Great romantic read with low drama. Fast paced novel with a great build world. Perfect read for an afternoon. Arc provided by Netgalley

Into the Fire is swoony and funny and clever and so many great things that made this book such a pleasure to read from the beginning to the very end. I’m so glad I found this author and definitely be looking up more books by her. Would recommend to all book lovers out there.

Into the Fire is the first book in the Hot Nights series and the first book I have read by Amanda Usen. A nice start to this new series and I will be reading more. Jackson and Lila are good characters and make for an enjoyable read.

Incredibly good book. Lila and Jackson are the top two students at Culinary school and polar opposites .Jackson comes from a wealthy family who already own multiple award winning restaurants across the city, winning this last competition in school and the prize money is of no consequence to him.
Lila needs the money, she's in debt in loans, she's working a couple jobs and this is her second time around in school, dropping out of college as an art major and finding herself truly as a chef. She's good. The good she is, makes up for Jackson's lack of confidence. The night before the final cook off the two spend the night together and share their recipes as part of the pillow talk. Lila leaves Jackson in his bed, nervous about the test the next day and whether or not her recipe is going to be good enough, she decides at the last minute to change it. Jackson sees what she's doing as thinks she's lied to him and so decides to steal her recipe winning the final. Lila doesn't even show up for graduation.
Jackson is sure he's been betrayed and I spent most of the book hating this jack hat for the way he manipulated and treated Lila. The other half he allowed himself to be bullied by his father. When he basically blackmails Lila into working for him knowing his grand opening of his restaurant is coming soon and doesn't have the confidence in his own menu, he offers her a big fat check, buys the business she's working for and essentially forces her to work for him. She finally agrees. Oh but it's conditional. She gets nothing if he doesn't get good reviews by the NY Times. Kind of a heavy burden to put on someones shoulders. Lila and Jack definitely put out some steam and Jack doesn't care where they are. He takes when he feels like it. Lila finds herself getting in deeper and deeper with Jack, when things go wrong he blames Lila. Jacks father goes away and leaving Jack in charge of the other places he owns, Jack's running around putting out fires instead of spending time with Lila going over the menu. There is a huge gap in communication between these two and Jack is always second guessing Lila, still angry about what he perceived what her betrayal at school... when the reality is he screwed her. Along with himself. He's pretty much a prick throughout the book. He's got his tender moments that give Lila some hope when she realizes her feelings go a little further than the kitchen.
When she finally meets Jacks father and rips him a new one, she finds herself privy to some info that Jack isn't aware of, she tries to encourage Jack to talk to his father, he refuses. Opening night is coming all too quickly and Jack has something to prove. Lila has revamped the whole menu from Jack's original menu which was really good. The last part of the book hit me hard, I choked at the one scene. Nope, I kid you not. I told myself to suck it up and took a two minute time out I was so blindsided by what happened. Dumbfounded as Lila, I wandered through the rest of the book.
Jack's cruelty knows no bounds. Lila is a lovely, creative likable character and what a fantastic story.
I read this book back when it came out but am happy for the opportunity to read it again and to review it. Giving it the props it deserves. Amanda Usen writes a great story and this is no exception. This is one you won't want to miss.

*advanced copy from NetGalley and Entangled for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.*
2nd look

Fantastic read. I enjoyed this book. I was provided a complimentary copy of this book so I could give an honest review.

A quick read. Something you would read laying on the beach on vacation. Cool characters with lots of foods that will make your stomach rumble. There are are a lot of characters but not a lot of depth just a lot of fun.