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A review by quinnard21
A Tasty Dish by Kelly Cain
5.0
This was absolutely delightful. I confess that I didn't realize that this was the second book of a series, but each book appears to follow a different family member in the series (think Get a Life, Chloe Brown), so I didn't miss any important information and I didn't feel weird reading them out of order. I actually went back and read the first book immediately after finishing this one - I also very much enjoyed it, though I think this was better written. To be honest, the only reason I realized it was the second book in a series was because the author put a few recipes at the end of the book and referenced the recipes from the first book.
I really enjoyed the inclusion of the aforementioned recipes in the back, although I think this might be one thing that was done better with the first book. In the first one, the recipes were sprinkled between the chapters and were relevant to the situations and recipes that were being discussed at that point in the book. I think this would have made the recipes stand out a little more, I also think it's easier to find the recipes if they're all compiled in the back in case you actually want to make any of them. So personally, I would've preferred them sprinkled throughout, but logically I can see why the formatting was different for this one.
The narration was the only thing I found a little difficult to fall into. The narrator occasionally had some intonations that didn't feel right for the flow of the character's conversations, and it almost jarred me out of the story. I did end up speeding it up, and that helped smooth it out a little bit. Other than that, it was absolutely delightful. While a miscommunication trope is usually the bane of my existence, I didn't have too big of an issue with this one, and I was able to fall into the story enough that I finished it within two days, and had a ravenous appetite for delicious food (and eye candy) the entire time.
I really enjoyed the inclusion of the aforementioned recipes in the back, although I think this might be one thing that was done better with the first book. In the first one, the recipes were sprinkled between the chapters and were relevant to the situations and recipes that were being discussed at that point in the book. I think this would have made the recipes stand out a little more, I also think it's easier to find the recipes if they're all compiled in the back in case you actually want to make any of them. So personally, I would've preferred them sprinkled throughout, but logically I can see why the formatting was different for this one.
The narration was the only thing I found a little difficult to fall into. The narrator occasionally had some intonations that didn't feel right for the flow of the character's conversations, and it almost jarred me out of the story. I did end up speeding it up, and that helped smooth it out a little bit. Other than that, it was absolutely delightful. While a miscommunication trope is usually the bane of my existence, I didn't have too big of an issue with this one, and I was able to fall into the story enough that I finished it within two days, and had a ravenous appetite for delicious food (and eye candy) the entire time.