Edit (August 2024):

Previous rating: 3.0

The author emailed me the final version of this book last year after I got to read an ARC. It's been months, but I finally found the time to reread it.

I am impressed at how easily the reading is flowing. The writing style is descriptive enough to visualize scenes but succinct enough that I don't get distracted or bored. I still love the food explanations before every chapter.

The ending still feels quite rushed, but I understood it a bit better during this read, and I also appreciated the slow burn a lot more. The extra chapter added was welcomed.

I had to force myself to stop reading at 3 am so I could go to sleep because I loved the interactions so much and just didn't want to stop. I usually sleep at midnight if I'm going late. That's how addictive this book was.

It's still not perfect. It has its flaws and I'm also not super into the rich people and nepotism aspects of it, which affects my rating quite a lot.

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Original review (July 2023):

Before anything, I would like to thank Waitlyn Andrews and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Overall, it was a pleasant book to read, fast paced, with a cute romance storyline, and nice details. However, it had a lot of things that I didn't enjoy like typos, relationship with a power imbalance, and things happening either too slowly or too quickly. It is nothing out of this world but it definitely is a solid book to have an enjoyable time with.

Positives:
- Information about food at the beginning of each chapter really enhanced the ambiance;
- Writing style that made the reading pace fly by;
- Curiosity about the main character's backstory kept me engaged;
- Well established routine that made the characters feel more real and also made it feel like I knew them better;
- Male love interest that is actually interested, caring, and sweet;
- Small details connecting parts of the story making them feel more meaningful;
- Cute scenes that made me giggle and almost scream of excitement.

Negatives:
- Waaaay too many typos and mistakes;
- Slow burn that burned way too slowly and then way too quickly when it did;
- Recurrent comparisons of the romance with novels, breaking the forth wall and trying to be something it's not. It's okay to be a novel and you can totally say a guy smells like clean soap and his eyes look like Levi blue jeans without implying that your story "is not like other stories";
- Kinda romanticizing workplace relationships with a power imbalance (worker and a boss);
- Both characters seem a little too flawless, and when flaws are pointed out they are talked about in a positive light and it doesn't affect their lives negatively;
- Last plot point was way too rushed.