Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
Book Series: Bake Expectations
Book: Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake (Book 1)
Author: Alexis Hall
Number of pages: 415
Genre: Contemporary fiction, contemporary romance, LGBTQ+
Attended Audience Age: Young adult
Medium Type (physical, digital, audio): physical
Book rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Summary:
Rosaline Palmer is a single mom with a stable but fragile life that hasn’t quiet been what she expected. Her supportive ex-girlfriend and eight year old daughter are the biggest supporters when she signs up as a contestant for the television show, Bake Expectations. But the challenges turns out to be more than she anticipated as she finds support with Alain, a contestant with perfectionism and baking skills, who also finds her attractive and free spirited. But as the baking challenge turns up the heat, so does Rosaline’s connection with other contestants like Harry who isn’t quiet her type but keeps popping in her mind. Harry, being supportive and well liked becomes close friends with Rosaline, helping her when she least expects it.
Qualities:
Prose: The novel is written in third person perspective with a witty, comical, but practical language that makes the novel feel approachable and relatable.
Character Development: The novel follows Rosaline Palmer’s personal and public life style as she opens up to people those that impact it for the better or worst. As her character delves deep into the challenges ahead, she begins to learn her self-worth and what she wants for herself despite what some people make her think.
World Building: The world building follows Rosaline Palmer through her personal life in England, her home, among those she's invited to, and the television set for Bake Expectations.
Recommendation:
I highly recommend this book to someone who is interested in baking, comedy, witty conversations, and contemporary romance with a love triangle. This book takes contemporary romance to the next level. It resembles the television show, The Great British Baking Show, but with a twist. It provides a sneak peak behind what really happens behind a televised baking show, how the people interact, what they do in their free time, and how the crew acts when they aren’t on film. This novel is worth the read and provides a lot of laughs.
Notable Quotes:
- “They named you after a nun in a play what isn’t even in the play?” (p. 48).
- “Of course there’s more. But so what? No one can have everything. You’ve just got to figure out what matters. And then not let stuff what don’t matter get in the way of stuff what does” (p 307).
- “Time, then, for dulce-de reckoning. Because she was damned is she was going to be defeated by a milky pudding sauce” (p. 384).
Related Music:
- The Fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift
- Complicated by Avril Lavigne
- Messy by Lola Young
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