life as a valkyrie and the road to becoming a true godess. Through her experiences and conversations with the colourful cast of side characters she puts forward many meaningful thoughts and musings on life and religion and what it means to have power and most importantly, she pushes the philosophy of being good to others and that if you are good, good things will happen to you.The overall message of the book is very positive and teaches that you should not look down on others, no matter how much power you have.
(the following paragraphs are full of nitpickery and minor spoilers)
The side characters, although being well written, loveable and having sturdy, separated personalities, seem to suffer from an a bit too convenient naivity. Even though the
message in the book is that if you are good to people, people are good to you, some characters seem to take that concept a little far. Her boss in the afterlife, Freya, gives and forgives and protects without protest quite often. The dwarves she hires to build her home does so asking nothing more than the publicity. Coupled with the unending admiration and protection from the god Heimdall and the walking naiveity that is Hermes there comes a feeling of somewhat unrealistic ammounts of love and kindness.
I would have enjoyed more time and depth put into the antagonists. Some of the reasoning behind the main antagonist's acts are never explored quite as much as I wished, and they are never quite resolved.
The minor antagonist ... well, I would just like to see more of her. I liked her and the scenes she made.
There is, however, a bright light shining in the character gallery. Namely Seralina's familiar, the cat-dragon-bird-thing Phin. She delivers quick, sarcastic remarks and offers a refreshing point of view. Always a bit sideways and a little rude, but never in bad spirit. She makes a very good counterweight to Seralina and offers many laughs and giggles as she does her thing.
The book itself is well written overall. I was never put off reading it, I was never confused about what was happening, I genuinely laughed at more than one point. It is written with such wit and snark that reminded me of my favourite line from Douglas Adams "... It hovered in the air much like a brick wouldn't"(sorry, I most likely got that wrong) The world building is good. The universe comes across as solid and well thought through. The descriptions of the settings, however comes across as being somewhat bland. I am not sucked into the world quite like in a really well written piece. They do the job of describing the environment, but not much more.
The only place the writing is lacking is in the last chapter. The final showdown seems somewhat tacked on at the last minute.
(/nitpickery)
In the end it is a highly readable, funny and innocent book which carries a very good message. It also offers a sideways look at personal beliefs and moral values as well as teaching kindness and generousity. I was thoroughly amused from start to finish, and although I did find it somewhat naive and lacking in the action department, it does not hurt the book as long as you're aware
that you are not reading Game of Thrones.
It's a book that is very hard to dislike. It's a fun and adorable YA fantasy book that will keep you entertained throughout and well worth the time and money to read it.
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Eggs Butter Sugar and Disaster eBook Alicia L Wright Reviews
Eggs, Butter, Sugar and Disaster is a humorous read about a girl, Sera, who drinks a strange soda and finds herself transformed into an immortal. She starts out working as a Valkyrie, employed at Freya's Ginza bar, but eventually names herself the Goddess of Puddings (and other confections). Along the way she makes friends, enemies, and of course, a sardonic, cat-like minion named Phin.
Sera is a likeable, down-to-earth lead character. As a mortal, she was a college student taking graphic design courses, and she feels overwhelmed upon finding that she has become a goddess. I do wish the author had expanded upon Sera's feelings about things a little more, like her boss, Freya, or the goddess Idunn. I know how I feel about each character, but I cannot honestly say I understand how Sera feels about them.
Phin, Sera's minion, was an entertaining character, and could have sauntered over from one of Diana Wynne Jone's cat stories. In fact, Wright's style of writing greatly reminds me of Jone's.
While I love the overall story concept of EBS&D, I feel the plot could use a little more conflict. As it is, the story lopes along at a leisurely pace, until the last 50 pages, when it gallops to an exciting close.
Despite any shortcomings the book may have, I feel that it is a good debut by Ms. Wright, and I hope to see more works by her in the future! Particularly ones with entertaining cat-creatures.
The Premise
Seralina, a fairly average graphic design student, ignores the warning label on a can of Idunn's Finest and accidentally becomes a goddess. Unfortunately, there aren't a whole lot of jobs available for goddesses, so she's stuck as a valkyrie - a celestial waitress-cum-chauffeur - until she can find something better. She makes friends with Hermes (who likes to hang out in the Norse afterlife despite having a perfectly good realm of his own), works at Freya's Ginza Bar (Yes.), mistakenly labels herself the Goddess of Puddings (which sticks), builds a cat-dragon (who isn't particularly grateful), and may or may not be responsible for the second Ragnarok.
The Good
Eggs, Butter, Sugar and Disaster reads like a Young Adult mashup of PG Wodeouse, Terry Pratchett, and JK Rowling. Wright has constructed a brilliantly humorous world of selectively-modernized mythology in which there are no longer enough warriors to fill up Valhalla, gods advertize, dwarves are contractors, and deities carry credit cards. It's all terribly silly, but the really fantastic part is that it all makes perfect sense.
