Like Cats & Dogs (Pine Hollow #6)

Author: Lizzie Shane
Title: Like Cats & Dogs
Publisher: Forever
Date Published: 11/12/2024

Read Dates: 10/05/2024 - 10/07/2024
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫

 📖 I received a gifted e-book ARC. The following is my honest review✍🏻

Like Cats & Dogs is a multi POV enemies-to-lovers romance that focuses primarily on Magda and Mac, two feuding bakers in a small town that are chosen to be on a reality cooking show! The two have been fighting, without agreeing on WHY, for so long that even townspeople have taken sides. But now they have a chance to either fuel the fire or put old animosity aside and start fresh.

This one was fun and mostly worked as a stand-alone alone, even though it was book six in a series. There were a few references that made me feel I was missing a little but not enough to ruin the story. I liked the rivalry between Magda and Mac, and how they gradually got past it!

Magda Miller’s feud with rival baker Mackenzie Newton is so old, folks in tiny Pine Hollow, Vermont forgot how it started. But Magda remembers: Ten years ago, she offered Mac her heart—instead, he ran off with her grandmother's maple cake recipe. Now, Mac traipses all over Magda’s baking territory, just like his oversized tabby keeps sneaking into her house to claim her dog’s favorite bed. So, when Magda gets the call to compete on The Great American Cake-Off, she’s thrilled to finally shine in a Mac-free zone. But when she arrives on set, her devilishly handsome nemesis is already there . . .

It turns out, Mac and Magda’s story has inspired the first ever Arch Rivals edition of Cake-Off, and of course Mac has to raise the stakes with a wager. The winner takes all—the Cake-Off title, the contested recipe, and control of the narrative. Magda is more than ready to kick Mac’s Bundt. But as they spar, on-screen and off, Mac and Magda reveal the best in each other...and the sizzling attraction fueling their rivalry. Only one of them can win, so why does it suddenly feel like they both stand to lose?