Review: Is revenge really a dish best served cold...?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2013
This was a fabulous read from start to finish. Amanda Usen has given us a book that has romance, sexiness, humour, wonderful realistic characters a great storyline and food. And for someone who loves all of the above, it was a perfect read.Lila and Jackson were wonderful easy to love characters. Both chefs, they studied together and at their graduation party, before competing in the Culinary Academy competition, engaged is some hot extra curricular activities. Foody secrets are shared and fallout ensues. Lila is feisty, witty, kind, creative and struggling financially. Jackson is sexy, moody, charming, bossy and out of her league; from a wealthy family he is following in his Dad's footsteps and has been gifted a restaurant. Lacking creativity and desperate to be a success and make his Dad proud, he hunts Lila down. With opposite agenda's, for her 3 weeks to make him suffer for the past, for him 3 weeks to win her heart, what is it they say, if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen? And is revenge really a dish best served cold...Together, the sparks flew and their chemistry was perfect. With Jack's determination up against Lila's stubbornness, it was passionate and tender with moments that were heartwarming and others that tugged on the heartstrings. An inferno in the kitchen and most definitely in the bedroom, I laughed, I swooned and I made those sighs of appreciation we romantic women are prone to. The only thing that was missing for me was an epilogue, which would have finished their story off perfectly, nevertheless this most definitely a book that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend and is well worth every star. Question is, will we be treated to more, because with so many great secondary characters there must be other stories to tell...I received this book as an ARC from the publisher for an honest and unbiased opinion.