Reviews

First of all I just want to say a huge thank you to AvonBooks UK for providing me with the opportunity to read this ARC through NetGalley. I am eternally grateful! 🥰

The Baby Dragon Bakery is an amazing prequel to The Baby Dragon Cafe and if you’re looking for a cosy, autumnal and romantic read full of yearning, then definitely add this book to your TBR! ✨

I love how we get to experience the friends to lovers trope as it dives into the worries and concerns that our characters have and how they move through these challenging times together.

The amount of yearning in the book was so incredibly heartwarming, and you can tell just how much our characters have experienced together throughout their lives 🤎

One of my favourite things about this book is how the author also reflects on a lot of things about our lives as adults; the struggles we face, job challenges and romantic experiences we may encounter, and the way our characters handle these situations are very eye opening and are very inspiring.

It was also so much fun diving into Lavinia’s character more and learning so much about her; her passions, hobbies and challenges she faces not only as a student trying to find her way through life but also the romantic challenges she faces along the way as well as our other character Theo, who you can tell has gone through a lot in his life and we see his struggles and how this has shaped him, but more importantly how he uses his experiences to adapt to his life.

This book was written so well. It’s such a cosy read, and I also loved the autumnal vibes and festivities in the book, but as always, I loved the cultural representations in these books especially when it comes to all the amazing food and recipes.

If you are looking for a cosy, fun and romantic read then The Baby Dragon Bakery will be releasing in August!

Once again a huge thank you to AvonBooks UK and NetGalley for this opportunity! 🤎

The Baby Dragon Bakery 🥹

First of all.. what a cute title! And cute cover!!

I honestly loved this as much as The Baby Dragon Cafe. Two places that I wish were real!

I love Lavinia and Theo and the friendship they have! But when Lavinia makes a move and Theo pulls away, things become weird. I was rooting for them the whole time!! Did Theo make a mistake pulling away? Does he want more than a friendship with Lavinia?

A cute cozy read that you won’t want to put down! I read through this book pretty quickly and I’m really looking forward to the next one!!

If you like
🫶🏼bakery romance
💘 friends to lovers
🌶️low spice
✨cozy small town
🐉 dragons

Then this book is for you!! I can’t wait to but a psychical copy of this book!

Thank you so much NetGalley, A.T. Qureshi and Avon Books UK for the eARC!

Rating: ✨✨✨✨✨
Publication Date: August 28 2025

I really enjoyed this romance. I will always be a sucker for a best friends to lovers romance, and it was so well done here. The character dynamics, setting and world building made for such a fluffy romance. I will say though that I would have liked for the fantasy element to play a larger role. I already said in my review of the first book that this is more romance than fantasy heavy, and that's even more true here. The baby animals are all very adorable, but they could have been a larger element of the story. I did like seeing so much of Saphira again in this book!

The Baby Dragon Bakery is a nice sequel to the Baby Dragon Cafe. It has aspects of the Dragon Cafe like the relationships, and building of a business and a bit about dragons. As opposed to the Baby Dragon Cafe which had a large focus on the welfare and care and training of baby dragons, this book is truly more of a relationship story and the dragons and cooking are something that unites the characters. I really like stories that merge dragons with real life and I enjoyed this book and I’m intrigued to see what comes next.

Thank you so much to Avon Books for providing me with an early earc for this wonderful book.
I absolutely loved The Baby Dragon Cafe so when I saw that this one was available for request I just could not help myself. Oh my goodness this one did not disappoint. I absolutely loved Lavinia and Theo’s relationship, both friends and lovers. I just could not get enough of them and I was routing for them from the start. I also enjoyed being back with previous characters Aidan and Saphira and seeing how their relationship and personal lives were developing.
I love the cosy atmosphere that the author creates and I always feel right at home and at peace in between these pages.
The only criticism I have is that there were a lot less dragons than in the first and i would love to see them have a larger role in the next book. THE NEXT BOOK ABOUT A BOOKSHOP. I squealed when I got to the end of this arc to see this announcement I’m already so excited and this one hasn’t been released yet.
I cannot wait for people to start reading this book so that I can share my excitement and love of this book and the characters with other people.

I wanted to love this one but had a hard time getting into it. The idea was fun and seemed like it would be an enjoyable read. For others, but not for me.

Thank you netgalley for this arc.
This was such a cute cozy book!!! Oh, and the yearning, the Yearning!!. I really liked the story between these two and the chemistry. I did like this one more than the first one, i feel like even though there tropes in here I usually dislike in a book. I believe they were written really well and in a tasteful manner. Honestly the descriptions of the food were making me hungry haha.
So yeah a solid 3.75 ⭐️

"The Baby Dragon Bakery", book 2 in the Baby Dragon series, follows Lavinia and Theo, best friends for life, who suddenly find themselves having feelings for each other. But when Lavinia gets rejected by Theo and starts dating someone new, will they be able to repair their friendship and find love along the way?

