This is a cute room rom com. One thing I struggled with is how miserable the main character was. It just went on for so long that I struggled to get into the story.

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc in exchange for an honest review!

3.75/5 stars! A meet cute set at a cookie factory?!?!?!? Sign me up. Karina is the ultimate "I don't need anyone" independent heroine. There's a difference between being independent, however, and being a raging man-hater. This story got old in that area for a bit. Once Karina is able to get over that angle, however, I really enjoyed the chemistry between her and Ian.

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This book started off with the cookie descriptions and ended with the recipes which was SUCH sweet addition and I really loved it, I haven't seen it before!

I struggle with insta-love books so this moved a bit too quickly for my liking. However I liked Karina and her relationship with her friends and Ian was a wonderful love interest.

This was so good, I ate this up! It was a delicious romance. I was absolutely vested in this this and could not stop thinking about it.
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Karina works at a cookie company called Singular Cookies. Lacey is the levelheaded CEO of the company. Lacey has started dating someone new, and Karina worries that her new romance is clouding her judgment and causing her to lose focus at work. Lacey and her uncle, Roy, started the company together and Karina has been there since the beginning. Karina was the maid working for Roy at the time that the started the company.

Ian is the hot new mechanic. He and Karina have an immediate attraction and quickly fall into bed together. She wants it to be temporary. She was taught that love is foolish and she should only rely on herself. Karina’s mother made her believe that love was a waste of time and she has held on to that her whole life. Will her feelings for Ian change how she feels about relationships? Or will she be stuck in her ways?

I enjoyed all of the information about making and developing cookies. I love that the author included cookie recipes at the end of the book too. I can’t wait to try some!

The book had some heavy topics, and I appreciated the author’s notes at the end of the book. The notes helped explain her thought process and the intent and research that went into creating the story.

I loved the idea of Karina having a found family at her work, and it helped her to realize that she was capable of doing anything that she put her mind to. She needed to believe in herself and her abilities.

Thanks to NetGalley and Alcove Press for an ARC of this book.