Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched
*Starred Review* Best-selling Barnouin began her Skinny Bitch run with a set of cookbooks and other nonfiction titles, then launched a series of novels, beginning with Skinny Bitch in Love (2014). In the second delectable installment,  Clementine Cooper is on the fast-track to success. Her new vegan restaurant, Clementine’s No Crap Cafe, is a hit in L.A., and it’s up for a spot in a New York Times feature. To top it off, her relationship with her bazillionaire boyfriend, Zack Jeffries, couldn’t be more perfect, despite his carnivorous ways. So when Zack pops the question, Clem’s antiwedding views go out the window, and she agrees to get hitched. Enter Dominique Huffington, Zack’s overbearing mother and Clementine’s new, unwelcome wedding planner. As Zack’s mother meddles in their lives, Zack begins to pull away from Clementine. Determined Clem pours herself into her work, creating new recipes, training an assistant, and planning a daring business endeavor, but she knows she must face the truth and answer the question, Are she and Zack ready to get married? Barnouin’s adept and quirky chick-lit tale will leave readers laughing, not to mention hungry. Vegans and nonvegans alike will get a kick out of the fiery Clementine as they devour Barnouin’s latest book. --Patricia Smith