
Having read Adiba Jaigirdar before, when I saw that she was releasing a YA baking competition book with a sapphic romance? You know, I was immediately intrigued. I was lucky enough to be sent a – signed! – proof of the book from Team BKMRK over on Instagram. It took me a little while to get to this book, but when I finally did, I read it in a single day.
Shireen Malik has been struggling since breaking up with her ex-girlfriend, Chris. With her best friend away with family in Bangladesh, Shireen has just been lying in bed rewatching Bake Off. But when she gets an email confirming that she’s gotten onto a new televised baking show, Shireen knows she has to get her butt into gear and win the show to help her family’s doughnut shop. But Chris is also competing on the show, and when Shireen meets another contestant, Niamh, sparks start to fly there too. If Shireen wants to win the show, she’s going to have to be able to put her feelings and any potential sabotage aside to win.
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