by Kaitlyn Hill
Delacorte Press, 2022. 358 pages. Young Adult Fiction
This
summer, Reese Camden is trading sweet tea and Southern hospitality for cold
brew and crisp coastal air. She's landed her dream marketing internship at
Friends of Flavor, a wildly popular cooking channel in Seattle. The only
problem? Benny Beneventi, the relentlessly charming,
backwards-baseball-cap-wearing culinary intern--and her main competition for
the fall job. Reese's plan to keep work a No Feelings Zone crumbles like a
day-old muffin when she and Benny are thrown together for a video shoot that
goes viral, making them the internet's newest ship. Audiences are hungry for
more, and their bosses at Friends of Flavor are happy to deliver. Soon Reese
and Benny are in an all-out food war, churning homemade ice cream, twisting
soft pretzels, breaking eggs in an omelet showdown--while hundreds of thousands
of viewers watch. Reese can't deny the chemistry between her and Benny. But the
more their rivalry heats up, the harder it is to keep love on the back burner
...
If you like Rom Coms and The Great British Baking Show, then
this is the book for you. The fun banter between Reese and Benny will make you
think of quippy conversations in You’ve Got Mail and Pride and Prejudice.
Hill’s description of the food industry and the rampant sexism that exits is
the backdrop for this character driven, issue-oriented love story. The main
characters are well developed, but Benny seems at times almost too good to be
true, the ultimate good guy. But who doesn’t need more good guys out there?
Ultimately, the novel will have you cheering on these amateur chefs with hearts
of gold.
If you liked Love from Scratch, you may also like:
by Jennifer Yen
Razorbill, 2021. 322 pages. Young Adult Fiction
Both high school senior Liza Yang and her mother share a
love and talent for baking but disagree on the subject of dating, especially
when Mrs. Yang turns her annual baking contest into a matchmaking scheme.
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
by Laura Taylor Namey
Atheneum, 2020. 308 pages, Young Audlt Fiction
Seventeen-year-old Lila Reyes, furious when her parents send her to the English countryside to recover from grief and heartbreak, unexpectedly falls in love with a teashop clerk--and England, itself.
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