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Sylvia Fairchild is a former contestant on “Operation Cake” who gained infamy when her unicorn cake, which was to feature a treasure chest bursting open, wound up malfunctioning, resulting in judge Dominic De Vere’s forehead being hit with a flying hoof. Lucy Parker’s Battle Royal is not quite as “Bake-Off”-focused as Hall’s book. Forget about billionaires-I want to read about people baking fancy cakes. Recently, I reviewed Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake by Alexis Hall, which featured a couple falling in love as they competed together on a show not unlike “The Great British Bake-Off.” And here we have a second novel set in the world of televised baking competitions. I have yet to read any billionaire romances, but I feel like I do read enough current fiction to qualify as something of a trend-spotter.

Overall, i think battle royal was a fun read, and i see myself recommending it more often than i thought i would! it’s perfect for seasoned romance readers and those who only dabble occasionally.A book trade industry newsletter recently linked to a report on “billionaire romance”-80 pages analyzing the popularity of books in which an ordinary person falls in love with someone who is mega-rich ( Fifty Shades of Grey being perhaps the best-known example). some parts were fairly easy to predict what would happen next, while others i didn’t suspect whatsoever! i loved sylvie from page one, however dominick took a lot more to convince me.Īside from the one small matter of the romance happening too early in the book, i had no other problems. while this may work for other books, i found it didn’t work so well in this one – only because it took me a lot longer to actually like dominick. although pitched as enemies to lovers, the two became lovers very early on. while i found this interesting enough, it didn’t feel like there was a lot of competition. i definitely need to pick up more in the future).īattle royal follows sylvie and dominick as they compete to win the contract of the upcoming wedding. (it’s a surprise, and i should be ashamed of myself. I was intrigued by the bake off storyline, and i’ve never read a book similar! that paired with royal intrigue really makes this an interesting read. however it was the characters that really drew me in. the main reason i wanted to read this book was the cover (i mean seriously? it’s stunning!). I went into this book knowing very little. battle royal reviewĭon’t let the cover fall you – it’s more than a pretty book.