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A review by daringreader13
Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4.0 out of 5 stars
Overall, this book was like the first bite of a cupcake- super sweet and brings a smile to your face. However, that cupcake then gets judged by Paul Hollywood and he tells you while the flavor is good, you spent too much time on the flavors and didn’t do enough on the decorations. How so? Because there were plot points in the last 50 pages (all like 5 plot lines that emerged and wrapped in those pages) that would have been better spread throughout the book.
One of the plot lines was introduced and wrapped within about 5 pages and that’s too fast for me. I doesn’t feel real or plausible and it took me out of the actual book. So while I liked this book, the last 50 pages made me feel the cavity of too many cupcakes without the proper dental work, causing a star to drop off.
Will this stop me from picking up her other books? Absolutely not.
Overall, this book was like the first bite of a cupcake- super sweet and brings a smile to your face. However, that cupcake then gets judged by Paul Hollywood and he tells you while the flavor is good, you spent too much time on the flavors and didn’t do enough on the decorations. How so? Because there were plot points in the last 50 pages (all like 5 plot lines that emerged and wrapped in those pages) that would have been better spread throughout the book.
One of the plot lines was introduced and wrapped within about 5 pages and that’s too fast for me. I doesn’t feel real or plausible and it took me out of the actual book. So while I liked this book, the last 50 pages made me feel the cavity of too many cupcakes without the proper dental work, causing a star to drop off.
Will this stop me from picking up her other books? Absolutely not.