Review: Great idea for a full length novel.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 4, 2013
Synopsis without any spoilers...Julie Delgado is trying to fill her aunt's place as the wedding catering chef at the Rose Chalet after her restaurant, Delgado's, closed after a bad review from a famous chef and food critic. Her first wedding to work on turns out to be non-other than the brother and soon to be sister-in-law of said critic, Andrew Kyle. Imagine her surprise when Andrew starts to pursue her.Review...First let me say that, yes, I thought this book was cute. I enjoyed the plot line very much. However, I just don't think that this book should have been a novella, or it should have seemed like it took place over a much longer period of time. The story line was too complicated to be fully realistic in such a short time-span. It is just not realistic that someone who treated your work so callously, even if it wasn't personal, would be seen as such a great guy so soon after. It is also unrealistic that Andrew went from "I knew she was different" in the beginning to "I love her" so quickly. I mean he knew nothing about her except her food.I did not put Andrew's side in the synopsis because I don't feel that he was a true main character. He had no noticeable growth through the book. He began thinking that food had to be a certain way, always imaginative and different to ending the same way. I agree that when you go to a fine dining restaurant they should have a brilliant menu with food to match, but that doesn't mean that when you cook at home you can't just make food that people want to eat, comfort food. I think that it was also noticeable that his script was written by a woman and sounded like something a woman would want to hear, not necessarily what a man would say. I am more than OK with having the hero's dialogue attractive, sensitive and compelling for women, but I want to be able to imagine a man saying it.Now, I definitely read romance novels for the happy endings and so that I don't have to think too hard while reading, an escape if you will. But, I do like to be able to at least say to myself, that could happen to some lucky guy or girl out there.To end, I think given the price, free, and the length it was well done. I do think that the author has the talent to make this well done book into a real page turner that you don't want to put down if she were to lengthen it with some more detail. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it. I already own another from this series and love it. I have to say, I was a little disappointed while reading it, but I realized the limits and constraints on writing such a short novella. I do think that this book would be fantastic as a full length.