A decade old feud, two bakers, and one reality television show, what could possibly go wrong? Well, a lot it would seem for the rival bakers, not least of which, their pets hate each other. Magda and Mac have had a feud for almost as long as anyone in their small town can remember but not the actual reason for it. Magda has finally made it on to the baking show she's wanted to do forever and is extremely excited to get a fresh start and prove to herself she can do it. Only one minor problem, who is there when she gets to the filming but her nemesis Mac.
I really enjoyed the banter of the characters and how it felt like while their rivalry was intense it was realistic to come back from and forgive/forget. Mac was the perfect nonchalant charismatic counterpart to Magda's nervous somewhat tense persona which throughout the book they were able to become more open and honest with themselves and each other. I loved all the side characters and the background of the baking show because it gave some real stakes and a sense of time. The one thing is it might have been a tad repetitive or drawn on the baking side although I understand why and it did really feel like I was witnessing the filming of a baking competition. All in all the story was very sweet(just like cake!) and I fell in love with the characters.

oh this book was so good. the perfect ending to the Pine Hollow series.

I’ve read a few reality tv competition books and have been let down so much, but one was so well done! It kept me on the edge of my seat and the challenges felt real enough that you could actually imagine them. I could tell the author put a lot of thought into the challenges and the timeline of the story and I appreciated it so so much.

Also, finally getting to learn the details about Mac & Magda’s feud was *chefs kiss*. Now I just want to go back and reread the whole series from the beginning to experience it again.

easy five stars for me. this book tugged on my heart strings and made me laugh (and cry) out of pure joy.

This was pretty cute, I didn’t read any of the other ones beforehand so I did feel like I missed out but I don’t think it really changed anything but what do I know?

Will be reading all the others though.

I love this series! And the ode to reality baking shows was perfect! This story includes one of my favourite tropes (enemies to lovers), and the banter that goes with it. This book is one that will definitely be a reread for me.

This was such a fun sweet romance!! Lots of banter in this enemies to lovers story. I loved the baking reality tv aspect of the story. Lots of kitchen drama!!

This is the sixth book in Pine Hollow series- my first read by this author. I am for sure going back and reading the rest just because I really enjoyed the writing and this story.

I'm obsessed with the Great British Baking Show/Bake Off so this book was right up my alley!

Magda and Mac had the enemies to lovers trope in spades and I was here for it. The book doesn't heavily involve their pets so if that's something you're here for don't be misled by the title. It's still a great read, don't get me wrong, but I don't want someone to be misled by thinking there's a ton of furry friends involved in the book. There are some they just aren't the stars of the show.

What is the star is THE SHOW, the one that is one of my favorites - the book's version of GBBO but there's a twist after the new show runner takes over and I'm not going to lie, I was MAD. How DARE THEY mess with perfection?!?!? I'm still mad after finishing the book.

It was great to not only have their POV's but also one of the producers as well. I really liked how it all came together and the way the story was told. Great pacing!

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever/Grand Central Publishing for an eARC copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Forever/Grand Central Publishing for this advance copy!

Small town romance meets enemies to lovers meets baking wars? Sign me up.
I really enjoyed the pacing, the plot, and the writing style of this book. I felt like the drama made sense (which I can't say is the case for a lot of the romance genre), and the characters actually had real, valid reasons for their frustration.

I really enjoyed both the MMC and FMC, and I LOVED that we also got to hear about the story from a third party perspective too! That was so refreshing. I really thought the reality TV plot worked so well for this story and didn't detract from the pacing, so that was great. This is a closed door romance, so the spice is hovering around a 1.5-2/5, but I still enjoyed the spice level and it felt authentic to the characters.

Highly recommend!

Cute and sweet, nice cozy romance with delicious food descriptions and pet sidekicks. This was a fun behind-the-scenes view into the making of a baking competition, and the machinations of "reality" TV. I received this as an ARC from Forever via Netgalley.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for a copy of this book 😊. This was enemies to lovers but in a Great British Bake Off type setting so it was right up my alley! I enjoyed this and found it entertaining. At times it was predictable and a little repetitive, but still a cute read. I would have liked some more descriptions of the challenges and I wasn’t super invested in the romance/characters.

This book is pure enemies-to-lovers perfection, with a piping-hot side of baked-goods drama! Lizzie Shane absolutely nails the slow-burn tension between Magda and Mac—every sarcastic jab, accidental brush of hands, and stolen glance had me screaming. Magda’s stubborn determination and Mac’s annoyingly charming swagger make their rivalry feel so real you’ll want to jump into Pine Hollow just to mediate (or steal some maple cake for yourself). The competition scenes on Cake-Off are hilarious and high-stakes, but it’s the softer, unexpectedly vulnerable moments that made my heart ache. If you love witty banter, mouthwatering desserts, and some serious will-they-won’t-they energy, Like Cats & Dogs will leave you grinning—and maybe crying—into your cupcake.

I really enjoyed this sweet romance! I loved the whole baking show concept and appreciated the frequent Broadway references. I also loved the small town Vermont setting. Magda and Mac had great chemistry and did justice to the enemies to lovers trope 😍

This was a quick read! If you love animals & small- town romance this is the read for you! Bonus if you love reality cooking shows like I do! Total Hallmark vibes as well! This is my first read from this author and I would be interested in picking up more!

This was really cute. I always think this reality tv premise is kind of fun, and this one was no exception. This was actually the first I’ve read of this author but I’ll definitely be back for more. Plus who doesn’t love animals as extras.

