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A review by justtalkingtomyshelf
Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden
4.0
A cheating boyfriend and an inability to taste food sends Georgia from Paris to an island near Seattle to meet her long lost mother. A grumpy and annoyingly handsome neighbor is tasked with showing her around the island, and Georgia keeps trying to piece together the secret of why her mother left and why her sense of taste has disappeared.
Unfortunately, this fell a bit flat for me. It may partially have been my expectations, but I was hoping for more magical realism and less repetitive magic-less plot.
I loved all the food descriptions and cooking scenes, but the book’s pacing had some issues for me. I also struggled with how often we were reminded that we didn’t know a big reveal, and the payoff wasn’t big enough in my opinion to warrant the huge build-up.
I will definitely be reading The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie soon because I’ve heard great things, but Recipe for a Charmed Life was just okay for me.
Thank you to Berkley Romance for an eARC. All thoughts are my own.
3.5 ⭐️
Unfortunately, this fell a bit flat for me. It may partially have been my expectations, but I was hoping for more magical realism and less repetitive magic-less plot.
I loved all the food descriptions and cooking scenes, but the book’s pacing had some issues for me. I also struggled with how often we were reminded that we didn’t know a big reveal, and the payoff wasn’t big enough in my opinion to warrant the huge build-up.
I will definitely be reading The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie soon because I’ve heard great things, but Recipe for a Charmed Life was just okay for me.
Thank you to Berkley Romance for an eARC. All thoughts are my own.
3.5 ⭐️