There’s one thing Maddie finds more tempting than red velvet cake: her coworker, Drew. All it takes is one of his sly winks or a playful hip-check ...
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Feb 09, 2012
Danielle
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Practice Cake is about Maddie, a recent high school graduate torn between childhood and adulthood. Unfortunately, she exhibits her childish side by making every single possible wrong decision for the entire book. She exhibits her adult side by...
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Maddie takes a job at a bakery to pay for her dream car. She then stumbles into reality tv, has a lot of boy problems that could be solved by TALKING to the people she's necking with, spends all of her car money o More...
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Maddie takes a job at a bakery to pay for her dream car. She then stumbles into reality tv, has a lot of boy problems that could be solved by TALKING to the people she's necking with, spends all of her car money o More...
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Dec 13, 2011
Mickey
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3.5 stars
I received this book from the author, and here is my honest review:
I really enjoyed reading this one. I read it pretty quickly, and I was always looking forward to picking it back up. I loved the fact that the story wasn't thoroughly predictable and the characters weren't so typical and were very random. Maddie is a fun MC, and getting inside her head is certainly an adventure. She grows quite a bit during this novel, and it's a frustrating but fun journey.
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I received this book from the author, and here is my honest review:
I really enjoyed reading this one. I read it pretty quickly, and I was always looking forward to picking it back up. I loved the fact that the story wasn't thoroughly predictable and the characters weren't so typical and were very random. Maddie is a fun MC, and getting inside her head is certainly an adventure. She grows quite a bit during this novel, and it's a frustrating but fun journey.
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Nov 11, 2011
Elaine
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Maddie starts out with a carefree simplicity and I love her sense of humor, especially the discussion of the name of the cookies and Mrs. Henderson. Life, being life however, changes and so does Maddie and life has her soon maturing.
She lives with her older sister Melanie and works at Angelo’s Bakery with hunky Drew but dates Parker. Her friends are Jaslene, Chloe, and Zoe. Because Chloe desperately wants to avoid wrinkles, she refrains from showing expressions, either happy or More...
She lives with her older sister Melanie and works at Angelo’s Bakery with hunky Drew but dates Parker. Her friends are Jaslene, Chloe, and Zoe. Because Chloe desperately wants to avoid wrinkles, she refrains from showing expressions, either happy or More...
Dec 15, 2011
Liz
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Practice Cake is a feel good YA novel. The concept and the plot were a lot of fun. I rooted for Maddie throughout the story as she goes from not very sure of herself to assertive. The other characters? Not so much. It seems that every single person Maddie meets, with the exception of her male boss, is both mean and vain. They also don't seem believable as real people. Her friends are an actress and a fashion blogger. She goes clubbing with her boss's wife. Many of the side characters are one dim
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Nov 16, 2011
Lisa
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First of all, I want to thank the author of this book (Dalya Moon), for giving me the awesome opportunity to read this book. I fell in love with the book straight away and like her first book, I could not put it down. It was so intense, with always something happening. Also, everything was explained in great detail so I understood every word she wrote in this book. Well done, Dalya!
I could really connect with all the characters and it almost felt like it was written for me, and me only More...
I could really connect with all the characters and it almost felt like it was written for me, and me only More...
Oct 28, 2011
Jessica
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I hereby profess my love for Maddie, the lovable protagonist of Practice Cake. See Maddie isn't sure where her life is taking her, but she does know that for now baking is something she really enjoys doing. Being around all those gorgeous cakes and pastries is pure heaven. Of course, it doesn't hurt that her coworker is rather yummy himself! Never mind the fact that her current boyfriend thinks it's a waste of time. What does he know? Maddie is a teenage girl at her best and worst, all at the sa
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Feb 05, 2012
Tracy
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First off, I must admit that this is certainly not my genre of choice. However, as I have said before, I think it is good to go outside your comfort zone once in awhile.
Practice Cake sounded like a cute, quick read and the author is from Canada! Thus, I agreed to take it on for review. Sadly, it did not deliver for me. While the storyline would have made for a quick, fun read, the writing lacked in most areas. I am assuming this book is being pushed out as a YA Contemporary as the m More...
