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Recipe for a Charmed Life
by Rachel Linden
She didn’t know if it was magic, but something was drawing her heart back to that place in a way she’d never felt before. It was illogical. It was foolish. And yet it felt so very right.
what a magical little book. I loved this so much. this was my first book of 2024 and we're really starting it off right.
Recipe for a Charmed Life centers around Georgia, a chef who was been working towards her life goal of someday running her own restaurant in Paris. But after one disastrous night, she finds herself suddenly single, jobless and unable to taste anything. Needing a place to figure out her next step, she connects with her estranged mother and spends time with her in the Pacific Northwest. With the help of her mother as well as their surly oyster farmer neighbor, Georgia uncovers some secrets about herself and her family that help change her life.
This book was so whimsical in a way? There was just the right amount of magical realism to make this book a fun read. What I especially loved where all the descriptions of the different foods Georgia both made and eat throughout the novel as well as the setting descriptions. It was so easy to feel transported; you easily could picture yourself at a picnic table next to the water, smelling the ocean and the pine trees and eating a delicious briny oyster. It's all you can really ask of a book: to take you to a brand new place with ease.
I really enjoyed this book and I can't wait to read more from Rachel Linden. I'll definitely be checking out her backlist. Thank you to Berkley for this arc, all thoughts are my own!
what a magical little book. I loved this so much. this was my first book of 2024 and we're really starting it off right.
Recipe for a Charmed Life centers around Georgia, a chef who was been working towards her life goal of someday running her own restaurant in Paris. But after one disastrous night, she finds herself suddenly single, jobless and unable to taste anything. Needing a place to figure out her next step, she connects with her estranged mother and spends time with her in the Pacific Northwest. With the help of her mother as well as their surly oyster farmer neighbor, Georgia uncovers some secrets about herself and her family that help change her life.
This book was so whimsical in a way? There was just the right amount of magical realism to make this book a fun read. What I especially loved where all the descriptions of the different foods Georgia both made and eat throughout the novel as well as the setting descriptions. It was so easy to feel transported; you easily could picture yourself at a picnic table next to the water, smelling the ocean and the pine trees and eating a delicious briny oyster. It's all you can really ask of a book: to take you to a brand new place with ease.
I really enjoyed this book and I can't wait to read more from Rachel Linden. I'll definitely be checking out her backlist. Thank you to Berkley for this arc, all thoughts are my own!