I am obsessed with food-themed rom-coms, but this one just missed the mark for me. I really dislike the miscommunication trope, and the way it was used in this story just made me angry.

E-ARC provided in exchange of an honest review:
3*
Pros: Sweet and wholesome. Set in the world of culinary entertainment channels, which as a massive fan, was definitely a plus to read about. Cute dates and gold-hearted main characters.
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Cons: Dialogue style not natural for young adults. Slow pacing. Forced feminism in male characters.

This was good, just not great. It touched on a lot of serious subjects that women have to deal with no matter their age which I really liked, but it also came across as a little TOO preachy at times. Don't get me wrong, the message was solid and I enjoyed the story, but it was a but too much for my personal preference in a small-ish book. Definitely worth the read though. Don't let me personal preference sway you.

Thank you to Netgalley, Random House Children’s and Delacorte Press for the opportunity to read this advanced reader copy. This honest review was based off my experience reading an ARC, which in no way biased me.

What you see is what you get here, if you’re picking this book up for a cute romcom, that’s exactly what you’re going to get.

A cooking show with a sprinkle of romance, and of course you gotta add in some high stakes. Two interns improvise a video and it goes viral. The internet starts to ship them and all is well until there’s only one spot for a job, and they BOTH want it.

It’s a YA/NA romance (closed door romance). It’s low angst and high fun.

This was an adorable YA book with food involved. I'm ALWAYS interested in those type of books. This was cute and fun and loved the back and forth with our characters and of course all the cooking. A cute, fun YA romance read for the summer!

This was more than just a cute young adult. There were very important topics discussed such as equality in men and women, and how very real sexism is. I enjoyed the cooking competition aspect and it made me very hungry. I would’ve loved to see more actual romance and build up between the two.

You can expect:

* Cooking competition
* Witty Banter
* Laugh out loud romcom
* Workplace romance

This romcom far exceeded my expectations! I went into this one expecting nothing more than a fun romance between teens on a cooking show (which, don't get me wrong - is amazing)... but this story really ended up being so much about female empowerment, the toxicity of social media, and gender differences online. The romance itself is sweet and progresses in such a nice way throughout the novel. Reece, our main character, is feisty and funny, and everything that I love about YA mc's.

I also love a good competition, and especially one surrounding food, sprinkled into my romances, and this one was no exception! Kaitlyn did a fantastic job balancing the romance, with the fun of the competition, and the tension of the hate to love aspect. I can’t wait to read more from her!

This was an interesting book where they talk alot about how woman are treated differently when going for the same position. In this story our 2 main character have different experiences but are working on a cooking show together. Through out the book you see how Reese is treated differently then her male counterpart Benny. You see all the different things she had to over come to get where she is and how social media can hurt someone self esteem. This was a good book for anyone who has been in that situation with social media.

A cute romance. Nothing too special in it and it was quite predictable. I appreciated the deeper themes mixed with the fluff.

** Thanks to Netgalley for a free copy of this Arc in exchange for an honest review. **

Holy bait and switch batman. When I requested this, I thought it was going to be a cute and fluffy romcom. What I got instead was a 300+ page diatribe about sexism in the workplace that was so overt and wholly unbelievable that I felt like I was watching a required HR video for the duration.

I didn't like the book. Don't read on if you don't want spoilers.

Reese is southern. This isn't relevant but it's important to the author that you know this. Don't forget. It's her main personality trait. She's practically one of the County Bears. From her cowboy boots to her down home roots. Don't forget it.

She has landed an internship the summer before her freshman year (lol what?) at what is some weird mix between Tasty and Buzzfeed. She immediately falls for her costar, Benny, despite the fact that he looks like a characture of a frat boy. She can't help it and neither can you. Benny is auditioning for the role of Jesus.

The CEO of the company all but wolf whistles at Reese and his eyes pop out of his head a la Roger Rabbit. Her other boss doesn't know her name, and she isn't taken seriously. Not because she's a clueless marketing intern blindly trying to cook her way at a professional standard, but because she is a WOMAN.

Also, people on the internet are really mean. Not just the public at large, but specifically her graduating class from her rural Kentucky high school. Reese has the reputation for being a slut. Despite being a virgin, and only having one boyfriend. Her hometown didn't bat an eye at a senior boy dating a freshman girl. But when she refused to put out, he broke up with her and told everyone she was pressuring him and threatening his purity. This scandal so rocked the community that when Reese found mild popularity on a web series five years later, people came out of the woodwork to expose her scarlet letter and RUIN HER at an internet food video con.

