I'm a huuuge Helena fan, like huge. I've devoured everything I've ever read by her. This wasn't like that for me. I was promised tension and arguing but I didn't get it. It was so weird to me. The relationship was sweet, I could not figure out why the description was so different than what I had read. Turns out my kindle skipped all of the good stuff and I missed over half of the book. I don't know if there was an issue with the file or what, but there was definitely a glitch for me! Otherwise it was really good, as are all of her other works!

I wanted to like this book more than I did. I loved the premise, but all the characters went a bit to far for me. Blair’s was a bit too stereotypical and so was Ronan. You could kind of see everything coming, and while I enjoyed it, it wasn’t my favorite.

Helena Hunting does it again with a fun and engaging romance. Business neighbors Blaire and Ronan, initial enemies, quickly become friends (and more) while working to promote their small businesses. There were a few frustrating scenes where I really felt for Blaire, but the majority of this was a fun romance. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the digital ARC.

A cute read about two aspiring entrepreneurs! And it will make you want to eat a cupcake at the same time.

I will admit that the first of the book had went a little slow and took me a while to get into it. It started coming around and I was able to connect with the characters. I just couldn’t give up because it was Helena Hunting you know! I’m glad I pressed on because it ended up being a delightful read. Blaire and Ronan were hilarious when they would go head to head. You could tell right off the bat that they had chemistry and what an explosion they made. There was no ott drama with their relationship and loved that it was pretty straightforward. One of my favorite parts was when Blaire invited Ronan to Thanksgiving with her family. His reaction to them and how they acted just about got me down with all the laughing I was doing. Kiss My Cupcake was hilarious and romantic and in the end I truly believe Ronan and Blaire were made for one another.

Arc provided by publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Cute story about following your dreams and working hard towards it. I enjoyed reading about the dynamics between Blaire and Ronan. And I fell in love with Ronan's grandfather along the way. The story moved along and I was captivated when everyone came together to work towards a solution to a problem.

I think this is a swing and a miss for Helena Hunting. I've enjoyed some of her other books but I've come to the conclusion that she is very hit or miss. This one felt like a miss to me.

I didn't love the characters. Blaire seemed fine, i guess. She had a big personality with a wardrobe to match, which I didn't dislike. However, I did not like Ronan. He seemed like the most immature, rude, disagreeable character I have read in recently. How he managed to have a real relationship with anyone is beyond me. How he could think it's funny to play practical jokes on someone you don't know in a professional setting is beyond me. How Blaire possibly look past that is beyond me. (Oh, except Ronan's hot. So that excuses all sorts of terrible behavior.)

The only thing I really liked about this book Blaire's bar - Buttercream & Booze - and I immediately wished that it was a real thing that was available around the corner from my house. My mouth watered at the descriptions of all the cupcakes.

It focuses on two neighboring bars competing for business in a college town, and immediately I spy a delicious enemies-to-lovers trope brewing, chock full of sparks and chemistry. The dual perspectives of Ronan and Blaire help show there's more to each side. Let's just say this book is as sweet as ... cupcakes! But, I like it, it's fun and indulgent and sometimes that's exactly what you need. It's a super quick read, and damn now I just want a cupcake myself! Once the duo gets to know each other and even team up, it gets a heck of a lot cuter and they are so in sync, it's adorable. All that perfection and cuteness finally comes crumbling down in the final acts, and all that rawness and vulnerability is selling this book as more than just a cutesy romance. It has a predictable, sugary sweet ending, but yea, I enjoyed it. Very quick romance read; it was fun, definitely.

I love Helena Hunting. I have never been disappointed by one of her books, and this is no exception. I loved that the characters generally communicated rather than keeping secrets from each other, and I also liked that once they were together, they stayed together. There was no dramatic break up that resulted in one person having to do something extravagant to win them back. It seemed very realistic.

Sweet, flirty, and fun. This is an excellent addition to collections where foodie contemporary romances are popular.

The plot of a romance usually follows a recipe, but this one isn't the kind you can make from a box of Betty Crocker! No, no! This story is well planned, with artfully crafted conversations that are not your average icing on the proverbial cake. I'm a sucker for a concept story and Kiss My Cupcake is the most fun I've had reading! Blaire and Ronan are fun, flirty, and feisty, which make you want them to get to the kissing part, but the rest of the story holds up . . . the cake is not just a vehicle for the icing! Brilliant business sense, playful marketing, and social media contests help to feature what it takes for a small business to survive in the world of corporate banality. Delicious details make for a tasty tale of building a business while falling in love with the competition. Yum!

There is nothing particularly remarkable about this one. The rivalry at the beginning felt super forced, irrational and absurd. It's falling into that trope of the people that hate each other in the beginning and end up falling for each other.

I usually enjoy Helena Hunting's books because they're a mix of fun escape, a tad improbable, and quite steamy. Kiss My Cupcake, on the other hand, didn't quite give me what I was expecting. While that's not necessarily a bad thing, I just never really connected with this book. There wasn't a long-lasting conflict in here, and everything kept wrapping up so neatly the entire time.

I'm also personally not a fan of Quirky Girl™ protagonists made in the image of Zooey Deschanel, so it took me a while to warm up to Blaire, and even when there was a pinch more depth added, there still wasn't a lot going on.

I'm sad that I could fully embrace this novel like I have Hunting's others, but I'm definitely going to keep reading her work. You win some, you lose some.

I loved the chemistry between these two and this was such a fun concept. I can't say that I liked either of the main characters at the beginning, but they definitely grew on me. At places it started to drag a little, especially towards the end with the contest winning, but it was overall a fun read! I hope that Daphne and Lars get their own story.