This book is pure sugar and spice. Rosie and Henry meet on the airplane to Paris, and soon realize they are both heading to the same place, an exclusive cooking school founded by Chef Laurent. They are both excited and overwhelmed with their experience—Rosie with her lackluster cooking skills since she’s a pastry chef and Henry with keeping up with his academics and the pressure by his overbearing mother—but as the semester continues on, they realize that their connection is more than just as friends.
Honestly, this book was predictable. The cooking school part was interesting, along with the diverse mix of characters from all over the world—30 kids from America to Sweden to Germany to England—but the whole story seemed very fluffy. I kept mentally yelling at the book, “Why don’t you just talk to him/her instead of saying it in your head? Then all the tension and drama would be resolved.”
Did I enjoy reading it? Sure. Would I be okay handing this off to a high schooler, or even a middle schooler? Sure. I just felt like the characters could have been developed more and the teen hormonal drama toned down a smidge.
**This book was just published! Thanks to Net Galley and Disney-Hyperion for the free copy in exchange for an honest review.**
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