A review by authorleighs
The Slowest Burn by Sarah Chamberlain

5.0

Oh this was delicious, pun very intended. Every people pleaser will be able to relate to Ellie. Kieran is this hot ball of energy that is her perfect foil. I love opposites attract, as well as a bit of a black cat/golden retriever dynamic, and this story does each of those tropes so well. Both of them find a safe place to be themselves with each other when neither of them have had that before. They are complex, perfectly flawed, and each of them go through a lot of growth. The slow warming up to each other that happens is wonderful until it becomes a fully fledged fire.

The problems they have to overcome felt real, not forced, and the food had me drooling. MCs that are chefs are my complete weakness. This is a poignant, lovely, witty, and swoony debut!