311 reviews for:

Second Bite

S.J. Tilly

3.62 AVERAGE


Second Bite - SJ Tilly
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

“Good girls get sweet things. Naughty girls get it rough. And you’ve been very naughty.”

This was a very cute and funny insta list/love holiday novella. I am a HUGE fan of baking and cooking shows and when I saw the premise of this I was SOLD!

Alice is a baker on the competition show Second Bite with the judge she’s been crushing on for years Michael. He’s instantly enamored with her. He’s a grump which is a yes for me and Alice is quirky and curvaceous.

“What’re you gonna do? Just walk over there and ask if she’d like to sit in your lap? Ask to hear what’s on her wishlist?”

This was witty and sexy! If you’re an insta-love fan this is definitely for you! It gets you in the holiday spirit and in the mood

This was a short, entertaining novella. If you want pure spice, then maybe read this. The male main character was highly toxic and cringe af. His inner dialogue was that of a horny, perverted teenage boy. His inner dialogue was the cringe stuff an ex boyfriend would say to you, use these as trigger warnings. It wasn’t so bad that I had to stop reading, it’s just that the characters were cringey.

This was such a good read!!! Novellas are always hit or miss for me, but this one was great. A bit of holiday spirit mixed with a baking show competition, mixed with a celebrity romance… it just went on and on and I couldn’t get enough!

We have grumpy/sunshine, workplace romance, and touch her and you’ll die tropes. We have instalove and someone who has pined for YEARS. We have the fear of not being good enough, satisfied by being more than enough. Such a quick read and so much fun.

I loved the awkward main characters, the mistakes they make, the fact that they can’t control themselves. I love that they chase after what they want and while they’re embarrassed a lot of the time, they won’t let that hold them back. I highly recommend this holiday novella to anyone looking for a fun, quick, and tension-filled read!

Cute quick read. Instalove but it’s a novella so I expected it.
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was so cute!!! I really enjoyed this story, and I hope we get more with Alice and Michael!
funny lighthearted fast-paced

I’d come back for seconds!

This book was just baked full of all the ooey, gooey, goodness of a wonderful baking show meet-cute insta-love. I immediately fell for the main characters Alice and Michael. They were just so perfect!

SJ Tilly continues to astound me with her wondrous words and the worlds she builds. Even in a novella she managed to build up a whole ass tv set in my head and made a insta-relationship seem plausible! I absolutely adored this book and the only downfall was I wanted more!

3 and a half stars: a quick, fun read! It was cute but good gracious they didn’t waste time doing anything lol