This book has a bit of everything- romance, family drama, mystery.

Newly divorced Portia leaves Texas behind to move to Manhattan. She moves into an apartment that she inherited from a great-aunt. She has a type of "sight" she calls "The Knowing"- she envisions food that she MUST cook. Eventually, she figures out who needs it and why. Due to this, she has avoided cooking for years. She reluctantly agrees to cook for the family upstairs, and the more she cooks, the harder it becomes to tamp down "The Knowing."

I typically do not enjoy books with any fantastical elements, but I did enjoy this. While the whole book is basically about "The Knowing", it is a more believable fantasy and it also is kind of in the background for a lot of the story. I really, really enjoyed Ariel.

I received a copy in exchange for an honest review.

My first was this was going to be another book about some sisters opening a café or dinner, falling in love, and being successful. I wasn’t entirely wrong, but there was so much more to this story. The Glass Kitchen is a fun, sweet, and wonderful book about three sassy and unique sisters trying to make it in Manhattan.

Portia Cuthcart is a great character. Her magical knowing powers kept me entertaining. As she figured out what to cook, not knowing why she had to cook that specific thing, I tried to guess before Linda Francis Lee let the reader in on the reason. Her relationship with Ariel and Miranda was just how a “friend” of their dad’s should be. She was the friend when they needed a friend and a mother when they needed a mother, never over stepping her boundaries. Now, her relationship with Gabriel was so complicated. The heat was obvious, the attraction a given, yet they managed to keep it separate from their everyday lives through most of the book.


I loved this book. The characters were fun and lovable, the story was entertaining and mostly believable, and I could not put it down. This is a clever and well written book that is easy to read and enjoy.