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A review by smalltownbookmom
Love from Scratch by Kaitlyn Hill
4.0
This was a fun new adult romance with depth. Set in Seattle as two newly graduated teens are interning at a Food Network type tv studio. Reese is working as the marketing/media intern while Benny is working more hands on with the talent.
When the network is looking for new ways to create content, Benny and Reese get thrown together in an amateur cooking show. Initially Reese tries to keep her distance knowing that her and Benny are both competing for the single paying job at the end of the summer. However, try as she might she can't resist Benny's charms and good looks.
I loved how sweet Benny was and how supportive and great a listener he was for Reese. Reese has her own emotional scars from an early high school relationship and is very leery about social media criticisms as she and Benny turn into a viral presence. The author did a great job digging into the double standards and sexism that is rampant in workplaces everywhere and how damaging social media comments can be.
Great on audio narrated by Bailey Carr, this book is perfect for fans of A taste for love by Jennifer Yen or Where there's a whisk by Sarah J. Schmitt - two other YA books with cooking competition plots.
When the network is looking for new ways to create content, Benny and Reese get thrown together in an amateur cooking show. Initially Reese tries to keep her distance knowing that her and Benny are both competing for the single paying job at the end of the summer. However, try as she might she can't resist Benny's charms and good looks.
I loved how sweet Benny was and how supportive and great a listener he was for Reese. Reese has her own emotional scars from an early high school relationship and is very leery about social media criticisms as she and Benny turn into a viral presence. The author did a great job digging into the double standards and sexism that is rampant in workplaces everywhere and how damaging social media comments can be.
Great on audio narrated by Bailey Carr, this book is perfect for fans of A taste for love by Jennifer Yen or Where there's a whisk by Sarah J. Schmitt - two other YA books with cooking competition plots.