A review by anthonybanthony
Love from Scratch by Kaitlyn Hill

3.25

Rating: B
What you get if you threw Tweet Cute, Today, Tonight, Tomorrow, and She Drives Me Crazy into a blender. Or, more aptly, a baking tray. Writing was uneven at points, but overall very sweet. Ben Kenobi and Reese's Pieces had great chemistry. The finale was hilarious. 

Last book I read in 2024. Not as good as 2022 or 2023, but let's wrap it up.

Mastapeece:
Archenemies - Marissa Meyer
Supernova - Marissa Meyer

Amazing:
Their Fractured Light - Amie Kaufman and Megan Spooner
Renegades - Marissa Meyer
Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross
Let it Snow - John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle

Great:
Star Wars: The High Republic: The Rising Storm - Cavan Scott
Instant Karma - Marissa Meyer
Betting on You - Lynn Painter
Begin Again - Emma Lord
Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi - Charles Soule
LeBron - Jeff Benedict
Destroy the Day - Brigid Kemmerer
Past, Present, Future - Rachel Lynn Solomon
You & Me at the End of the World - Brianna Bourne
Eclipse the Moon - Jesse Mihalik 
62: Aaron Judge, the New York Yankees, and the Pursuit of Greatness - Bryan Hoch
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig - Jonathan Eig
Daughter of Sparta - Claire M. Andrews
She Drives Me Crazy - Kelly Quindlen
Star Wars: Most Wanted - Rae Carson
See You Yesterday - Rachel Lynn Solomon
It’s Better to be Feared: The New England Dynasty and the Pursuit of Greatness - Seth Wickersham

Good:
Shipped - Meredith Tate
The Match - Sarah Adams 
A Dawn of Onyx - Katie Golden
The Dragon Prince: Moon - Aaron Ehasz and Melanie McGanney Ehasz
Halo: Renegades - Kelly Gay
Star Wars: The High Republic: Path of Vengeance - Cavan Scott
Halo: Outcasts - Troy Denning
Dungeons & Drama - Kirsty Boyce
Star Wars: Maul: Lockdown - Joe Schreiber
The Cheat Sheet - Sarah Adams
Halo: Envoy - Tobias S. Bucknell
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Annihilation - Drew Karpyshyn
Halo: The Rubicon Protocol - Kelly Gay
Love from Scratch - Kaitlyn Hill
All Alone with You - Amelia Diane Coombs
Batman: No Man’s Land - Greg Rucka
The Dark Knight Rises - Greg Cox
Halo: Smoke and Shadow - Kelly Gay
Check & Mate - Ali Hazelwood
Star Wars: The High Republic: Into the Dark - Claudia Gray
Blood of Troy - Claire M. Andrews
Halo: Battle Born - Cassandra Clarke
A Reign of Rose - Katie Golden
The Bodyguard - Katharine Center
Below Zero - Ali Hazelwood 
The Subway Series: Baseball's Big Apple Battles and the Yankees-Mets 2000 World Series Classic - Jerry Beach

Okay:
Batman Begins - Denny O’Neil
Star Wars: A New Dawn - John Jackson Miller
Lovelight Farms - B.K. Borison
A Promise of Peridot - Katie Golden
Star Wars: The High Republic: Convergence - Zoraida Córdova
Reckless - Lauren Roberts
Halo: Point of Light - Kelly Gay
Powerless - Lauren Roberts
Marvel Crisis Protocol: Into the Dark Dimension - Stuart Moore

Eh:
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance - Sean Williams
Star Wars: The High Republic: Midnight Horizon - Daniel Jose Older
The Dark Knight - Denny O’Neil
Only Bad Options - Jennifer Estep
Star Wars: The High Republic: Out of the Shadows - Justina Ireland
Storm of Olympus - Claire M. Andrews
The Jordan Rules: The Inside Story of One Turbulent Season with Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls - Sam Smith
Star Wars: The High Republic: Path of Deceit - Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland
The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 - Robert Weintraub

Bad:
Star Wars: The High Republic: The Fallen Star - Claudia Gray
Halo: Mortal Dictata - Karen Traviss
Halo: The Thursday War - Karen Traviss
Nothing Like the Movies - Lynn Painter
Batman: The Killing Joke - Christa Faust and Gary Phillips
Halo: Glasslands - Karen Traviss
X-Men: Gifted - Peter David

Garbage:
Star Wars: The High Republic: Cataclysm - Lydia Kang
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros
Redemption - Will Jordan
Elrich of Melnibone - Michael Moorcock

DNF:
We Hunt the Flame - Hafsah Faizal
The Darkness that Comes Before - R. Scott Bakker