Review: Despite the cake on the cover, this book has meat
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
The icing on the cake of this book is the love story, but the two layers and the filling are all about the struggle of a young woman to come to terms with her family's flaws.  As the book opens, our heroine is struggling to keep the family bakery afloat on her own, is picking her sister's kid up from daycare since her sister is "busy" with a date, and is doing all of the chores around their shared family home to boot.  As someone who wants to please those she loves and who wants to fix all of their problems, every ounce of our heroine's struggles rang true.The only part that didn't ring true was the sister's turn-around at the end of the book.  But if we can accept love at first sight and happily ever afters, why not accept that a spoiled sister can change her stripes?  After all, this genre is all about wish fulfillment, and who doesn't wish that our family could accept us and support us because of who we are?That caveat aside, Naramore's book was engrossing and appealing.  A fast, fun read that will suck you in more than many contemporary romances.  Despite the cake on the cover, this book has meat.