A review by ratetheromance
Hadley Beckett's Next Dish by Bethany Turner

4.0

Why do chef romances get to me? Maybe because I'm kinda in love with food. HADLEY BECKETT'S NEXT DISH is a great read that combines food, friendship, and romance. Hadley just won a TV cooking competition against celebrity chef, Max. And that's when Max loses it. On camera. Possibly destroying his career. Then these two enemies are invited to be on the same cooking show together and they can't refuse.
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I expected this book to be a fairly frothy book, but it surprised me with its depth. It dives into family relationships, addiction, power, the roles we play, ambition, and forgiveness. And these two don't just kiss and then get a HEA. Like real life, relationships are complicated and have peaks and valleys.
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The pace was pretty slow at some points and I found myself sometimes wishing for a bit more momentum.
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This book did a great job of being sweet and swoony, but also complex and realistic. And the ending is SO PERFECT.

Thanks to Netgalley for a free ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.