This was fun, but forgettable, and not my favourite rom com. I enjoyed how it was so driven by food (same), but it didn’t stand out to me, and was kind of “fine”.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I loved the cover of this book and was so sad when I didn't actually enjoy the story at all.
Lila has suffered a lot of loss and setbacks and is depressed, which makes her act irrationally which is completely understandable. Unfortunately, I found her too annoying to sympathize with most of the time. I loved the descriptions of food and Cuban culture in this book, but not being able to connect with the main character really got to me. I thought that this book might have worked better if Lila were an adult? I just didn't buy sending her to another continent when she was obviously struggling with mental health issues.

Honestly, I only finished this one because of the love interest. He is the sweetest. The MC, on the other hand, I didn't find very likeable. Her outlook is negative for a lot of the story. It's difficult to read about someone complaining; especially when it's about things and experiences most people would feel lucky to receive.

I fully accept that my age and life experience have influenced my opinion.

The story was well written and the ending was cute. It just wasn't the book for me, and that is why I gave it 3 stars.

I am an Indigo employee and received this book from the publisher in exchange for my honest opinion. These opinions are my own.

The cover of this book immediately drew me in. Colourful, cute and everything good that YA has to offer. The contents were equally cute and brought in some heavier topics like grief that helped even out a sugary narrative.

I enjoyed this and read it quite quickly, but I will say that I didn't connect with Lila as the main character. I love that the narrative of her processing her grief was well done, but I found her to be a bit self-destructive and self-absorbed so I had trouble liking her as a character. When the main character is a bit "meh" for me I struggle to connect on the whole with the book.

The narrative always comes back to food references so there are "recipes" throughout the book that I felt didn't add to the story but made the book read a bit younger than I'd have liked.

My favourite part of the book was Orion who is a shining star of a character and I could just imagine him, his wool sweaters and his tea standing right in front of me. He was a perfectly written YA character.

Overall I enjoyed this but wouldn't say it's my favourite in the YA rom com area.