I loved this audiobook ! I could not stop listening. The romance was so quirky and fun. Loved the small town vibes. The narrator did a great job keeping my attention. Will definitely read more books by this author.

Thank you Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for my digital arc in exchange for my honest review.

Listened at 2.5x narration speed with no issues. Enjoyed the dual POV approach, with the matching narration. I preferred the male and his voices a bit more, but the female did not in any way harm the story.

This was the classic rom-com that everyone could see coming from page one. Sage and Fisher both gave me moments of giggling, but it was Sage's brood of brothers that really struck the humor for me. Sage's rescue animals help add to the small town vibe while simultaneously adding a lightness to the story. This was just a feel-good Hallmark-esque story from beginning to end.

Overall: 4 stars (I really liked it)

**Thank you to NetGalley & Macmillan Audio for the free ALC. All opinions expressed are my own.**

Unfortunately, I will not be reviewing this title as part of the SMP boycott. Publisher aside Tarah already knows how much I love her.

Tarah DeWitt has grown so much as an author and I will be accepting no criticism of this, despite my often lean to note what I don't like in writing. Fisher and Sage smacked me across the face with their imperfect situationship and like a heat wave in the Anthropocene, thawed my ice cold heart. I am a puddle of a woman.

It’s 5 stars. Would give it over 5 stars if I could. Voice narrations deserve an award. So great!

While I do post reviews for books I enjoy, I realized that this is an SMP title after I finsihed reading, I'm holding of my review until SMP makes an public statement gaurding an employees harmful rhetoric.

This audiobook was absolutely wonderful! The story was engaging and well written. The characters were interesting and well developed. The connection between Sage and Fisher was sizzling hot. Fisher and his niece move to Spunes, Oregon. He's a big time chef that fell on some trouble at his past job. He's recently taken custody of his niece, Indy, after his sister died. He's struggling a little bit in life and decides to take a temporary job to oversee a restaurant opening in small town, Spunes. He meets Sage after a hilarious "vacuum" misunderstanding. The town doesn't take well to newcomer, Fisher, and Sage has to step in and help him. In return, Fisher will compete in the town competition. This book was so much fun. The pacing could be a bit slow at times, but it didn't deter me from continuing to listen. This one was heartwarming, funny and held my attention rom beginning to end. I can't wait to read more by this author. The narrators had great voices and really brought this book to life. Huge thanks to Macmillan audio and Netgalley for allowing me to listen and review this audiobook.

I cried… twice! I’m not a book crier and this book did it!
I was so touched by their story. Being a teacher as well I related a lot to Sage with her heart and love of animals. I adored how her mom gives her this wonderful advice, even though she’s not there. The journal oh my God, I cried like a baby. I loved Fisher and his dedication to Indy as well as his dedication to his job. It was so good so so good.

Perfect, flawless, immaculate. If Tarah writes it I will be eating it up 💅 also HONK HONK I LOVE GARY THE GOOSE 🪿

3.5 stars

I enjoyed this book but found it kinda slow. The characters were great and DeWitt covered heavy topics well but something about it didn't do it for me.

Thanks to NetGalley, St Martin's Press & MacMillan Audio for advance copies

All of the stars!!!! Infinity of them! Tarah knocked it out the park with this one and it will be the talk of the summer for sure. I just loved the connection of the characters and their relationship development. The audio was just incredible and the narrators were chosen perfectly.

An absolute GEM of a read. I read an early copy of this and getting the ALC was even better the second time around. These two narrated embodied these characters better than anyone I could’ve imagined. The story was told in such a way that highlighted just how fantastic of a story that Tarah wrote. This book had me captivated from the very beginning and I couldn’t stop listening to these two until the final words were spoken. It’s a beautiful story that was transformed in a way that you feel like it breathed new light into this book.

I loved this book. Single guardian is my favorite trope. Sage and Fisher were a lovely couple. And steamy scenes were a hot. Spoons was a wonderful small town with the usual small town shenanigans. I liked the male narrator a lot.

This review is for the audio book. This book would have had a higher rating if the story content OR the narration was exceptional. Both were just OK. The story was kind of bland, and honestly the best thing about was the notable pets. Both narrators had the problem where the voice is great for their own gender, but not good for others because they try to take their voice too high or too low. This makes it very distracting for the overall listening experience.
Thank you to netgalley for the ARC. Opinions are my own.

Tarah DeWitt’s "Savor It" is a delightful romcom set in the charming coastal town of Spunes, Oregon. Sage Byrd, reeling from a breakup and determined to prove herself, teams up with Fisher Lange, a grieving chef on sabbatical, for the town’s annual summer competition.

Their strategic alliance quickly turns into something more, filled with steamy encounters and emotional healing. DeWitt’s skillful storytelling captures the heart of small-town life, blending humor, romance, and poignant moments.

"Savor It" is a perfect summer read, brimming with charm and Big Feelings, making it Tarah DeWitt’s best work yet. Highly recommended for fans of heartfelt and spicy romance.

The narration for this one was 🧑‍🍳💋. As usual, Tarah delivered another gem. Can’t wait to see what she comes out with next!

I loved this audiobook. I finished it in a day, I couldn’t stop listening. I love a good rom com and this book did not disappoint. I loved the whole hearted characters, foodie talk and multiple relationships that were being worked on. I also really loved the narrators of this audiobook, they are two of my favorite to listen to.

