Approx length:The book is a bit over 400 pages; the audiobook is about 11 1/2 hours.
What is it, in summary?:This is a contemporary romance with comedic elements. Bisexual single mum Rosaline goes on a baking competition reality show because she loves baking and the money would be a real help. Two of the competitors are attention-gettingly attractive, but which one will she end up with?
What do you love about it?:Rosaline struggles with questions of identity and values -- What is really important to her? Who should she be trying to please? There are fun and funny side characters and lots of yummy-sounding baked goods (and recipes in the back for three of them!). The book illuminates, unpacks, and subverts British class assumptions. And as a bisexual woman married to a man, I really appreciate that Rosaline is no less queer for being in a story with two ccompeting male love interests (and an ex-girlfriend she's really close to, which is serving some Sapphic realness right there).
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:I would love to see Harry and Amelie (Rosaline's cute, precocious daughter) making some kind of surprise for Rosaline, maybe a birthday cake. Harry and Amelie's dynamic is delightful -- the way he takes her seriously and yet playfully. I'd also be delighted to get smut, maybe Rosaline pegging Harry.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:No.
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake - Alexis Hall
Media: Book
Approx length:The book is a bit over 400 pages; the audiobook is about 11 1/2 hours.
What is it, in summary?:This is a contemporary romance with comedic elements. Bisexual single mum Rosaline goes on a baking competition reality show because she loves baking and the money would be a real help. Two of the competitors are attention-gettingly attractive, but which one will she end up with?
What do you love about it?:Rosaline struggles with questions of identity and values -- What is really important to her? Who should she be trying to please? There are fun and funny side characters and lots of yummy-sounding baked goods (and recipes in the back for three of them!). The book illuminates, unpacks, and subverts British class assumptions. And as a bisexual woman married to a man, I really appreciate that Rosaline is no less queer for being in a story with two ccompeting male love interests (and an ex-girlfriend she's really close to, which is serving some Sapphic realness right there).
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?:I would love to see Harry and Amelie (Rosaline's cute, precocious daughter) making some kind of surprise for Rosaline, maybe a birthday cake. Harry and Amelie's dynamic is delightful -- the way he takes her seriously and yet playfully. I'd also be delighted to get smut, maybe Rosaline pegging Harry.
Are there sections of canon (rather than the whole canon) that can be consumed by themselves to fulfil your requests, or that showcase particular characters and relationships?:No.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):Rosaline experiences biphobia.