Practice Cake sounded like a cute, quick read and the author is from Canada! Thus, I agreed to take it on for review. Sadly, it did not deliver for me. While the storyline would have made for a quick, fun read, the writing lacked in most areas. I am assuming this book is being pushed out as a YA Contemporary as the m More...
Dec 08, 2011
Denise
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I won this book from a Librarything Member's Giveaway. I thought the whole idea of the bakery reality show to be a great idea for a book so I was really interested in reading this book. After reading it I have mixed views on it. To me it seemed like two different people wrote this book. The writing style in the beginning is different than the writing style in the middle and end. To be quite honest when I was in the beginning of the book I thought I wouldn't end up liking the book. In the beginni
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Dec 30, 2011
Tamara
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Dec 02, 2011
Idris
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Practice Cake not only talks about baking, or cookies recipes, but also talks about problems that normal people can affront in their life. Maddie is a normal young girl, who lives with her sister, she has a boyfriend that doesn't understand why she is working at a bakery, he doesn't like her new job, and every single opportunity he has he lets her know his opinion. But she loves her job, is tiring, but she likes it, specially her co-worker, Drew. Is in that moment when everything gets a little b
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Dec 07, 2011
Jennifer
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Fun and flirty read. I really enjoyed this book. The characters were definitely relatable. This book has a good moral, to follow your dreams. I was so thankful that Maddie decided not to go to Australia with Drew. I'm pretty sure that would have been the worst mistake of her life, given the experiences she'd had with him. It was fairly obvious what type of man he was and I had an idea that Echo and him may have had something going on before it was even revealed. It was great that Maddie's sister
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Nov 16, 2011
Michael
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Near the very end of this book, all that Maddie has gone through comes into a brilliant focus with this clear line:
"The world is full of people who are willing to use you, and they aren't always who they seem."
I barely learned this lesson only a few years ago, and I daresay that some never learn it. What Ms. Moon has wrought with "Practice Cake" is a beautiful novel for young women everywhere by giving voice to a protagonist called Maddie who seems to More...
"The world is full of people who are willing to use you, and they aren't always who they seem."
I barely learned this lesson only a few years ago, and I daresay that some never learn it. What Ms. Moon has wrought with "Practice Cake" is a beautiful novel for young women everywhere by giving voice to a protagonist called Maddie who seems to More...
Dec 05, 2011
Angelic
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I was completly taken with this book. I loved every aspect of it. A young girl taking a job in a bakery to earn money for a car. She learns quite a lesson along the way. She enjoys her job at the bakery and eveything is going great. Her job is great, her bosses are great, her boyfriend, and the new hottie at work seems to like her too. They get a great oppertunity at the bakery for a tv show. Everything starts off great and then everything goes bad. She finds out who everyone really is. I enjoye
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Dec 21, 2011
Shanon
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First I would like to thank the author, Dalya Moon, for giving me the opportunity to read this fantastic book. I'm so glad I requested a copy because I really enjoyed reading it!
Practice Cake proved to be a cute, delightful and enjoyable read. The story flows really well and I didn't find myself getting bored with it once. This book is also very well-balanced; with the right amount of humor, heartache and serious dilemmas. There is also a wide range of characters that are woven into More...
Practice Cake proved to be a cute, delightful and enjoyable read. The story flows really well and I didn't find myself getting bored with it once. This book is also very well-balanced; with the right amount of humor, heartache and serious dilemmas. There is also a wide range of characters that are woven into More...
Nov 27, 2011
Kristin
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Originally posted on These Pretty Words.
I really wanted to love this book. I gave it more than a fair shake considering I was ready to flounce at chapter four, but I held on until the end because the author is such a sweetie. Unfortunately the story never really grabbed onto me. I loved Maddie – she's funny, brazen, a little blunt, a lotta snarky –but in my opinion the other characters were written without clear characterizations. There were many moments throughout the book where I h More...
