Welcome to Litsy!

A fun foodie romance about a chef who can taste emotions and goes by feel, who ends up working for a chef who is all about creating the same food. Definitely will make you hungry. Content note: One character gets pretty injured, though for those who like the sick/comfort trope, there is that.
For #RippedBodiceBingo can be used for food on cover, bath, workplace rivals.

First time in 15 years living in Canada I found book with my name in it! Is that a good reason to buy a book …. Don‘t know but I will give it a go.

On my way to work meeting I had some time to stop and get some books 😂

4.25⭐️

Lumi has been following her dreams of owning her own restaurant and cooking her Dominican fusion food the way she wants. When finances get the better of her though, she is forced to close the doors on her place and take up a sous chef position at a very unoriginal French restaurant. What's worse is that her new boss is the same man that made fun of her cooking at a recent catering event. This can‘t possibly go well…

My next read.

Book 45/150.

Quite the mail day for me today. Thanks to my #aussiebookishsecretsanta on insta... The people on this swap were not keen at all to wait to open their gifts 🤣

Lumi is a great character. She's ambitious, smart, & even a bit stubborn. I was genuinely interested in seeing her pursue her dreams. On the other hand, it was harder for me to understand her attraction to Julien. He seemed too arrogant, too set in his ways, & too dismissive of others to appeal to Lumi's sense of caring & creativity. For that reason, it was a struggle for me to be engaged until later in the book. Not a favorite, but fine.

Having an infant and going back to work means I'm a little behind! This book had a lot of promise but I feel like it tried to create conflict where there wasn't any, and introduced some other weird things. It was still a fun read! #Teamslaughter @Clwojick

Unfortunately, this light contemporary romance fell short for me. Love self-confident diverse characters, but the love connection happened based on physical attraction and nothing else on both sides. Not a convincing romance story. And, the element keeping them apart was also underdeveloped and then dropped abruptly.

A cute romance novel with just a hint of magic.

I have started writing down my book purchases (too bad I can't remember which #Litten inspired this.) So far it hasn't stopped me from buying books. 🙄

FYI - I have started lists for July and August book purchases since I don't get charged for preorders until they ship. Hell yes that's cheating. 🤣

Maybe I‘m just in a mood. It doesn‘t help that halfway through the book, one of my biggest fears appeared when I‘d only been expecting light romance & not ... that.

Even so, this #ARC has a lot of continuity errors/timeline weirdness going on. Maybe they‘ll get straightened out pre-pub. As it stands, this book is fine - but just fine.

This book was a disappointment.

Pros: Driven, diverse characters who are comfortable in their own skin. The MC Lumi has a cool ability that is unexpected. She also has a killer support system. Every chapter ends with recipe(s) for the food mentioned during it.

Cons: Basically everything I didn't mention above. The second half is rushed and trope filled. The chemistry between the MCs is pretty forced. Overall it just didn't work.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

1. A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S Santose (ARC)
2. Ever? Chamblin Bookmine in Jacksonville Florida.You should Google it, it's an absolutely overwhelming maze in there. Just in general I prefer Books-a-Million to Barnes & Noble.
3.Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan