The Heartbreak Bakery
- Author A. R. Capetta
- Narrator Krystal Hammond
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 28 December 2021
- Run Time 10 hours and 22 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories – Romance, love or friendship, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Cooking and food.
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What to expect
Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s queer community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical—and makes everyone who eats them break up.
“What’s done is done.” Unless, of course, it was done by my brownies. Then it’s getting undone.”
Syd (no pronouns, please) has always dealt with big, hard-to-talk-about things by baking. Being dumped is no different, except now Syd is baking at the Proud Muffin, a queer bakery and community space in Austin. And everyone who eats Syd’s breakup brownies … breaks up. Even Vin and Alec, who own the Proud Muffin. And their breakup might take the bakery down with it.
Being dumped is one thing; causing ripples of queer heartbreak through the community is another. But the cute bike delivery person, Harley (he or they, check the pronoun pin, it’s probably on the messenger bag), believes Syd about the magic baking. And Harley believes Syd’s magical baking can fix things, too—one recipe at a time.
Critics Review
u201cA sprinkling of magic and a whole lot of heart baked in.u201d
u201cFew books made me feel as truly seen as The Heartbreak Bakeryu2026a YA fantasy novel Iu2019ll be thinking about for a long time to come.u201d
u201cCapettau2019s groundbreaking romance makes magic by centering queer and trans characters and relationships.u201d
u201cSyd, who is agender, is an expertly constructed protagonist andu2026likely to resonate deeply with teens whou2019ve shared those thoughts and experiences.u201d
u201cEqual parts romantic comedy, heartfelt explorations of queer identity, and mouthwatering descriptions of baked goods.u201d
u201cDemonstrates the difficulties of having to explain oneu2019s orientation and gender and the burden of feeling unheard.u201d
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