What's more angsty? A second chance romance that ended badly the first time around? Or a one sided crush?

Woof. Magda and Mac do NOT get along.
A long time ago they used to be friends. Until Mac rejected her and a few years later when Magda returned home and saw Mac selling HER family’s maple cake.

Now their going to be closer than ever. Closer than both living in the same town and both being business owners. Closer than his cat deciding that he can go to her house to torment her dog any time he wants to. Because their both going to be contestants on The Great American Cake-Off.

Magda has been wanting to be a part of this show for years. Mac wants to be on to win the prize money to expand his business.

Their competitors right so they won't be working together or working near each other, right? Wrong. Paired up, next to each other, scheduled right after each other, staying in the same hotel they can't get away from each other! So the bantering keeps bantering.

The book also dives into their past so we get to read about that broken heart all those years ago.

There's the high stress of a competition and the fact that the show isn't the same as previous seasons. This one is fuled by rivalry and a new show runner.

Very enjoyable. I don't watch any baking or cooking shows and it wasn't hard to follow or anything.

We do find out who wins it all and I was a little shocked. But a sweet ending.

Here's my beef, I don't really watch cooking shows while cute it wasn't my jam.

For readers who love pets, reality cooking shows then this fluffy romance is for you!

Thank you, Forever (Grand Central Publishing) | Forever

Such a cute story! I was hooked right away with these 2. Madga and Mac definitely have chemistry and the banter between them is spot on. Add in the baking competition is the cherry on the top.
This is the 6th book in the series but can definitely be read as a standalone without missing any of the story.

Long time readers of Pine Hollow have watched Mac and Magda antagonistically dancing around each other throughout the series and knew that underneath all the surface opposition, there had to be a pretty strong attraction. In Like Cats & Dogs, we finally get their story and it's as intense and fun as I expected.

Magda is a classically trained French baker, who owns a bakery while Mac owns the local cafe. They have a long history, starting as friends when they met at a baking class, but Magda was 18 at the time, Mac, 24, and when she developed a crush on him, it didn't end well. Sprinkle in a few further misunderstandings, and their feud has hardened to the point where they can barely stand to be in the same room.

When Magda finally achieves her ambition of becoming a contestant on the Great American Cake-Off, she's elated to finally have a chance to move into the spotlight, only to be blindsided by the fact that Mac is a contestant also. As if that's not bad enough, the format of the show has been changed by the new producer from a lovely and supportive atmosphere to one of competition and rivalry. Although they start out as enemies, in the pressure cooker of a reality show shoot, their true feelings start to surface and the sparks between them can't be denied.

I loved Magda so much. When she hurt, I hurt. Her disappointment and feeling of betrayal when she realized the show format had been changed was so intense and strong, it leapt off the pages. At the same time, I sympathized with Mac also. A relationship between them wouldn't have been right when they were younger and he was mature enough to realize that and back away. After that, it was like they were both at cross-purposes and locked into a feud that they couldn't break out of. When they were forced together on the show, Mac is the one who made the first moves toward friendship.

This was truly a slow burn, enemies to lovers romance. I often have trouble with the enemies to lovers trope but in this case, it totally made sense that they were able to see each other in a different light. The show forced them outside of their normal lives, truly in a bubble due to the demands and pressures of filming a reality show and they could finally admit the feelings that had been there all along. This was a great end to the Pine Hollow series. My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions in this review are my own.

I haven’t read the other books in the Pine Hollow series, but I still was able to enjoy this one as a standalone! Pine Hollow is the type of small town that just sucks you in. Magda & Mac have been rivals for years. Magda owns a bakery, and Mac owns a local restaurant. Magda is a huge fan of the reality baking competition show “The Great American Cake-Off” but keeps getting passed over when she applies to be on the show. The third time she applies, she finally gets in, but what she doesn’t know is that this season, they are adding in contestants rivals. This means Mac & Magda will be competing against eachother, and will be stuck spending lots of time together.

This was a super cute enemies to lovers, and all the baking made me h u n g r y.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc of this book.

While I didn't read the rest of the Pine Hollow series first, this book was still fun and sweet, and I can see how it would be the perfect wrap-up to someone's beloved small-town romance series. Mac and Magda are deeply passionate and flawed people who perhaps met each other too early in life. I appreciated that this book was conscious of how the age gap impacted them 14 years before, but it was now a normal gap between them. As they got to know each other again, they both realized that they had blown a very simple thing out of proportion.

As a small-town romance, I liked that this one pulled the town rivals out of the small town so they could see what they had been missing for over a decade.

The cooking show plot is always fun to throw characters into, and I liked that this one had background show drama outside of our MCs as they dealt with a new showrunner who was changing the show's vision. Our side characters played into that, and I thought while they weren't super fleshed out, they were quite fun and useful for the plot.

There was just some simplistic writing throughout that I thought should have been better for the sixth book in a traditionally published series. I'm unsure if I'll read the rest of the series, but it sounds cute!

Out now! Enemies to lovers with a cooking TV show backdrop.

I loved this! Exactly what I want in an enemies to lovers story. These two are adorable and too funny. Why are they even feuding? Did he steal something? Did she?
The pets added so much more cuteness to this story.

The first time Mac called Magda "Cupcake" I about lost it, he's way too into ribbing her and I should want to pick a side but they are FUN. Their relationship progression felt really natural over the course of the show filming. I loved the friendships that grow between Magda and her teammates. When they finally actually TALK about what happened from each of their perspectives, they start to move towards forgiving each other and it was great to read.