A review by booksta_adventure
The Romance Recipe by Ruby Barrett

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

In a bid to save her failing restaurant, Amy has hired reality tv “star” Sophie Brunet as her head chef. Unfortunately, this hire doesn’t immediately turn everything around for the restaurant, and even worse, she might be falling in love with her head chef…

𝙎𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡. 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙋𝙤𝙥 𝙐𝙥𝙆𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙄’𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙚 𝘽𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙩. 

Meanwhile, Sophie has recently ended her engagement to TV producer, Paul, and has only recently realized that she is bisexual. 

This was a cute little romance, but my favorite part was Sophie’s growth in confidence as she embraced a part of herself that had been hiding within her for the past 30 years.  

𝙄 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙜𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙚.

But my favorite scene was probably when she came out to her mom. It was so sweet, and just so “mom”. 😂

If you enjoy contemporary romances, especially “kitchen romances” (is that a thing?) I’m sure you would enjoy this one. Sweet without too many high stakes. A perfect little palate cleanser to read between heavier reads. 

What this book is giving:

✅ Sapphic Romance

✅ Contemporary

✅ Work place romance

✅ Recent/“Late-in-Life Bi-Awakening

✅ Secret Crushes

✅ Reality TV Side Plot

Rating: 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5

🌶️🌶️🌶️ / 5