The Heartbreak Bakery / A R Capetta - 3***

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The Heartbreak Bakery – A R Capetta
3***

From the book jacket: Syd (no pronouns, please) has always dealt with big, hard-to-talk-about things by baking. Being dumped is no different, except now Syd is working in the kitchen of the Proud Muffin, a queer bakery and community space in Austin. And everyone who eats Syd’s breakup brownies break up.

My reactions
At the outset, I had some difficulty with the constantly changing pronouns – not just Syd but Harley and others seem unsure which pronouns they prefer on any given day. But I got over this and began to enjoy this YA romance.

Syd is a great character, who exhibits many of the typical teenager anxieties, though Syd’s constant trying to “fix things” for everyone does seem a bit over the top. But then, Syd is a teenager. I did like how Capetta explored relationships and changing feelings and how we need to learn to communicate openly and honestly.

And I loved the recipes!



My review HERE