I ended up skimming through most of it. I didn’t love it. It was the result of the usual quirkiness and chaotic-ness being too much and going too far. It was the result of everyone, with the exception of Sloane from the frenemy book, being terrible characters. Especially the leads. I really disliked them. For one thing, we really just knew too little about Sarcasm and her residents to side with any of them in the “bakery wars” going on. And in my opinion, Grady was a jerk at times, but wasn’t nearly as insufferable and annoying … no, infuriating as Annika. So she spends the whole book talking about how she HAD to make the bakery a success and when Grady does everything in his power to help her - including waking up extra early to bake for HER bakery before going to his own and sending her a baker even better than himself - she dumps him because she feels she’s his dirty little secret and that he’s perpetuating the rivalry for his own benefit. I’m telling you, she drove me crazy.

It was bad enough seeing these two together, but even worse when Annika dumps Grady for some stupidity. And everyone, even Grady’s own family and friends, turns on Grady. I was actually kinda of flabbergasted at that buffoonery. And completely turned off. I think the real absolute worst of this book was Annika’s little sister. That girl was a menace. She was in grown people’s business and didn’t need to be. She was causing pointless problems and then it would all be flipped on Grady with accusations of him “picking on a poor little 13 year old who’s mama just went blind.” That drove me crazy.

And now, I don’t even want to read about the Berger twins or Cooper because they were annoying characters in this book. I already read Daisy’s book, so I already know how much she annoys me. But she wasn’t too bad here.

So to sum up, did not enjoy this book, did not enjoy the characters, did not enjoy the storyline.