Review: who doesn't want a man who can cook?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 2, 2014
Seriously.  If guys knew understood how sexy cooking makes them, teenage boys would be in the kitchen begging mom for the chance to practice.Most of this book was a joy to read.  The main characters are well developed, and the secondary characters have obvious stories going on that make you want to read about them as well.Pretty much the entire circle of friends met in foster care, and try to help current foster kids in different ways.  Finn runs a cooking program that teaches them responsibility as well as how to cook, while Veronica has spent the last 8 years raising her half-brother & sister.  They're 18 now, and she has no interest in anymore children, while Finn just wants to get started.  Therein lies the major conflict.There are other minor conflicts, like his occasional petty condescension (which drove me crazy), and neither of them wanting to let her big brother/his best friend find out about their affair, but those are comparatively easy to overcome.  Unfortunately, Veronica's little brother Cal is showing her at every turn WHY she doesn't want more kids.It's a nice story, with a sweet HEA, and I'm looking forward to reading about the other characters.SMALL negatives -*Even if the explanations are coming in other books, I would have liked a little bit more information on what was going on with some of the other characters.  Mark especially could be a jerk for no good reason.*I got kind of tired of the whole cute-condescension thing, like Finn calling Veronica "little one."*Cal's complete personality change seemed like it came out of nowhere.*I remember instances when the writing felt awkward.  Apparently nothing popped out enough for me to highlight it, but I do remember thinking at times that some sections just didn't read right.