Review: Want me a sexy chef too
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2013
Ok, so someone said the book was predictable...and yes, I would agree in that, but it was a sweet predictable. You really wanted Jess to get her guy, and at the end, you wanted that guy to realize his value and go for that girl. If predictable means that they both ended up happy, then excellent, my kind of story.Jess fell in love with Jack while in Sydney when she was 18. For various reasons, he pushes her away and she returns home to Nevada. After a failed engagement, Jess quits her job and is roped into planning a wedding while her mother is recovering from a stroke. At this point, she runs into her first love Jack, who is the chef hired to cook for the wedding. Realizing this is her chance to cut lose and nail the guy who got away, Jess schemes to get Jack into bed once and for all. However, this time she plans on keeping her heart out of it.BUT, Jack has other ideas. Although he has always wanted Jess, her brother Reid is his best friend and he uses that as an excuse not to get involved with her. Reid was the person who took a guy drifting through life in Australia and helped him launch his career as a top chef. He doesn't want to betray a friendship that is the strongest relationship he's ever had. Altruistic? Sure, but is that the whole truth?As you read through it, you cringe a little (or I did) at how honest and open she was with Jack, just to have him walk away. She steps out of her comfort zone in hopes to land the guy, and eventually does get him into bed, just to nearly lose him again. At the end, you find out the guy is scared of commitment (how many aren't right?) and just doesn't feel like he deserves someone like her. Being shuffled through foster homes does that after your parents walk out on you, does that to a person. Some crave love, others don't want to be hurt again.So, yes, there was some predictability, but the story was so well written, I for one enjoyed it immensely, even when I wanted to shake Jack and tell him to take a chance!