#rosaline palmer takes the cake

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Books About Pie (and Other Desserts)

Happy Pi Day! The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta (Speculative Agender/Transmasc YA Romance) Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies by Misha Popp (Bi Cozy Mystery) In the Case of Heartbreak by Courtney Kae (M/M Romance) The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar (Contemporary F/F YA Romance) Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall (Bi M/F Romance)

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#A.R. Capetta #Adiba Jaigirdar #Alexis Hall #Bakers #Courtney Kae #In the Case of Heartbreak #Magic Lies and Deadly Pies #Misha Popp #Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake #The Dos and Donuts of Love #The Heartbreak Bakery

[bibliophilecats]

Currently reading: Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake by Alexis Hall

#rosaline palmer takes the cake #alexis hall #currently reading #helen reads 2023

[campbelliah]

Contemporary rom-com? Baking show

pastiche? Tender BDSM love story?

Historical fiction? Sherlock Holmes but

set somewhere weirder than Discworld???

Alexis Hall has got you.

#alexis hall #a lady for a duke #rosaline palmer takes the cake #for real #spires #boyfriend material #husband material #the affair of the mysterious letter #books and reading

[thecasualbookreviewer]

and that was the thing about journeys, wasn't it? They weren't about where you started or where you ended. They were about who came with you.

Rosaline Palmer takes the cake, Alexis Hall

#rosaline palmer takes the cake #alexis hall #book quote #favorite quote

[potterandpromises]

I read Alexis Hall novels and think: this guy knows what it’s like to walk through a field at night and get in trouble as a result

#only two nickels but it’s weird that it happened twice etc #currently reading #husband material #this is also about #rosaline palmer takes the cake #alexis hall #husband material spoilers

[monomatica]

Review : Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ 4.5 Stars

The second book in Alexis Hall’s “Winner Bakes All” series takes place in the same world as Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake, and is set on the same Bake Expectations competition show with the same hosts, judges & producers (Jennifer Hallet and her non-stop cursing is still my favorite), but it has very different themes and a different story structure to Rosaline.

I wouldn’t consider this to be a full-fledged romcom. Yes it’s very funny at times and had me cackling, but Paris has severe anxiety which reminded me of The Charm Offensive with its mental health rep. It’s intense to read with well-written anxiety spirals and an on-page panic attack, so please go in gently. There is way more off-camera and post-filming life instead of every show detail, which I loved. Now that we know this baking world, Hall decided to take a turn and talk about other things instead:  how anxiety affects you and the people around you, being Muslim and queer, being white and privileged, but not happy. Being diagnosed with GAD and learning coping mechanisms. It is deftly blended together.

Paris falls for Tariq, a fellow contestant who is a queer Muslim man with strong religious beliefs.  They are both 20 and still figuring themselves out. Although there is no sex in this book, I found refreshing for a romance novel and right for the story, and it shows that a romantic connection can exist without it. But there is lots of kissing, talking and banter. Tariq is the cutest thing ever with his nicknames “Honey” and “Angel Cake”, his personal style of mixing patterns and his rainbow nail varnish! Tariq’s own self-worth becomes a safe space for Paris and helps to calm him down. And Paris’s roommate and best friend Morag, the self-titled Glaswegian sex goddess, is one of the best side characters I’ve read lately.

From their very first encounter The BanterTM  is so good. Hall writes some of the best banter I’ve ever read and it’s in this book as a way to break up the intensity. It filled me with such joy I had a smile on my face as I was reading it and had me cry laughing at moments. Why are there so many euphemisms and puns in baking terminology? It’s endlessly funny.

If you are a fan of  The Charm Offensive or The Heart Principle where a delightful story is wrapped in depicting mental health issues, I would recommend this book. It felt very true to life.

PUB DATE:  NOVEMBER 1, 2022

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I was delighted to receive this ARC. Thanks so much to NetGalley and Forever !!!

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[e-b-reads]

71. your favourite LGBTQ+ fiction

(oops, this has been sitting for a while) Honestly I'm not sure. I've read some cute stuff lately - two that come to mind are Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake (Alexis Hall, cute romance) and American Hippo (Sarah Gailey, wild and v queer alternate historical fiction). But most of my favorites are things I've read multiple times, since I was younger, and it feels like LGBTQ+ fiction, as its own section, hasn't been marketed that way for super long (helps that I only got on tumblr recently). Honorable mention therefore to the Last of the Herald-Mages series by Mercedes Lackey - not that they didn't have stuff in them that I found dubious when I was younger, and would likely find more dubious now, but they were some of the first books I ever read (early high school) with just straight up gay characters - and though this trait mattered, it wasn't a big deal.

#an ask #an answer #the last of the herald-mages #mercedes lackey #rosaline palmer takes the cake #alexis hall #american hippo #sarah gailey

[evenaturtleduck]

Currently reading Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake, and see, I love Alexis Hall but! he's elevated the slow burn anticipatory secondhand embarrassment thing to an art form so I keep having to slam the book down and regroup.

#alexis hall #rosaline palmer takes the cake #favorite books #this one is going to take me forever because i cannot handle it 😭

[dracereads]

GIRL WHY ARE YOU LYING TO THE LOVE INTEREST. EVEN YOU THINK THIS IS A BAD idea. ugh.

gosh this is going to give me such second hand embarrassment gosh I hate this kind of plot hook

#Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake #Hottakes and Hotcakes

[meeghanreads]

Top 5 books with baked goods

Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s topic is top 5 books with baked goods!! This Thursday, 14 March is International Pi Day. Something about 3.14… maths, circles, other math/sciency things. Look, I read a lot of fantasy and romance. I don’t need to understand how to calculate a circumference. So, instead of picking 5 books that have something to do with math or STEM (let’s be…

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[justabooklovingmetalhead]

that scene where they try to have a recording of a cute phone call with Rosaline and Amelie and they can’t use the footage bc the conversation was about deep sea creatures 😭 my favorite thing abt Alexis Hall’s work is how deeply specific (if that’s the right word? Like they all have so many quirks basically) he makes his characters and it is coming through rn

#Rosaline palmer takes the cake #liveblog

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

I'm listening to 'Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake' by Alexis Hall and loving it but I can feel it dragging me back into my Great British Bake Off era.

#Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake #alexis hall #the narrator is doing a fantastic job

[bibliophilecats]

04 October 2023: National Cinnamon Roll Day

#book photo challenge #rosaline palmer takes the cake #alexis hall #fundaybpc #dragonbadgerchallenge

[franticvampirereads]

Hello May! This month is promising to be full of surprises already, from the weather to my TBR. Here’s what I have planned (but I’m also just kinda winging it 😂):

Deadbeat Druid

The Devil Takes

Bubble

Two-Man Team

Rosaline Palmer Takes The Cake

Dekoboko Sugar Days

Unhinged

Ghosts of the Shadow Market

Here’s to hoping I get a few things read! 😊

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[thecasualbookreviewer]

it didn't matter what it was. It only matter that it was yours.

Rosaline Palmer takes the cake, Alexis Hall

#rosaline palmer takes the cake #alexis hall #book quote #favorite quotes

[potterandpromises]

This cover is so good.

#paris daillencourt is about to crumble #rosaline palmer takes the cake #winner bakes all #alexis hall #tbr #upcoming releases