I just want to be clear that Reese isn't a slut for not putting out, and had she been ready and slept with this boyfriend back in highschool she still wouldn't be a slut. Every school has sexually active teens, teens who have unplanned pregnancies, and much more. This sort of thing would not be news. Certainly not news five years later. And if this managed to work itself into your work place, no one over the age of eighteen is going to bat an eye. This is absurd. As is two adults kissing outside of a hotel room in a hotel where the entire staff is staying. You would think these two were part of the Beatles for the media storm this caused in the book.

This book was ridiculous. It's not a romance in any sense of the word. The cover betrays what you're going to get from this. Beware.

Cute book, overall. I liked how the relationship developed between Reese and Benny. I also liked how the book dealt with some equality issues without being heavy-handed.

I got a little tired of Benny's nicknames for Reese. I also felt like the ending was resolved too quickly.

What’s the internship of your dreams? For Reese it was working marketing for the network that produced her favorite cooking shows that got her through some tough times during high school. But she’s not the only intern this summer vying to get to stay on in the fall. Enter Benny, with his backwards cap, muscles, and ability to whip up anything into an Italian dish.

When the other Food and Friends stars are away at a conference Benny and Reese get thrown in front of the camera to film a quick recipe demo that’s mainly improv on their part. One and done right? Wrong the audience loved them and they decide to make Amateur Hour a regular thing. Reese is hesitant, but goes along with it because she wants to make a good impression. And things only get more complicated when feelings start to arise and their fun show gets turned into a competition, not just for the viewers but for the fall internship. To Reese it seems Benny is going to be the perfect fit, especially after a few encounters with the owner make it clear he only sees her as a nice pair of legs.

As the comments start rolling in one thing is clear. The fans seem to love Benny and think Reese needs to go back home. Will she succumb to all the negativity and give up? Or can she find to strength to get past the comments?

Alright ya’ll, when I say that is now one of my absolutely favorite books I’m not kidding. I was laughing, I was cheering, I was pumping my fist in the air at how excited I was when Reese overcame her insecurities and rose up banded together with some of the other awesome ladies of the company to make a feminism cooking show.

My only complaint which isn’t much, I just wish there was more the the girls banning together and it wasn’t so condensed into the end.

But I loved this book so much and I’ll recommend it to anyone looking for a feel good book. It’s perfect for some summer vibes or if you just want to feel a little hungry with the amazing food descriptions. Do us all a favor and read this!!

oh this book was so cute and made me want all the foods they talked about in the book! one of my favorite YA's I've read of late!

cute!!!! loved this rom com. as a lover of gordon ramsay, i appreciated the setting and occupations of the characters!!!

Really cute story and I love that the characters have a lot of personality to them. This would be a great book, for any fan of the romance genre!

This was a cute read and if you love food and romance, you will definitely enjoy Love From Scratch.

I received a free copy of this book via NetGalley and the publisher. This is my honest and personal review.

This is a cute story. But there is nothing unexpected in it. The story uses many of the romance tropes which is not a bad thing, but also means that it's just average. Reese Camden made no sense to me. She claimed to be an avid watcher of "Friends of Flavor", so much so that she wanted a job working there, but she also didn't know the ingredients to macarons. It was like in trying to make her an underdog, the author made her an idiot. I spent so much of the book annoyed at the way Reese was handling things that I struggled to care if she got what she really wanted in the end. I do think people (especially teenagers) will enjoy the relationship between Benny and Reese, and I like that Reese found herself in the end. However, the good couldn't make up for the bad, so in the end only 3 stars.

This is such a great debut book with a fresh take on young adult - new adult romance.

With all of the recent books featuring cooking competitions it was great to get a new spin on this with the internship competition and the online show aspect.

All of the characters are so well-written and so unique. You really didn't expect the backstories to be what they were. It was also great to see the explanations for what women deal with in the world and the workplace and to see non-female presenting characters start to understand the struggle and figure out how they can help.

The romance here feels natural and progresses at a believable level. The competitors to friends to lovers concept is a nice take on the enemies to lovers idea.

A very light read, the romance was light, almost more on the YA side. Cute, and the characters are very loveable.