A review by paxyshia
Love from Scratch by Kaitlyn Hill
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
3.75 stars! It was very cute!
Definitely for you if you enjoy:
- Enemies to lovers
- Fun, flirty banter
- Feminism! Yeah!
Reese Camden is polite southern hospitality and has landed her dream internship in marketing for Friends of Flavor, her favorite food channel. She just needs to kill it this summer and land the fall internship but the only thing standing in her way is Benny, the culinary intern who’s all dimpled smiles and backward caps.
When Reese and Benny are thrown together for an impromptu video, the fans of the channel instantly fall in love with them, all their banter and all of their chemistry on screen too. After going viral, the higher ups decide to give them a small series competing against one another making food. Denying their chemistry gets harder and harder for Reese but landing that fall internship is her endgame. She has to decide what she can handle and what needs to be set aside.
📚
This one was cute! I liked it and I didn’t find myself being bored like I do with some YA books. It was romance-y but not in a weird off putting way. The book gave me The Ex Talk (by Rachel Lynn Solomon) vibes but if it were a Disney movie. It was fun and the banter was cute and flirty too.
I feel happy knowing books like this will exist for current and future teens where they’re talking about things like feminism and what falls under that topic. I think it’s important to show characters who are open to talking about things like that within relationships.
Definitely for you if you enjoy:
- Enemies to lovers
- Fun, flirty banter
- Feminism! Yeah!
Reese Camden is polite southern hospitality and has landed her dream internship in marketing for Friends of Flavor, her favorite food channel. She just needs to kill it this summer and land the fall internship but the only thing standing in her way is Benny, the culinary intern who’s all dimpled smiles and backward caps.
When Reese and Benny are thrown together for an impromptu video, the fans of the channel instantly fall in love with them, all their banter and all of their chemistry on screen too. After going viral, the higher ups decide to give them a small series competing against one another making food. Denying their chemistry gets harder and harder for Reese but landing that fall internship is her endgame. She has to decide what she can handle and what needs to be set aside.
📚
This one was cute! I liked it and I didn’t find myself being bored like I do with some YA books. It was romance-y but not in a weird off putting way. The book gave me The Ex Talk (by Rachel Lynn Solomon) vibes but if it were a Disney movie. It was fun and the banter was cute and flirty too.
I feel happy knowing books like this will exist for current and future teens where they’re talking about things like feminism and what falls under that topic. I think it’s important to show characters who are open to talking about things like that within relationships.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism and Bullying