3.5 stars. Filing under romance even though it isn’t really a romance, but more romance-adjacent “women’s fiction”. I know why this is marketed as a romance but I’m curious about why Alexis Hall himself, who actually does write romance and understands the genre well, describes it as one.

Loved how the structure emphasized the great British baking show-ness of this book. The contestants and show staff were perfect. Might give the next in the series a try and hope for an actual romance