The Book:
Sadie On A Plate by Amanda Elliot
Published March 15, 2022 by Berkley Books
Date read: July 21, 2022
The Characters:
Sadie
Luke
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The Plot (from Goodreads):
Sadie is a rising star in the trendy Seattle restaurant scene. Her dream is to create unique, modern, and mouthwatering takes on traditional Jewish recipes. But after a public breakup with her boss, a famous chef, she is sure her career is over–until she lands a coveted spot on the next season of her favorite TV show, Chef Supreme.
On the plane to New York, Sadie has sizzling chemistry with her seatmate, Luke, but tells him that she won’t be able to contact him for the next six weeks. They prolong their night with a spontaneous, magical dinner before parting ways. Or so she thinks. When she turns up to set the next day, she makes a shocking discovery about who Luke is….
If Sadie wants to save her career by winning Chef Supreme, she’s going to have to ignore the simmering heat between her and Luke. But how long can she do that before the pot boils over?
The Review:
“My life has this irritating habit of throwing its biggest changes at me while I’m completely in the nude.”
Welcome to another mouthwatering cooking competition romance. I love that this is such a popular trope right now!
There was so much to love about Sadie On A Plate, so I’m unsure why I struggled to focus on reading it. I put it down a couple times for books that did a better job of holding my attention, but I can’t come close to pinpointing what didn’t do it for me.
As always, I loved the food descriptions. I loved that Sadie focused so strongly on her Jewish heritage, and on showing the world that Jewish cuisine is more than just bagels and lox.
Maybe part of what I didn’t like was that there wasn’t much romance on the page. There was a HEA, but it was largely off-screen as Sadie and Luke had to keep their attraction a secret. This didn’t allow for the relationship to grow and shine like in other culinary rom-coms.
Overall, a great premise with great representation and good characters, but I wasn’t feeling it at the time.
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