Overall this was good, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little let down. But as fun as the story was it also had some serious topics too and it was really nice to watch Liza grow throughout the story. I've only seen a couple episodes of Great British Bake Off but it totally reminded me of that mixed with the Bachelorette. The romance was cute, I loved all the baking, and I really especially loved the focus on friendships, sisterhood, and the mother daughter relationship.
A lot of the trip was skipped over so I kind of was wondering why it was included, especially because I thought the competition would come into play more. Like she goes to New York to visit her sister and while I get what it was setting up for in the end, it didn't really seem entirely necessary to me. There was a lot of meandering around the point in the beginning. Now that's what the synopsis tells you, so I was really surprised when the competition doesn't start until halfway through the book. This is a pride and prejudice retelling, which I didn't know going in, but it also focuses on a baking competition that is really a ploy by the main character's mother to set her up with the ideal Asian American boy. This was really cute and fun, but I was also kind of a bit let down by it. As she battles against her feelings for James and for her mother's approval, Liza begins to realize there's no tried-and-true recipe for love.
The Bachelorette situation Liza has found herself in is made even worse when she happens to be grudgingly attracted to one of the contestants the stoic, impenetrable, annoyingly hot James Wong. But when Liza arrives on the first day of the bake-off, she realizes there's a catch: All of the contestants are young Asian American men her mother has handpicked for Liza to date.
With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery's annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she's more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. Yang is the owner of Houston's popular Yin & Yang Bakery. The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Yang's traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. Compared to her older sister, Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. To her friends, high-school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect.
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