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A review by utopiastateofmind
Love and Hot Chicken by Mary Liza Hartong
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
Okay so the first thing I want to get off my chest is could we just not have, in 2024, these casual very small references to Harry Potter? I think we can all agree JK Rowling has 100% deserved the deletion and we can leave the cultural legacy in the past. Now, I enjoyed Love and Hot Chicken. It's incredibly setting driven - which feels weird to say about a romance - but the setting is so clear and vivid. The community, Chickie Shack, the Elvis references, feels so detailed and alive. And this setting makes the book vivid and alive.
Okay so the first thing I want to get off my chest is could we just not have, in 2024, these casual very small references to Harry Potter? I think we can all agree JK Rowling has 100% deserved the deletion and we can leave the cultural legacy in the past. Now, I enjoyed Love and Hot Chicken. It's incredibly setting driven - which feels weird to say about a romance - but the setting is so clear and vivid. The community, Chickie Shack, the Elvis references, feels so detailed and alive. And this setting makes the book vivid and alive.