Indulge a sweet tooth or save a marriage?Baking as a comfort food has been examined ad nauseum but this book uses recipes to get to the heart of the matter.
The problem is 'the matter' is not well defined. For example if your spouse aka Tom in this case is cheating wouldn't your first response be to find out why and perhaps involved a marriage counselor not go off and bake a cake?
Secondly, I read many reviews about the ingredients but it seems something more than ingredients is lacking here. The recipes are in a font that's not easily legible on e-reads and don't seem to be accurate in measurements.
Then there's the bouncing abnormal timeline that flops all over the place which is hard to follow for those who read fast such as self. It would've helped to have a more confined timeline say from the dating scene to the marriage rather than 6 weeks, two days, one month out...
As for the relationship between a married woman our main character and another friends husband back in the day at a bar for me just was added fluff but held no substance to the plot.
If you like strong characters and heroines this also won't be your cup of tea. No offense but settling in a marriage for the sake of a marriage and not fulfilling one another be it with procreation, love, attention, or whatever the other seeks isn't my ideal marriage but then again I chose a narcissist and happily divorced so I'm not one to give advice on marital issues.
It seems odd that Tom went from one marriage to the next and never was fulfilled in never having kids.
Overall it wasn't too bad but I'd hope for more dialogue between the two main characters.
Life does go on but be careful what you choose to bake it could turn out to be a lump.
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