3.5 stars
Having recently read Funny Feelings and falling in love with it, I was ecstatic to pick up another book by Tarah Dewitt. However, while I like her character writing and the setting of this novel, the story didn't hook me the way I was hoping it would. As I mentioned, the small town setting of this story is idyllic and dreamy, and Sage is a very sweet character, but I had a lot of issues with the pacing of this story. The pacing of Sage and Fisher's friendship and romance seemed rushed at times, and overall had an awkward timeline. Often, they were very blunt sharing their feelings and trauma with each other when I felt like they were hardly even established as friends. I did really like them as a couple once near the end of the book, but there were many moments reading this book when I couldn't tell if the romance was going to develop any more or stay in the limbo it was in. One a more positive note, I did really like the message of this book regarding career ambitions and personal happiness. As I get older, I grow weary of romances with billionaire love interests that promote idealizing wealth. Instead, I love when author's address that personal happiness should always take priority. So overall, I still love this author and this book had many elements I loved, but I feel like in it's production Savor It's marketable setting, vibes, and tropes got prioritized, when the priority should have been creating a cohesive and increasingly captivating love story.
Thank you to the publisher and Macmillan Audio for the ARC in exchange for an honest review!

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rating: 3.5
narration: 4
plot: 3.5
characters: 4
writing: 4
romance: 3.75
spice: 2.5

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°•*⁀➷ what to expect
small town
summer romance
opposites attract
he takes care of his niece
she collects animal babies
he’s a softie for her
she’s strong and independent
they both lost someone/s they love
neighbors

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°•*⁀➷ the narration
I loved the narrators, they both really brought the story and the characters to life, I ate this story up so fast because they were telling it so beautifully.

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°•*⁀➷ the plot
a cute romance in a small town named spoons that’s all about canoes. it gave me gilmore girl mixed with virgin river vibes. fisher, a chef, and his high school niece indie relocate to a small town for the summer to help start a restaurant for his boss in new york. and he meets sage who shows the two around town and helps them both heal a little bit from their grieving and discover that small towns aren’t always so bad.

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°•*⁀➷ the characters
𝜗𝜚 sage:
i loved her, she was such a fun character and reminded me of actual sunshine and i loved her personality and how she just took in all the abandoned and stray animals, like no hesitation. that’s the dream farm. how she immediately clicked with indie was so cute.


𝜗𝜚 fisher:
i love that he first attempted to be so grumpy but was an actual melted buttery cinnamon roll for sage. we love to see it. i also loved to see him recover from his slump because of his time in spoons. and his progress with indie too.

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°•*⁀➷ the writing
this is my first Tarah Dewett book and will not be my last, it was put together so well and had me giddy ready for more. The writing was fast paced but not rushed and wrote even some of the side characters as intriguing and captivating to know more about.

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°•*⁀➷ the romance
so CUTE! i loved that sage and fisher were friends first, and that she was there for indie too. she was so quirky and just absolutely adorable. she definitely gave off the vibes of being an elementary school teacher, jessica day vibes for sure. the spicy scenes were even mild and shorter than most i’ve read so it’s a great story for beginner romance readers too.

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°•*⁀➷ in conclusion,
it was another fun small town romance that had me hooked with the delightful and down to earth real-feeling characters and romance.

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𓇢𓆸 do i recommend? —yes!
tysm netgalley for the audio arc ✎

I love a cute small town romance with the sweetest love story! Fisher and Sage are  absolutely perfect together! Grumpy sunshine for sure, but it definitely works for them. Fisher is going through some changes after the loss of his sister and job in NYC and heads to a small town in Oregon with his niece. Sage has just come out of a 5-year relationship and the last thing she wants is people feeling sorry for her. When Fisher agrees to Sage's fake dating offer, he's almost certain he can win over the townspeople. As they start spending more time together, they start falling for each other. Both become vulnerable with each other and are able to build a relationship in which they support each other and most importantly, communicate. This book is fun and heartwarming, and I absolutely loved all the animals! 4 stars!
Thank you NetGalley, MacMillan Audio, and Tarah Dewitt for this lovely book!

Savor It was a delightful romance story, filled with the vibe of a small town in the Pacific Northwest, the fictional Spunes, Oregon, on the scenic Oregon coast. (Their Welcome To Spunes sign even has a sense of humor; it says “Not to be confused with Forks, Washington”!)

Sage and Fisher make a great couple. Fisher is a temporary neighbor, with his niece, for whom he has recently become the guardian. He’s in town to help set the menu and other startup details for a new restaurant for his boss. He’s a wonderful chef, but after experiencing some burnout, he was “exiled” to Spunes for the summer. New York City is his home base - talk about “geographically undesirable” for Sage! Sage is a teacher and has a magnificent garden. She is the caretaker for the neighboring house while the owners are away; Fisher and his niece are renting the place and that’s how they meet - in what is definitely not a “meet cute” situation. Their relationship goes from neighbors to friends to lovers. But what will happen when the summer ends and Fisher goes back to NYC?

Chapters are told either from Sage’s point of view (POV) or from Fisher’s. On the audiobook, there are two different narrators, but it’s not a true duet narration. The male narrator, Zachary Webber, does the chapters labeled Fisher, and the female narrator, Karissa Vacker, does the chapters labeled Sage.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Griffin and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance reader copy of this book and to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to an advance copy of this audiobook. All opinions are my own.