Can we just start with the cover? The cover of Savor It by Tarah DeWitt is gorgeous & screams to be read/listened to during the summer. This is a sweet, small town romance & would be the perfect beach read. The narrators are incredible & only add to the story. There is humor & spice & romance- the perfect recipe for a beachy, summer read & DeWitt manages to give us just the right amount of all these things! Add this to your summer TBR.

Thank you NetGalley & Macmillan Audio for an ARC copy in exchange for my honest review.

Such a sweet small-town romance! If girl next store and small-town romances are your thing, add this to your summer TBR list! I really enjoyed this book, but I will say the relationship moved fast and I didn't feel super connected to the characters as a result. The characters are likable, but I lacked the emotion I usually feel with these types of romance tropes. I had the pleasure of listening to the audio version, and the narrators were A+!!!! I always appreciate a separate female/male narrator. If you are an avid audio book listener like me, you may recognize Zachary Webbers voice from other favorites. He is one of my favorite narrators and this character fit him well!

Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ARC.

Savor It was a fun and cute story that will make a great beach read for the summer. I didn't grow too attached to the characters, but overall I enjoyed the concept.... (Spunes?! How cute is that?!) This is an easy and lighthearted small town romance read that will surely be a hot of the summer.

Really enjoyed this!

A sweet yet slightly angsty summer romance. It had just enough pain to make my heart ache but a lot of sweetness and love to make the taste less bitter. I loved our quirky, yet not too quirky, heroine. Our broody yet kind hero who is trying to do his best by his niece.

Fisher and his niece, Indy, end up in Spunes, Oregon to get his head on straight and set up a restaurant for his boss. They both has a lot pain and confusion to work through. Neither of them really wants to be there but this is a chance to shake it off and have a summer away from the stress of the big city.

Fisher doesn't want to get close to anyone here so he is quite wary of his sweet neighbor, Sage. Her and her small menagerie of animals are poised to steal his and Indy's hearts. That dang goose, I swear! He tries to keep her at arms length but she just might be his chance at redemption.

Sage knows how to navigate small town politics and personalities and in exchange for his help during the Festival of Spunes, she'll help Fisher win over the town. Of course, as they do this, falling is inevitable. But Summer won't last forever.

Have your tissues ready and keep your heart open. Because this book is gonna get ya. It felt a bit slow in some aspects around the middle but I enjoyed all the characters and the story. I REALLY hope Tarah isn't done with Spunes... there are many stories left to tell here.

Also, I listened to the audio, which was wonderfully performed by Zachary Webber & Karissa Vacker. Very enjoyable.

ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | 𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥: 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀

𝐀𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞! 𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐫, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐬, 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞!! 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐦-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐲/𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝.

𝐻𝓊𝑔𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝒯𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒽 𝒟𝑒𝓌𝒾𝓉𝓉, 𝑀𝒶𝒸𝓂𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶𝓃 𝒜𝓊𝒹𝒾𝑜, & 𝒩𝑒𝓉𝒢𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓎 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒜𝑅𝒞! 𝒜𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝓅𝒾𝓃𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝓎 𝑜𝓌𝓃.

Savor It: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Tarah DeWitt

“Something tells me I couldn’t have you pegged in a decade, let alone a few days, Sage. But even I can tell that you’re vast.”

New to town, Fisher's just trying to boost his reputation and regain his inspiration. His next door neighbor Sage needs the town of Spunes, Oregon (not to be confused with Forks, Washington) to get off her back about her ex-boyfriend. And so, an agreement is made for the length of the summer but summer won't last forever...

Tropes:
– Small town romance
– Fake dating with benefits
– Forced proximity (neighbors)
– Single guardian

Here's the thing. I almost want to hate this book. I want to hate it because Savor It has essentially spelled out to me–with albeit witty words with a deceptively humorous lilt–that I will never find the pure, wholesome, untainted, head-in-the-clouds, worth-savoring love that Fisher and Sage have. But I can't hate it. So instead, I love it with every part of me.

There's something about this book that made me feel like I was being stabbed repeatedly because I related to Sage way too much for comfort sometimes and the story made me feel like hey, maybe there is a Fisher out there who could love a silly, too-sweet girl like me too. Maybe I'll have to move to Spunes to find it. Don't threaten me with a good time. Mixed in with the impeccable wit and humor and the love and feelings, there are so many quotes in this that really speak to the soul:

"I would love to find a person of my own, but I refuse to let not having a partner preclude me from enjoying my life. It’d just be nice to share it with someone who appreciates and loves me as is." I mean are you kidding me? This is my whole entire life right now, where everyone seems to be moving on with their life and their relationships and finding their forever happy and I'm just here. I don't want to talk about how much this quote impacted me.

