Overview: Hudson is a dependable junior in high school who helps her mom out at the diner, takes care of her little brother and has one close friend. Her only claim to fame is the inventive cupcakes she makes for her mom’s diner which has earned her the nickname “Cupcake Queen”. Everything begins to change as she starts secretly ice skating again (a sport that was once her passion) which leads to helping out the hockey team, which leads to lots of cute hockey players, which leads to Hudson dreaming of a different life. All of these changes cause Hudson to spread herself a little too thin and eventually something will have to give. But, what will it be?
Review: One of the things I really liked about this book was that every chapter began with a specialty cupcake heading. These were usually very humorous. For instance, the “No One Wants to Kiss a Girl Who Smells Like Bacon, So I Might as Well Get Fat Cupcakes” Ha! Each chapter heading gives a clue as to what is to come as well as a description of these amazing sounding cupcakes! It made me really wish there were recipes at the end of the book but unfortunately there were not :(
However, that’s okay because the story was delicious on its own! Hudson is a really likable character. She is easy to root for and believe in although at times I also found myself wanting to shake her and say “What are you thinking?!?!?”. She sometimes makes decisions that us readers know are bad ones but that really propel the story forward and give her a chance to grow. She wants to be a good daughter, good sister, good friend, good coach, good skater, and good baker but at some point she can’t be all things to all people and be good to herself. There are also multiple cute boys that come into her life and seeing her navigate that confusion and figure out what she wants is a lot of fun!
This book delves into themes of family, friendship, hope, forgiveness and second chances and I would highly recommend this to Sarah Dessen fans and those who enjoy a romantic contemporary read!
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