Cake Clash

By: BL Maxwell, Claire Castle

Narrated by: Jack Watson

Finn Leighton loves owning his bakery and tries not to dwell on the boyfriend that was the love of his life in culinary school. When his co-worker sends in an application for him to compete on the reality baking show, Cake Clash, he’s nervous but also excited for the opportunity. Even if he secretly wishes he was competing alongside Josiah.

Chef Jos, one of the youngest, renowned celebrity chefs, and a notorious recluse, is surprised when he’s asked to be a judge on the reality television baking show, but takes the opportunity as a fresh start. He’s blown away when he recognizes Finn as one of the contestants.

The years separated from Finn have transformed him from Josiah Stevens to Chef Jos, and seem to disappear in the presence of his first love. Can they make up for lost time, and reconnect for love on the roller-coaster ride that is Cake Clash?

©2018 BL Maxwell (P)2021 BL Maxwell

Good but skipped

Cute book. There were parts in the recording that skipped words or sentences. Annoying. The change in voices was sometimes a little to over the top. Good story and fun with the bake off’s.

Made me wanna bake a cake

Jack Watson was a new-to-me narrator whereas BL Maxwell and Claire Castle are favorite authors. His performance for each character was distinct, easy to follow, and entertaining (especially when he exaggerated some of the lines in a way that reading alone didn't quite create). Cake Clash was a fun ride through a baking competition that made me wish I could bake cakes half as well as the characters could. Finn and Josiah's relationship was as sweet as the desserts they were creating and the dynamic between them and the side characters was the proverbial icing on the cake.
I received a copy of this book but a review was not required.

loved it

I loved this book. Jack Watson really brings this story to life and makes you fall even more in love with the characters. Finn Leighton owns his own bakery. He misses the man he loved in culinary school. Little does he know his co-worker signed him up to be in a baking competition called Cake Clash. Chef Jos is a young celebrity chef and he was asked to be one of the judges on Cake Clash. Chef Jos is shocked when he recognizes Finn as the man he feel in love with at culinary school. Can they rekindle the love they once had for each other?

bad recording

I really enjoyed the story. the performance was very good. the audio recording had problems, some sections were skipped and others were repeated.

2.5 stars story overall

I took a chance on a new-to-me author and new-to-me narrator. The story was ok. The writing style was on the simple side. It wasn't a bad story, it just didn't have a lot of "meat" in the story line. For my tastes, the story just wasn't flushed out enough.

The audio was not good. No other way to say that. The worst of the bad audio was in chapters 29 and 30. They were AWFUL and choppy (to the point you cannot follow the story) or big sections were repeated. Other chapters repeated things or sentences as well. The volume was inconsistent throughout the book and there was an annoying clicking sound that was recurring. It's very rare for me to say this, but if you are interested in reading or listening to this story, I would recommend reading it instead of listening to it. Just bad audio production overall. Very disappointing.