Wright's cast of characters starts off strong and only gets better. We are introduced to Seralina, the newbie part-time valkyrie and Goddess of Puddings, whose good intentions don't always yield ideal results. Hermes, the divine mailman, wants to start his own logistics service but isn't quite sure where to start. Freya, goddess of love and war, is tired of all the drunks wandering around Asgard and wants to inject some class into her establishment - with a touch of Japanese flair. Even the secondary characters are fully-fleshed and endearing (Heimdall with his gold teeth and his puppy-dog demeanor; jolly uncle Osiris, inexplicably green and in need of a vacation; the snarky, snobbish Domestic Goddess in her frilly apron).
Seralina herself is not the standard heroine. She is not seeking love or destiny. She isn't fated for something special. Like the rest of us, she makes mistakes and just has to plod through whatever life throws at her, doing the best she can with what she's got. For a Goddess of Puddings, she's pretty awesome.
The humour is the best bit. It's subtle and relies largely on wordplay, which is my favourite sort. Mythology, religion, and the human condition provide much of Wright's material, interspersed with just the right dosage of goofy puns.
The Bad
There's not much I can really call "bad" about E,B,S&D. The plot was a little slow in a couple of places, and I did notice some tense scenes where the extended dialogue was a little improbable. There were a few typos - missing periods, comma splices, and the like - but infrequent enough to be overlooked.
My only real complain is that Seralina's pudding cult - which is given prominent mention at the very top of the first page - is sort of glossed over. I would have liked to see a lot more of them.
In Conclusion
It's not my usual genre, but I loved it. The characters are adorable, the plot a hoot and a half, the ending satisfying. I'd read a sequel.
So, I've resently read Alicia L. Wright's book Eggs, Butter, Sugar and Disaster and was asked to write a review.
So here goes ...
... I quite liked it! Or rather it didn't make me want to throw it at the wall in frustration. Considering it's a book in a genre I'm not the biggest fan of and a young adult fiction, it must mean it's pretty good.
I won't give away too much about the story. It's about a young woman named Seralina
who accidentally drinks a can of ambrosia and becomes a goddess/valkyrie in the norse pantheon. We follow her through her struggles to cope with her new situation and duties.
She gets a taste of life as a valkyrie and the road to becoming a true godess. Through her experiences and conversations with the colourful cast of side characters she puts forward many meaningful thoughts and musings on life and religion and what it means to have power and most importantly, she pushes the philosophy of being good to others and that if you are good, good things will happen to you.The overall message of the book is very positive and teaches that you should not look down on others, no matter how much power you have.
(the following paragraphs are full of nitpickery and minor spoilers)
The side characters, although being well written, loveable and having sturdy, separated personalities, seem to suffer from an a bit too convenient naivity. Even though the
message in the book is that if you are good to people, people are good to you, some characters seem to take that concept a little far. Her boss in the afterlife, Freya, gives and forgives and protects without protest quite often. The dwarves she hires to build her home does so asking nothing more than the publicity. Coupled with the unending admiration and protection from the god Heimdall and the walking naiveity that is Hermes there comes a feeling of somewhat unrealistic ammounts of love and kindness.
I would have enjoyed more time and depth put into the antagonists. Some of the reasoning behind the main antagonist's acts are never explored quite as much as I wished, and they are never quite resolved.
The minor antagonist ... well, I would just like to see more of her. I liked her and the scenes she made.
There is, however, a bright light shining in the character gallery. Namely Seralina's familiar, the cat-dragon-bird-thing Phin. She delivers quick, sarcastic remarks and offers a refreshing point of view. Always a bit sideways and a little rude, but never in bad spirit. She makes a very good counterweight to Seralina and offers many laughs and giggles as she does her thing.
The book itself is well written overall. I was never put off reading it, I was never confused about what was happening, I genuinely laughed at more than one point. It is written with such wit and snark that reminded me of my favourite line from Douglas Adams "... It hovered in the air much like a brick wouldn't"(sorry, I most likely got that wrong) The world building is good. The universe comes across as solid and well thought through. The descriptions of the settings, however comes across as being somewhat bland. I am not sucked into the world quite like in a really well written piece. They do the job of describing the environment, but not much more.
The only place the writing is lacking is in the last chapter. The final showdown seems somewhat tacked on at the last minute.
(/nitpickery)
In the end it is a highly readable, funny and innocent book which carries a very good message. It also offers a sideways look at personal beliefs and moral values as well as teaching kindness and generousity. I was thoroughly amused from start to finish, and although I did find it somewhat naive and lacking in the action department, it does not hurt the book as long as you're aware
that you are not reading Game of Thrones.
It's a book that is very hard to dislike. It's a fun and adorable YA fantasy book that will keep you entertained throughout and well worth the time and money to read it.
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