If you've read the first book, you basically know what you're getting into. Some things to be wary of before you pick up this series:
-It reads like teenage fanfic. This will not win awards for how it's written
-It features the miscommunication trope
-Lavinia is supposed to be such a smart character by has really one dimensional thinking. She's training to be a vet, but has this stupid idea that she absolutely has to be with her true love at age 24 because that's the age her parents met, and she makes a ridiculous deadline to have this happen
-The 3rd act breakup in this one was so dumb

That being said, I still really enjoyed this!
-It's a light, cozy read
-Features cute baby dragons (though not enough in my opinion! More dragons please!)
-Features a mmc who loves to bake and I think that's just the sweetest
-Perfect, fast paced romance
-Loved getting to see what the characters from book 1 were up to a few months later.

I can't wait for the next installment! I really think romance readers who want to delve into a light fantasy world will love this one.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I loved the baby dragon cafe, but this one was a huge miss for me. It felt like the romance was the entire plot, dragons played a much more important role in the other book. The romance was also just frustrating for me, felt very childish and too much miscommunication.

I love the concept of this book and the fantasy elements. Looking forward to other people getting a chance to read this and more from this author at a later date. Thank you to the author in the publisher for making this available.

A wonderful read!
This novel drew me in from the very first page and kept me hooked until the end. The characters were vibrant and relatable, the writing was engaging, and the story had just the right balance of heart and humor. Highly recommend!
Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Utterly enchanting! The Baby Dragon Bakery, the second book in A. T. Qureshi’s The Baby Dragon Series, is a whimsical and cozy delight that had me smiling from start to finish. I haven’t read the first book yet, but that didn’t stop me from falling head-over-heels for this magical world filled with warmth, wonder, and the irresistible charm of a dragon-powered bakery. Qureshi has a gift for creating stories that feel like a soft blanket, comforting, gentle, and full of heart. The bakery setting is pure magic, and the characters (especially the adorable baby dragon!) are impossible not to love. The mix of fantastical elements with everyday kindness and community spirit makes this book a perfect feel-good escape.
Whether you’re a longtime fan or just discovering the series, The Baby Dragon Bakery is a treat, sweet, cozy, and brimming with magic. I’ll definitely be going back to read the first one! Thanks to Netgalley, the author and the publishing house for this book.

This story was much more focused on the main couple. The story focuses on how Lavinia and Theo's relationship is evolving from friends to love interests and during this transition there's a lot of miscommunication that brings challenges along the way. That awkward transition from friends to love interests is funny, and the authors builds a good tension.

3 stars
This was cute and cosy just like the previous book! It’s low stakes and not that fantastical - in fact, I think it’s real world instead of second ? There’s a bit of developments that needs with the worldbuilding. But it’s fun for a few hours of mindlessness and really swoony!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another insanely cute & cozy book, following up with the same vibes from The Baby Dragon Cafe, this is a book to pick up when you want to feel warm and fuzzy while reading!

I loved the flashbacks to the past, and the predictable growth of the MMC and MFC's relationship! It wasn't without it's dramas, but true love always prevails!

What I found interesting was the dragons weren't as heavily involved in this storyline as the last book, which I would love to see more dragon focused plot again in the next read!

This book is the perfect book to cozy up in front of the window while it's raining with a cup of coffee.
I love the low spice, it's a nice change of pace and it doesn't feel out of place!

This book was not for me, and that's ok. The writing style never truly clicked and this will be where I finish this series and don't continue with any future sequels.

Even though I didn't love it, if you're looking for an easy read with some fluff, dragons and light-hearted banter, it might be for you. You'll have a good idea if you read the first in the series if this is something that you'll enjoy!

The baby dragon cafe needs to be a real thing - all the food descriptions had me salivating!

I liked that there was a continuation in Saphira and Aidan's story alongside Lavinia and Theo's. Though the miscommunication and angst drove me crazy, it kept the friends to lovers trope very realistic.

A great addition to the series!

This was such a cute cozy book! It’s definitely a perfect friends to lovers romance with baby dragons! When I heard about this book from HCC, I just knew i needed to read it. The relationship between the main couple is amazing and finding love in your favourite person is exactly how my relationship with my partner went.
I cannot wait for this to come out to recommend to all the cozy readers who come in to the bookstore!

I read the first book based on a recommendation from my library so when I saw book 2 was available on NG, I applied immediately. This was SUCH a cute story!! I classify this as a sorbet of a romance. A little palate cleansing, low stakes, feel-good, sweet cute characters and sometimes you just need something like this. I loved the descriptions of the desserts (someone needs to make me a Ras malai tiramisu asap!) The characters are all very young (or I’m just too old) so every time Livinia mentioned her “deadline”, it reminded me of Charlotte Lucas in P&P. (SO much angst!)

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an e-ARC of this book!