I would’ve preferred to have the focus solely on Zoe and her father than having the kid’s baking competition added in as a subplot.

The reason for that is that the competition and her wanting to audition for it seemed rather pointless when she later wasn’t allowed to audition and then the competition got canceled anyway.

I would’ve liked more of a focused story about her and her dad (and her family), as well as her friendship with Trevor. The baking stuff interrupted the story for me. Although, I will say I did enjoy the baking moments. It just seemed like a little too much was going on. That’s my only criticism. I really enjoyed this story. Read it in one sitting…in the ER.

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