“So don’t think I choose those things just because I’m too nice. I’m not. I’m fully capable of deciding I want to do something because of how it makes me feel.” As someone who is constantly told she is too nice, this is refreshing. I can and will do things that I other people may want me to because it makes me feel good. And that's fine. Sure, I'm still working on the other side of this coin, which is doing things just to make other people happy, but that's a battle for another day.

"Because who am I to want something bigger for myself when so often I’ve been made to feel like the things I love are frivolous, anyway?"
Oh my God, please leave me alone I literally want to cry.

I loved every moment of this book. The audio is an absolute delight as well. Zachary Webber can do no wrong and while Karissa Vacker is new to me, I thought she did a phenomenal job of being Sage. The sweetest book that feels like a warm hug yet will simultaneously gut you from the inside out.

With tons of swoon-worthy moments mixed with impeccable wit, Tarah DeWitt mastered this small-town romance that will make you feel things you never knew you could before.

Well written steamy love story that makes you think about relationships with others. Great story. I loved the small town setting and dilemma involved with it. Good depth to the characters as well.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan Audio, and Netgalley for review copies (ebook & audio). All opinions are slightly unhinged but they are my own.

I was blown away by this book. Tarah really went all out when it comes to character development, angst, grief, jokes, swoon, spice, and just all the emotions. Fisher’s grumpiness (mostly a product of his career imploding and questioning so many life decisions) juxtaposed with Sage’s sunshine (which was way more complicated than her cheerful demeanor let on) was a perfect balance. I’m always a sucker for guardianship romances and this was one of the best ones I’ve read, accurately capturing the feelings of uncertainty and guilt when it comes to parenting a teen unexpectedly following a traumatic loss. I cannot recommend this book enough, and do yourself a favor and treat-yo-ears to the audiobook: Karissa Vacker and Zachary Webber are phenomenal in their ~9 hour performance.

I highly suggest the audiobook, this was such a good small town romance. I loved the dynamics between Sage and Fisher, their relationship was so mature, but playful at the same time.

I really loved this book!! I will always be a PNW girl so I knew I had to read this book when I discovered the Oregon coast was the setting for this story. I was screaming when my hometown was mentioned and I knew exactly what brewery Tarah was referring to.

I was smiling from the very beginning of this book. The goofy, flirtatious and witty banter was perfect and had me laughing out loud multiple times. The instant chemistry between Sage and Fisher was palpable and I thought their relationship was refreshing. I loved the vulnerability between them and how supportive they were of each other. Watching the relationship between Fisher and his nice blossom through the book was so heartwarming. I loved how they navigated their shared experience of grief and loss, ultimately discovering what they truly wanted and where they belonged.

Small town romances have my heart and this one did not disappoint. I highly recommend adding this book to your summer TBR! I listened to this book and really enjoyed the dual POV narration. I thought Karissa Vacker and Zachary Webber did an amazing job and helped add to the story.

FIVE STARS!

PLEASE let me live in a place like Spunes, Oregon someday!!! I adore a small town, even if I am terrible at small talk and want to be by myself. Every small town needs a grumpy old lady, right?!

This one was an immediate YES from me when I saw Zachary Webber as the mmc narrator. Zachary and Karissa Vacker were the perfect pair for this story!

Sage Byrd is learning to love her small world. Her home, her hobby farm and the strange collection of animals she cares for. All this after being s c r e w e d over by the towns golden-boy, stupid Ian and his just returned to town (used to be friends with Sage) fiancé.

Fisher Lange is a Michelin star chef trying to get his crap together after losing his sister, himself and his star. A temporary move to Spunes with his niece, who he has custody of, is just what he needs even if he doesn't realize it.

These two had a road to go for sure. Drawn to each other but both with goals that won't allow them to stay together they just decide to make the best of the time they have. What will they do when they realize summer is almost over and their time is almost up?

I loved this book so much. I laughed and cried and felt all the things. Highly recommend adding to your end of May TBR. With a release of May 21st it's just the book to send you into summer.

MEGA HUGE thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan Audio and Tarah DeWitt for the opportunity to read and review this book.

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Savor It is the ultimate romance read that delivers a perfect blend of sizzle, spice, and heartwarming charm.
Set in the quaint coastal town of Spunes, Oregon, this romcom serves up a delectable mix of small-town shenanigans and steamy summer romance. Sage Byrd, our spirited protagonist, teams up with Fisher Lange, a once-hotshot chef turned reluctant summer consultant, in a strategic alliance to conquer the town's annual Festival of Spunes and win back their mojo.
With witty banter, sizzling chemistry, and a dash of emotional depth, the author crafts a story that will have you laughing, swooning, and rooting for love against all odds. From misfit animals on Sage's hobby farm to the mouthwatering culinary delights of Fisher's kitchen, every page is infused with irresistible charm.
Savor It is a must-read for anyone craving a taste of sunshine, laughter, and love.
The narrators did a fantastic job of bringing this story to life. I loved my listening experience with this book!
Thank you to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

Savor It is full of small-town charm and a swoon-worthy romance!