I really wanted to love this book. I gave it more than a fair shake considering I was ready to flounce at chapter four, but I held on until the end because the author is such a sweetie. Unfortunately the story never really grabbed onto me. I loved Maddie – she's funny, brazen, a little blunt, a lotta snarky –but in my opinion the other characters were written without clear characterizations. There were many moments throughout the book where I h More...
Jan 17, 2012
Anna Lea
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I got this book because I was looking through the free Kindle downloads and it looked cute. In the end, that's exactly what is was: cute. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, especially after the first 1/2 or so.
The protagonist is likeable enough, although some of the supporting characters weren't as fleshed out as they could have been. Also, a couple of the conflicts were solved a little too neatly to be entirely believable. Still, this was a nice, light read and funny enough More...
The protagonist is likeable enough, although some of the supporting characters weren't as fleshed out as they could have been. Also, a couple of the conflicts were solved a little too neatly to be entirely believable. Still, this was a nice, light read and funny enough More...
Nov 28, 2011
Title Thoughts: It's perfect.
Cover Thoughts: I think it is adorable and it makes me think of the flowers Maddie had to put on a cake.
If you are a friend of mine on Goodreads, then you know one thing that I loved about this book was how I could relate to it simply because of the depiction of real events. An example would be that the Canucks losing the Stanley Cup and going bonkers. There were riots and everything. Maddie experiences the side effects of that in this book an More...
Cover Thoughts: I think it is adorable and it makes me think of the flowers Maddie had to put on a cake.
If you are a friend of mine on Goodreads, then you know one thing that I loved about this book was how I could relate to it simply because of the depiction of real events. An example would be that the Canucks losing the Stanley Cup and going bonkers. There were riots and everything. Maddie experiences the side effects of that in this book an More...
Dec 06, 2011
Emerald
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Another win for Author Dalya Moon!
This book was simply amazing!
Dalya Moon gives us a tale of a young woman who just graduated high school and is searching for something she wants to do in life. She gets a job at a bakery, and eventually, the bakery becomes the hot spot for a TV show. Things get complicated for Maddie as it does in real life. And this tale is a journey of discovery for Maddie.
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This book was simply amazing!
Dalya Moon gives us a tale of a young woman who just graduated high school and is searching for something she wants to do in life. She gets a job at a bakery, and eventually, the bakery becomes the hot spot for a TV show. Things get complicated for Maddie as it does in real life. And this tale is a journey of discovery for Maddie.
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Dec 11, 2011
Marita
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Dalya Moon crafts a story chocked full of dramatic events, but skillfully weaves them around her main character, Maddie. You find yourself unsure which path would be best for young Maddie as you step through the events with her. I recognized some of my own youthful experiences in the plotline and it was easy to immerse myself.
Dalya's writing style is light and quick. She stays true to her characters age by introducing realistic complications and corruptible supporting characters.
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Dalya's writing style is light and quick. She stays true to her characters age by introducing realistic complications and corruptible supporting characters.
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Dec 29, 2011
Tara
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My full Practice Cake review can be found at Agrippina Legit.
Practice Cake is a light-hearted contemporary YA novel with an underlying message about growing up and discovering your worth as a woman. For some reason, I'm an absolute sucker for novels that focus on workplace settings, so I loved the idea of a book set in a bakery, even if it did make me hunger for baked goods far too much while I was reading it! Angelo's bakery is not just set-dressing, either. By the end of the nov More...
Dec 10, 2011
Unabridged
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In Practice Cake by Dalya Moon, Maddie is in her last weeks of high school, when she takes a job at a local bakery. Her first day at the bakery is a disaster, when her new co-worker Drew distracts her. Drew is gorgeous, and Maddie develops a crush, the problem being her boyfriend Parker. It does not help matters that her best friend, Jaslene, does not like Parker at all. Parker also does not approve of her taking a lowly job on being a baker’s assistant.
In the beginning of Practice More...
In the beginning of Practice More...
