Review of How the Cookie Crumbles (Bluewater Bay #12) by Jamie Samms
How the Cookie Crumbles is the twelfth book in the series Bluewater Bay.
After losing a rigged cooking competition, and a potential lover, Frederic Jackson flees to Bluewater Bay to start over. He opens a bakery, Cookie Crumbles, and works hard to enjoy success away from the parts of his life that hurt him.
Blaire Caruthers hates working for his father's media empire, and he takes the opportunity to escape his father's watchful eye in order to oversee merchandising for the television show Wolf's Landing in Bluewater Bay. He hopes to make up for the disaster of the cooking show with Frederic and win the heart of the man he stupidly cast aside.
As the two come together, past destructive habits come back to haunt them.
I adored this book. Frederic was an adorable, geekish man who worked hard to escape the pain of the loss of Blaine and his father's addictions. His troubled past made his solid dependability in the present a show of strength. I enjoyed reading about this complex character.
Blaine was less complex, though he did have some layers—hatred of his father and the empire he's destined to inherit. He's cunning and intelligent, and his dedication to Frederic won me over.
The climax surprised me, which is always a good thing, and when reduced to simple terms is sort of comical, though it was far from comical in the story.
I found the prose smooth and easy to read, making the book pass faster than I guessed it would. The character development was detailed and layered, and the reader learns more and more about the characters as the book progresses, which is not as common as you'd think and a wonderful aspect of any plot. The plot was believable and had fantastic structure.
Overall, a wonderful addition to the series.
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