There were so many things about this book that I wanted to love. I wanted to love Meg. There was a legal contract fight (guys, I'm a lawyer specializing in contracts IRL). There was food. There was forbidden love. But honestly, it just fell flat for me.

For a decade, Meg dated Matt. She was closely entwined with his family. The night before the wedding, Matt admits to cheating. She walks out of her own wedding and hasn't spoken to Matt in 2 years. She decides to forgive him and have a conversation to seek closure, but when she arrives at the hospital she learns he has dead. She runs into his brother Kyle and then reconnect and well, you see where this is going.

Meg was not a strong character. She made terrible decisions. She doesn't fight for herself from the moment she walks out of that wedding. She takes on the entire debt of the wedding. And then she doesn't fight the cookbook contract dispute. Seriously. And then there's Kyle. Ugh. He showed tremendously terrible judgment that Meg forgave way too quickly. Not to mention, Kyle and Matt's mom is just an absolutely heinous human who I would never want as a mother-in-law. I think the author was trying to show that her grief was clouding her judgment and that she was really a kind person. But ugh. Overall it just didn't work.

Additionally, the story wasn't well structured. There were sections that just went on and on and on without serving the plot in any way. There's a scene at the beginning where Meg and Kyle decide to try out LARPing. It was absolutely painful and dull. I skimmed through it.

It just didn't work for me. I'm sure others will enjoy it.

Disclosure: I was provided with a free advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.