Review: Not my cup of tea, but decent story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2013
Rating: 2.5/5I keep going back and forth on this book and what I should rate it. I don’t really think I liked it that much, but it wasn’t a bad book. I kind of felt like Cami and Paul were a little cartoonish and not that relatable, even though they really should have been. I keep a skinny picture of myself around to remind me what I used to look like, just like Cami keeps a picture of herself at her larger weight on her refrigerator. I should have connected with her completely, but I really felt like she was a joke. And Paul’s bumbling, foot in mouth situation should have been cute and endearing, but it was actually kind of annoying.I was also annoyed with how much repetition there was in this book given that it was so short. The word chef is used 18 times in this short book. I got that Paul was a chef after the first 6 times it was mentioned. Tater Tots are mentioned 25 times…I didn’t need 25 times to get that Cami is obsessed with them. I really wanted to like this book and while it wasn’t bad, it just didn’t grab me like I wanted it to. Not sure I would recommend it, but I might try something else by this author.Arc provided by the publisher via Netgalley