愛上甜點的條件

洋菓子 #3

by Sayuri Ueda, 上田早夕里, 楊明綺 (Translator)

外觀純白，口感卻完全顛覆白色印象的甜點
「甜點關係」系列完結篇，深澤夏織回來了！
五年來她一直默默努力著，期許自己可以早日獨當一面，不料那一天還沒到來，「金翅雀」竟然大膽交給她一個棘手的任務：配合痛恨甜食的頑固企畫專員武藤，在西富百貨公司的「甜點宮殿嘉年華」中推出全新單品，跟許多名店的資深甜點師傅一較高下。
這是測試自己本事的機會，夏織決心使出渾身解數來挑戰，不料甜點門外漢武藤又開出另一個條件：外觀是純白色，但吃起來完全顛覆白色印象的甜點……夏織為此陷入苦戰，而當這一切的「罪魁禍首」武藤發現自己已經情不自禁為她心動時，恭也回來了！

「黑色帝王」Opera，對決「雪之女王」Blanc Manger
在恭也的提點下，夏織能否找到讓法式杏仁奶凍更有個性、卻無損它純白色調的祕密？
而在此同時，另一家甜點店提出了一道以經典「歐貝拉」蛋糕為藍本的新義式甜點，完成度之高，連外行人武藤都很清楚它將成為夏織作品的勁敵！
武藤痛恨甜點卻必須輔佐夏織，希望夏織勝出卻又必須保持公正，而恭也的出現，更是逼得他不得不面對自己對夏織的心意，以及甜點在當中扮演的角色……
愛上甜點，需要什麼條件嗎？而愛一個人，是應該勉強自己改變，還是做你自己？
一道名為「白色愛爾蘭」的法式杏仁奶凍，讓他們都找到了答案。

以甜點世界為舞台，少許驚奇，些微日常，佐以溫暖，
韻味無窮的「甜點關係」系列完結篇！

222 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Sayuri Ueda (上田 早夕里, Ueda Sayuri) is one of the more innovative science fiction authors in Japan. She made her debut in 2003 with Kasei daku barado (Mars Dark Ballad), which won the 4th Komatsu Sakyo Prize. She has published a series of highly original, much discussed works, gaining avid fans not only in Japan but throughout Asia and the West. Karyu no miya (The Ocean Chronicles) won the Hayakawa Publishing “SF ga Yomitai!” Award for Best Japanese SF Novel in 2010, as well as the 32nd Japan SF Award and 10th Sense of Gender Award in 2011. She also writes actively in genres other than science fiction, and in 2018, her historical novel Hametsu no ō (The King of Ruin) was nominated for the 159th Naoki Prize.

Reviews

[Mizuki · Rating 2 out of 5]

The one good thing about this book is it has a lot of information about how pâtissiers in cake shops/dessert shops run their business and there're a lot of information on how desserts are being prepared, I actually like how the story is focused on the female pâtissier-in-training facing different challenges and creating yummy desserts instead of focusing her mind some stupid romance.

But the story and the characters look weak and flat in my eyes. Those characters are nice people I would want to befriend and work with, but I don't find their stories interesting enough.