This was a pre-read for my son, who loves cats. I'm not sure this one would appeal to him, but it was a nice, short read for me. Madame Pamplemousse was a fairly complex character for such a short book, although most of the other characters one-dimensional, and I enjoyed the seriously grumpy, one-ey...
Cute little story of a hapless girl whose horrible, fat, smelly, despicable uncle forces her to slave as s dishwasher even though she has the potential to be a great chef.I think where this book fell down for me was the food. I love food -- that's why I got the book. But nothing described sounded go...