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Taste the Love
by Karelia Stetz-Waters, Fay Stetz-Waters
Taste the love was a cute, sapphic romance that took place in beautiful Oregon. Kia and Sullivan go to cooking school together and have a competitive relationship. They have a moment during graduation, but then go on to lead different lives. Years later they meet again under rather stressful circumstances. This is a somewhat messy second-chance romance.
What I liked:
~Kia and Sullivan are imperfect, but they are willing to learn and compromise for each other.
~Sullivan's love of nature and animals and the way we got to read how she thought of the bois. As someone who deeply cares about the environment, I really loved her passion and feelings towards nature.
~Kia was a complete sweetheart (chaotic and imperfect, but sweet). While she was a little off the mark at the beginning of the story, I loved how she really heard Sullivan out and did things for her, even camping (which was not her thing).
~The conflict resolution at the end was a bit rushed, but I did think it was a good solve.
What could have been better:
~This wasn't totally believable and the characters were both a little naïve for being 30 and 35 years old (ie. throwing away important paperwork, livestreaming about a project still in the works)
~There were parts of the books that were a little long winded and didn't feel necessary to the story.
~I did not particularly like the mention of AI to respond to emails. I know AI is a thing, but we know it is problematic and honestly, it didn't add anything to the story. She could have simply said someone else responds to her emails and it would have gotten the same point across. Especially seeing as this book touches on the environment; I think Sullivan would disapprove of Kia using AI.
Overall, I still really enjoyed this book and would gladly recommend it. I do think it would benefit from some editing and small tweaks to make the writing more seamless.
Thank you to Netgalley and Forever Publishing for the ARC.
What I liked:
~Kia and Sullivan are imperfect, but they are willing to learn and compromise for each other.
~Sullivan's love of nature and animals and the way we got to read how she thought of the bois. As someone who deeply cares about the environment, I really loved her passion and feelings towards nature.
~Kia was a complete sweetheart (chaotic and imperfect, but sweet). While she was a little off the mark at the beginning of the story, I loved how she really heard Sullivan out and did things for her, even camping (which was not her thing).
~The conflict resolution at the end was a bit rushed, but I did think it was a good solve.
What could have been better:
~This wasn't totally believable and the characters were both a little naïve for being 30 and 35 years old (ie. throwing away important paperwork, livestreaming about a project still in the works)
~There were parts of the books that were a little long winded and didn't feel necessary to the story.
~I did not particularly like the mention of AI to respond to emails. I know AI is a thing, but we know it is problematic and honestly, it didn't add anything to the story. She could have simply said someone else responds to her emails and it would have gotten the same point across. Especially seeing as this book touches on the environment; I think Sullivan would disapprove of Kia using AI.
Overall, I still really enjoyed this book and would gladly recommend it. I do think it would benefit from some editing and small tweaks to make the writing more seamless.
Thank you to Netgalley and Forever Publishing for the ARC.