Jan 29, 2012
Shannon
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Practice Cake is the delicious story of Maddie and what happens when reality show cameras are brought into the bakery where she works. I really like Maddie. She is a smart girl who makes age appropriate mistakes. It makes the story feel believable and I always appreciate that. Maddie deals with a lot in this story including a friend dealing with jealousy issues, a crush on a coworker, family drama and so much more. The story still manages to be well written and all these issues combine seamlessl
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Dec 15, 2011
Sitt
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I really liked the theme of the story as food and love are fitting harmonically together.
Sadly the story couldn't penetrate through my mind, would I have been 10 yeas younger I may have enjoyed this teen story of Maddie a free, easy going enthusiastically young woman with fresh ideas going through the world in a fun to read romantic story that resolves around her boyfriend and the chance to climb the career ladder for a star chef in a Food Network for baking.
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Sadly the story couldn't penetrate through my mind, would I have been 10 yeas younger I may have enjoyed this teen story of Maddie a free, easy going enthusiastically young woman with fresh ideas going through the world in a fun to read romantic story that resolves around her boyfriend and the chance to climb the career ladder for a star chef in a Food Network for baking.
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Jan 24, 2012
Lex
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This book was unlike anything I've ever read before. It was realistic, upbeat, and honest. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes bittersweet, Practice Cake is the story of an average girl trying to find herself in a world that doesn't seem to give her a second look.
Most YA that I read involves teenagers in supernatural worlds, or in abnormal circumstances in dystopian worlds. I've never read a book about a teenager in our world, doing normal teenager things. Admittedly, it always sounded a l More...
Most YA that I read involves teenagers in supernatural worlds, or in abnormal circumstances in dystopian worlds. I've never read a book about a teenager in our world, doing normal teenager things. Admittedly, it always sounded a l More...
Jan 03, 2012
Nicola
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This review first appeared here on my blog.
This book completely took me by surprise. For some unknown reason, I went into it thinking it was an adult romance book but that's not what I found. I later saw that the author herself describes it as for ''adults/older teens'' and ''Humorous contemporary, a.k.a. chick lit. While there are relationships, it is not a “romance” novel'' and that's certainly a more fitting description! Anyway, my misconception is beside the point. I really enjo More...
This book completely took me by surprise. For some unknown reason, I went into it thinking it was an adult romance book but that's not what I found. I later saw that the author herself describes it as for ''adults/older teens'' and ''Humorous contemporary, a.k.a. chick lit. While there are relationships, it is not a “romance” novel'' and that's certainly a more fitting description! Anyway, my misconception is beside the point. I really enjo More...
Dec 31, 2011
Lenore
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3.5 stars. Honestly, I'm not sure what to think. I was about 80% through the book (according to my kindle), and I started feeling like there were no redeemable characters and it was too real, not fictiony enough and I started crying for no reason. But it did end well, and there was redemption. I just wish there was more earlier in the book, b/c I like having someone to sympathize with, and I couldn't always sympathize with Maddie. So yeah, I liked it, but perhaps it needs time to fester bef
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Jan 28, 2012
Carol
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Practice Cake is laugh out loud funny while at the same time being sympathetic and romantic. I loved the story and the characters, even the sleazy ones. They are flawed, real, human - nobody is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, but at least most learn from them. If you're looking for a light, witty read to make you smile, try this one out for size. Dalya Moon is my new favourite author.
Jan 22, 2012
Christy
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I wanted to like this book but I just couldn't overlook the poor writing and horrible explanations. The main character was immature and indecisive. When she talked about needing to do laundry and having to wear her old scratchy thongs that have her wedgies I just couldn't take anymore.
Nov 20, 2011
Shari*LoveMiKindle*
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Thank you, Ms. Moon, for giving me the chance to read this book and for giving us characters who feel so real to me! I love that they aren't perfect. Even though I'm much older than Maddie, I can identify with her struggle to define who she is and what she wants in life.
Feb 16, 2012
Jennifer
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I had a hard time getting into this book. It was extremely juvenile at the beginning. However, as the book progressed, Maddie matured and the writing style improved. It had a very good moral at the end.
The language was crude throughout, which is very unfortunate.
The language was crude throughout, which is very unfortunate.
