I have so many feelings about Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble and I can’t make sense of any of those thoughts in my head.

Paris is picked to be on Bake Expectations. Paris also doesn’t know why he was picked to be on this show because he is convinced that he is just. not. good. Paris meets Tariq and they become friendly & form a relationship. However, things turn sour (baking or cooking pun anyone??) because Tariq just can’t handle Paris’s issues…

While I knew that Paris was struggling with a lot of anxiety - enough to the point to have a serious mental illness - I really struggled with his character. Enough to the point that I severely disliked his character. He pissed me off. He made me so angry. But I connected with what he was feeling and I just wanted him to get better.

It wasn’t until the last 25% of the book when I really noticed some character development and mainly because of the therapy and him accepting when you have a mental illness, you need help. As someone who also struggles with depression & anxiety, I struggled with the fact that I didn’t like this character for so much of the book. But he hit his downfall and sometimes you have to hit the rocks before you can understand what you need to do to get better.

Overall, I give the book a solid 3. I can’t give higher because of my struggles with the character. Also, I am majorly struggling with the fact that we don’t get closure about his parents. Are they in a coma and no one at the hospital thought to find their family? Did they truly abandon him? Have they been on a 4 month holiday and just don’t have cell service? Are they dead and he can’t accept their passing?

Huge thank you to NetGalley & Forever - Grand Central Publishing for this ARC for my 100% honest (seriously) review!