Review: An impressive contemporary romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
I'm not a young person now, sadly, so I wondered how I would find this book from the stance of my own Seventies young generation. But it's always a great thing to understand what modern young people think and feel and there is no doubt that Ms Jasper has created a set of interesting, real and likeable characters in this book. They come over as the sort of people who...as my daughter would say...'you want to hang out with'. I was quickly drawn into the narrative and read on and on, even forgot my cup of coffee. Now, at my cynical age, that's praise for a book! The story has been described by other reviewers so I won't say much about that. In some ways, it was predictable as it went along but not quite...one was never too sure what the author had up her sleeve. There was pain, sadness, joy and a lot of real feeling in the story. And the dialogue was masterful and real. I never mind swearing, do a bit myself when provoked. As for the sex scenes, they were all fitting and never distasteful. The writer also researched her story very well indeed so that it was a real world one entered into. I've learnt quite a bit about chefs! A highly recommended read.  Only thing, I don't like the amateurish cover. :-)