Review: I really wanted to like this book, but...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 28, 2012
The synopsis of this book sounded so great, and loving foodie romance stories, I leaped on this book.  The title says it all though.  I really wanted to like this book, but the book just ended up rubbing me the wrong way.  We're told that the chef has this massive temper, reminding me of Chef Gordon Ramsey, and it is quite apparent to me that the chef in this book was modeled, at least in part, off Chef Ramsey, but we don't actually see this temper in action in the kitchen until much later in the book.  Most of the time, it seems as though he just doesn't have time for his kid, and clearly resents the child's imposition into his life.  Yet he falls for the nanny from the get go, whom he would have never met if the child was not in his life!Like others, I also found the body image issues to be taken to the extreme.  I am not a small woman in my own right, but even I know that not eating then gorging is extremely unhealthy and sets the stage for an eating disorder.  It seemed as though the author was almost endorsing that lifestyle with the constant bombardment of it in the story.  Once in the book is acceptable, especially in a type of pity party scene, but no more than that, or it begins to cross the line.  The female lead crossed that line a lot.To me, the story flowed almost too fast, not allowing me to form a connection with the characters, or allowing the romance to develop more slowly or naturally.  It was a good beach read, but if you're looking for a story to linger a bit over, this is not it.