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The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
by Amy E. Reichert
"Ingredients in baking were mixed in a specific way to create a specific result–a lot like relationships, Lou thought. If people didn't blend well together, you'd never get the outcome you wanted."
I have a confession to make. I didn't read this book cause of the mentions of You've Got Mail or How to Eat a Cupcake in the synopsis. I have neither watched that movie nor read that book. It was the cover and my urge to want to lick that cake clean. Seriously, talk about a cover that speaks to my heart and my second heart AKA my stomach. I have to say that the outsides matched the insides and by that I mean sweet and satisfying.
"He couldn't help remembering the last time he consumed this dish in this restaurant. But this was different. She was different. He was different."
Our heroine Elizabeth AKA Lou is a woman that wears her heart on her chef's hat. She loves her hometown of Milwaukee, her restaurant Luella's, and a certain vanilla extract she uses as perfume. Then you have Al, he is a grumpy English-born transplant, that loves food, dislikes Milwaukee, and loves writing his food critic column. Lou and Al's lives come together in the most spectacular of fashions. As they coincidentally form a friendship that centers around food (OMG all the mentions of food had me starving) the attraction that both of them feel for one another leads them in a more romantic direction. This would be fine it professionally Al wasn't the worst thing to ever happen to Lou. But neither of them are aware and that therein lies the rub.
"Gertrude had been right. Second chances are good, and they taste like coconut cake."
I really enjoyed The Coincidence of Coconut Cake but more than likely for different reasons than normal. I loved Lou and Al's story. I loved their moments of food and friendship and eventual romance. But it was a tad predictable. It's not as if I needed some crazy plot twist but everything I assumed would happen did. But it still had its' moments of sweetness, swoon, and it managed to make me fugly cry at one point. My real enjoyment of this story came from it's biggest character, Milwaukee. As Lou was making it her mission to win Al over to this Midwest city, she in fact won me over. I live on the other side of Lake Michigan and have never wanted to make a trek to visit until now. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake was just as much a love story about Milwaukee and I fell hard.The Coincidence of Coconut Cake has something special for the foodie and the romantic in all of us.
3.5 stars!
I have a confession to make. I didn't read this book cause of the mentions of You've Got Mail or How to Eat a Cupcake in the synopsis. I have neither watched that movie nor read that book. It was the cover and my urge to want to lick that cake clean. Seriously, talk about a cover that speaks to my heart and my second heart AKA my stomach. I have to say that the outsides matched the insides and by that I mean sweet and satisfying.
"He couldn't help remembering the last time he consumed this dish in this restaurant. But this was different. She was different. He was different."
Our heroine Elizabeth AKA Lou is a woman that wears her heart on her chef's hat. She loves her hometown of Milwaukee, her restaurant Luella's, and a certain vanilla extract she uses as perfume. Then you have Al, he is a grumpy English-born transplant, that loves food, dislikes Milwaukee, and loves writing his food critic column. Lou and Al's lives come together in the most spectacular of fashions. As they coincidentally form a friendship that centers around food (OMG all the mentions of food had me starving) the attraction that both of them feel for one another leads them in a more romantic direction. This would be fine it professionally Al wasn't the worst thing to ever happen to Lou. But neither of them are aware and that therein lies the rub.
"Gertrude had been right. Second chances are good, and they taste like coconut cake."
I really enjoyed The Coincidence of Coconut Cake but more than likely for different reasons than normal. I loved Lou and Al's story. I loved their moments of food and friendship and eventual romance. But it was a tad predictable. It's not as if I needed some crazy plot twist but everything I assumed would happen did. But it still had its' moments of sweetness, swoon, and it managed to make me fugly cry at one point. My real enjoyment of this story came from it's biggest character, Milwaukee. As Lou was making it her mission to win Al over to this Midwest city, she in fact won me over. I live on the other side of Lake Michigan and have never wanted to make a trek to visit until now. The Coincidence of Coconut Cake was just as much a love story about Milwaukee and I fell hard.The Coincidence of Coconut Cake has something special for the foodie and the romantic in all of us.
3.5 stars!