Single mom Rosaline Palmer has a dead-end career working in a shop, and her dwindling financial resources aren't enough to make the needed repairs to her house or fund her future education. So OF COURSE signing on for a baking reality TV show in the hopes of winning its grand prize money is the right financial choice. On the way to the first weekend of filming, Rosaline meets another contestant and promptly falls into a relationship with him. But the longer she's on the show, the less comfortable she gets with him, and the more comfortable she gets with her own abilities.
OK, so let's first address the elephant in the room: yes, this baking show in the book may be called Bake Expectations and be filmed in a ballroom, but it's actually the Great British Bake Off. The challenges are remarkably similar and so are the judges and hosts. And Rosaline's relationship with her parents is so similar to that of Lorelai and her parents in Gilmore Girls that one can almost picture Hall binging both GBBO and Gilmore Girls while writing this. However, that's not to say that this is a bad book. It's actually quite charming and enjoyable, and I really appreciated Rosaline's personal journey. Check it out if you're a fan of GBBO and quirky romance.
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