New year brings a redesigned look for my recipe and review series, Can’t wait to hear what y’all think about it and Work in Progress by Kat MacKenzie.
From thevery first moment Alice and Robbie meet, they don’t have a meet-cute, they have a meet-ugly. He thinks she’s and entitled American brat, she thinks he’s an inconsiderate Scottish bastard. They hate each other, until they don’t.
In the process, they share a lovely, middle of the night snack, I couldn’t help but try to replicate: 2AM chicken sandwiches with homemade mayo and pints.
I wish I had the ability to make tea with scones and clotted cream, ans rhey often had in this book, but it proved too complex for this format.
“Truce? He asked. “Well, only temporarily, of course. Until we refuel. Then we can go back to trying to kill each other with renewed vigor.”
“Truce,” I agreed…..
“How about a sandwich and a pint? Will it do, do you think?”… Together we moved around, busily slicing bread, shaving chunky cuts of roast chicken, washing and chopping the tomatoes and lettuce, and sourcing various cheeses and condiments…. “You’ll have to wait a bit longer to give me time to make a proper mayonnaise, and after seeing that look on your face, I don’t trust you enough to turn my back on you for even a second.”
“Make a mayonnaise? Mayonnaise isn’t something that’s made… it’s something that’s bought… in a gallon jar… at Walmart.”
His eyes widened dramatically, and he scoffed. “I rescind the former compliment. You have no taste…”
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“The only way I’d warm up to you is if I set you on fire first”
Summary:
Alice needs a fresh start. After her horrible breakup, losing her job, nothing seems to be going right. She makes a sour of the moment decision and books a UK literary , women only, bus tour that promises camaraderie and fun. But finds a bus full of elderly ladies plus one irritating and handsome Scottish driver.
My thoughts:
- I really love this one. Mention Jamie Fraser and send me traipsing around Scotland too please!
- I enjoyed the travel romance concept. And a literary tour of the UK sounds like a dream. It made for a fun reading, looking up the different places they visited. The characters always going and seeing something new.
- I liked that the side characters where this troupe of lovely elderly ladies, they acted like loving grandmas, and took Alice under their collective wings. Providing her with much needed wisdom, and a good dose of gossip and showing her, that her initial impression was so wrong.
- Many of the situations were a bit far fetched, but still made for funny and entertaining moments that had me laughing despite the unlikelihood of it all.
- Part of the plot does relies on miscommunication or misunderstanding, it’s a trope I don’t usually likeC it was undertsadable due to the circumstance, but still always wish for the characters to speak like adults to each other.
- I loved the slow burn relationship development between Alice and Robbie. Once they got over their aversion, they really had time to get to spend time together and get to know each other well.
- This is a relative low spice book with no explicit scenes, so if youre into romance with closed doors or barely open, this is a great choice for you.
- Loved the nods to tons of books, characters, settings.
Overall, I think this was a great This was a debut novel and I will happily await more books by this author.
Thank you @avonbooks for the gifted copy of the book.
Would you go on a literary tour? What would your destination be?
Enjoy!
For the love of Libros 