Baking is a perfectly good way to deal with depression, and this book is perfect for any YA lover, or anyone of similar age to Molly.

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Molly Byrne is a teen girl with a lot of problems. Since the death of her father, she is suffering from depression. Her depression got so bad at one point that her mother was afraid Molly would step out of her life, and send her to a therapist. Her shrink is Dr. Brooks, but he isn't much of a help.Her mom who is convinced that baking the perfect cake will cure Molly of her depression, as if cake can magically make her rejoin the swim team, get along with her promiscuous sister, or care about the SATs. And her job at Fishtopia is at a jeopardy because the store is being sold to new owner,so no more fun job with her co-worker Alex with endless episodes of Golden Girls, and some delicious lo mien.

Molly and Mr. Brooks are having talks about anything but her mental health, and later on in the story, the professional line between patient and therapist starts to vanish, and they start seeing each other more often, which isn't good at all for Molly and leads to some serious problems for her. Molly's whole life seems to fall apart at once. Soon she has to figure out what—if anything—is worth fighting for.

At first I was not sure what to think of this book. But as I continued reading I started to like it more and more. I liked Molly's quirky character, somehow she didn't seem very depressed to me, as she seemed always so upbeat. What happens with her and Dr. Brooks was soo wrong! He clearly wasn't a shrink with a professional attitude, what he and Molly had had gone way too far. Her mom was hopeless at making cakes, but she meant so well and she was just so kind! The storyline was interesting, especially the wrong shrink-patient line, which was quite original for a YA novel. I just loved Shari's way of writing, it just kept you interested as a reader and cared for the main character. And the end was just great. A very good read, which seems like a sweet YA novel as you first see the cover, but like a good cake, it has many layers and some serious topics in it. Recommend it!