This book made me so hungry! All the food sounded delicious, even with all the whiskey that I don’t drink. I loved Liam and Kamilah, even with the issues they had. I wish we would’ve gotten a bit more of a grovel, but I really liked the whole story. Several moments made me tear up, and I love her whole family! I’m happy to have finally read this book. 

I loved this! It took me a little while to get into it cos it's 3rd person which I struggle with but I quickly flew through it, I was so invested

I'm a sucker for best friends to lovers and this didn't disappoint!! The yearning in this was so good and it wasn't like an 'i can't make a move incase I mess this up' kinda friends to lovers which does get annoying if it's dragged out for ages but as they already had a fractured relationship it didn't have that plot line

I'm normally a third act break up hater but the way in which all the drama went down, I was living for it. I was shocked and it was kinda funny. As most 3rd act break ups it was really what both the MCs needed to sort their lives out and have those important conversations that they needed with their families

- childhood best friends to ??? to lovers (they didn't speak for a long time in the middle, idk if you can call it strangers when they still lived/worked next door to each other but yea)
- fake engagement (set up by their scheming Granddad's)
- forced proximity
- only one bed
- 3rd person 

CW: parent death (flashback), grief, cancer

This book starts off with Kamilah and Liam seeming to dislike each other a lot. They have a very tightly interconnected family history. Their grandfathers are best friends and their families have grown up in each other's pockets over the years. The linchpin is the building that the grandfathers bought together decades ago. Liam's grandfather turned his half into a whiskey distillery and Kamilah's grandmother turned the other into a Puerto Rican restaurant. Their grandfathers try their hand at matchmaking and talk Kamilah and Liam into faking an engagement. They agree for their own reasons, but as time goes by they relearn why they were friends when they were younger. Their emotions continue to strengthen. I liked that they reconnected the way that they did. Both Kamilah and Liam had pretty solid walls up to protect themselves. I liked that after the third act breakup, they realized things about themselves, but that they were willing to work on themselves and still wanted a chance to love the other. This was an enjoyable read.