Friday 31 August 2018

Book Review - A Recipe For Disaster by Belinda Missen

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Title: A Recipe For Disaster 
Author: Belina Missen
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Netgalley
Publisher: HQ Digital
Publication Date: 7th August 2018
Rating: 4 Stars

Life’s not always a piece of cake…
Meet Lucy, master wedding cake baker, idealistic school canteen crusader, and someone whose broken heart just won’t seem to mend…

Lucy is quietly confident that she has made the right choices in life. Surrounded by friends and family in a small country town, Lucy can easily suppress the feeling that something is missing from her life.

But when a blast from the past arrives in the form of her estranged husband, international celebrity chef Oliver Murray, Lucy’s carefully constructed life begins to crumble beneath her like overbaked meringue.

Is Oliver’s return all business or is it motivated by something more?

A Recipe for Disaster starts long after most love stories would have ended, proving it is never too late to offer someone a second slice of cake or a second chance.

Lucy and Oliver are married but have been separated for three years until he suddenly returns to her life in a big way. 

Lucy is a baker and Oliver a top chef and he wants her to work with him in his new restaurant - but they haven't exactly seen eye to eye for ages.  In fact most of the interactions between the pair are not exactly smooth conversations, and usually ends up with at least one angry person. 

What is for certain though is that Lucy is a fabulous baker, and the cakes and desserts she creates are impressive and she is generally quite a fiery character. 

However for a book that on paper features everything I love in a story, it just felt like something was missing but I can't put my finger on it that would have taken it from a good book to a fabulous one.  I just didn't seem to connect to any of the characters particularly well, which never helps. 

It was good to see a book set in a small town in Australia where even the nearest big city was a not that close which just shows how large the country really is.  

This is a will they, wont they story about Oliver and Lucy's relationship, and whether they can learn to work together or whether everything will end up in divorce.  It keeps you guessing until the end.  

This is a lovely debut novel from the author and I would certainly be interested in reading more from her in the future. 

Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily. 

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