But many people who have experienced this type of mental health challenge, as well as some who haven’t, will find his story deeply relatable. This may make some readers uncomfortable, as peeking inside Paris’ thoughts can be pretty harrowing. Hall portrays Paris’ omnipresent anxiety disorder and how it affects his relationships with intensity and an impressive attention to cognitive and emotional detail. The reality of what Paris is going through-the result of nature (brain chemistry) complicated by nurture (or lack thereof, i.e., years of parental abandonment)-is too messy and complex. Though some good does come of the experience, it turns out you can’t shock the mental illness out of someone. Paris’ roommate, Morag, ropes him into joining the show, hoping that becoming a contestant would break Paris out of an unhealthy pattern of isolation and doubt. (If you’re thinking “The Great British Baking Show,” you’re on the right track.) Paris and Tariq meet as competitors on “Bake Expectations,” a famous television cooking competition show. The titular character, a baker with devastating anxiety and self-doubt in spite of his beauty, talent and privilege, falls for Tariq Hassan, a charismatic young Muslim with ambition and confidence to spare. The second Winner Bakes All romance after 2021’s Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake, Paris is a bittersweet play on the opposites-attract trope. His ambitious new novel, Paris Daillencourt Is About to Crumble, demonstrates the magnitude of his talents. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.The prodigiously gifted Alexis Hall spins pathos, sex and humor into frothy yet sensitive paeans to love. If Paris can find the strength to face the chorus of hecklers that live in his brain, he'll realise it's the sweet things in life that he really deserves. Sure, he's the competition, but he's also incredibly cute with more confidence than Paris could ever hope to have.īut when the show's vicious fanbase confirms his worst anxieties, neither his growing romance with Tariq nor his success in the competition can keep Paris's fear of failure from spoiling his happiness. So, when his roommate enters him in Bake Expectations, the nation's favourite baking show, Paris is sure he'll be the first one sent home.Īnd yet, not only does he impress the judges and win week one's challenge-he also catches the eye of fellow contestant, Tariq Hassan. Paris Daillencourt is a recipe for disaster.ĭespite his passion for baking, constant self-doubt has left him a curdled, directionless mess.
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