I really wanted to like this book.

First of all, the idea of the emotions of the cook infusing the food is not new. It was borrowed from Like Water For Chocolate. But I could think of all kinds of fun things the author could have done with this to take the idea to a new level. But no. On top of that, the thing with the brother was not clear, the thing with the father went nowhere--two more big story opportunities left lacking. Just not a well written book. I stuck with it to the end hoping it would somehow come together but it ended up being entirely unsatisfying.

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