Fisher finds himself in Spunes, Oregon after a career shattering move in NYC. He’s given a second chance to prove himself as a chef but needs to create a menu for a new restaurant to do so. He is back in a small-town after hating the one he grew up in – but this one comes with some surprises.

I loved Fisher and Sage. Sage is such a wonderful woman and I loved her relationship with the townspeople and her absolute resourcefulness. She’s smart and savvy and I loved that she didn’t try to hide her emotions. There were so many layers to these characters that their lives and relationships felt real. The relationship Fisher has with his niece was also so sweet to see develop.

This is a classic romance, with a little romcom but added spice. It’s got something for everyone to be honest!

Huge compliments to Karissa Vacker and Zachary Webber as well! They narrated the dual POV and they added so much to the story! Pick this up for an emotional, cozy romance!

Oh my gosh this was absolutely adorable! I loved the narrators performances. They both really knocked it out of the part with this one. Shoutout to Karissa Vacker for making Fisher so hot! The narrators really brought this book to the next level. The book itself was lovely too. I fell for both of the characters and I was rooting for them to find a way to each other. A book about treasuring the present and appreciating the small things hit hard because I'm currently in the middle of some major transitions. As a result this book made me emotional in the best way. It was sweet and steamy in perfect balance and the emotional development had me swooning! If you're looking for small town romance with a summer fling that quickly gets serious this is the book for you!

This was an enjoyable audio, I loved the story the first time as well. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this gifted arc.

I know a lot of people like this book, but it just fell flat for me. I couldn't get into the characters and the storyline was bland to me.

Savor It by @authortarahdewitt 👨🏻‍🍳🐈💐

This story is sweet—no pun intended.

Small town, girl next door, gardening, animal loving, people pleasing, guarded heart Sage and big city Michelin star chef turned guardian to his teenage niece after her mom (his sister) passes tragically Fisher are a pair made in…trauma bonding and stolen, romantic moments?

Oh, and don’t forget the fake dating to really sell it.

Everything about this book makes my heart sing—the copious rescue animals on Sage’s farm, the mentions of Marionberries (my Oregonian heart is so happy), and the sassy, teenage niece.

✨ Grumpy x Sunshine
✨ Michelin Star Chef
✨ Girl Next Store
✨ Fake Dating
✨ Opposites Attract
✨ Life After Loss
✨ Small Town

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

ohmygod i loved this SOOO MUCH
like how did she do this? what did she put in these pages? is it crack? i DEVOURED this book.
once i started reading it, i couldnt stop. everything about this was so perfect.
-their meet cute was completely adorable
- the way he fell So Hard for her
- the exploration of grief
- i loved the small town setting
ugh im obsessed

Small town romance is a favorite genre of mine, and Savor It is an elite example. Sage and Fisher’s relationship building is swoon-worthy. The town of Spunes and all its inhabitants are hilarious and heartwarming. The rescue animals tugged at my heartstrings. The challenges Fisher and his niece Indy face in trying to understand and adapt to each other was a nice touch. It is a novel to be savored !!!

Fisher is in need of a reboot. As a top chef he has lost his zest for cooking, lost a coveted Michelin star and his kitchen. Now he has to deal with all of the other parts of his life and the feelings that come along with it. He is mourning and missing his sister, trying to figure out how to parent his niece who is so very angry. Her anger is mostly at him, but also at the loss of her amazing mother, and while he is trying to get it together, he is also trying to get his mojo back and just get through the day. When his boss offers him an opportunity to spend time in a small town with his niece. oversee the new restaurant construction and create a menu he packs them up and heads to the small town and his niece is not happy. There he meets Sage. A sweet, kind, animal loving woman who is sometimes a little too bubbly woman (cavity inducing sweetness that doesn’t seem real, but keep going as she gets more real) who is struggling with her own issues, but is also a ray of sunshine to all who know her. They are opposites in so many ways. She loves her small town and never wants to leave it. He and his niece have a very different opinion and want nothing more than for the summer to be over and high tail it out of there. The best laid plans! There is a definite spark between them and after some initial weirdness between them, her brothers, her ex and his new girlfriend (her friend…small towns yikes!) they decide to help each other out. Fake dating will serve each of them in ways they need. Then when real feelings get in the way will they figure it out or be broken hearted? It’s a really sweet, will they/won’t they, teenager finding her way all around nice story.