Chef's Kiss SC
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Now that college is over, English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something...anything...related to his passion for reading and writing. But interview after interview, hiring committee after hiring committee, Ben soon learns getting the dream job won't be as easy as he thought. Proofreading? Journalism? Copywriting? Not enough experience. It turns out he doesn't even have enough experience to be a garbage collector! But when Ben stumbles upon a "Now Hiring--No Experience Necessary" sign outside a restaurant, he jumps at the chance to land his first job. Plus, he can keep looking for a writing job in the meantime. He's actually not so bad in the kitchen, but he will have to pass a series of cooking tests to prove he's got the culinary skills to stay on full-time. But it's only temporary...right? When Ben begins developing a crush on Liam, one of the other super dreamy chefs at the restaurant, and when he starts ditching his old college friends and his old writing job plans, his career path starts to become much less clear. Watch things start to really heat up in the kitchen in this queer new adult debut graphic novel, written by Jarrett Melendez, illustrated by Danica Brine, colored by Hank Jones, and lettered by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.
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A cute little romance book that delivered just the vibes I was looking for on a Wednesday afternoon.
It's a 3.5 rounded up to a 4. Edit: Moved down to a three after letting it sit for a bit.
I really enjoyed the artwork; but I didn't really connect with the story.
Going into this, I was expecting a romance, and the romance is really an afterthought. The love interest really doesn't feature that much.
The main focus is on Ben meeting culinary challenges to be hired permanently at a restaurant, and his home life with his housemates. I'm not at all interested in food so, to be fair, those sections aren't really my jam. Plus, Ben was a bit of a Mary Sue in the cooking department, making changes to the recipes of experienced, trained chefs and miraculously elevating the dishes. There was never any tension that Ben might not pass the challenges.
The restaurant pig was cute... but was a really weird inclusion the didn't really jibe with the tone of the rest of the book.
I liked how it showed Ben and his housemates' life after college and supporting each other, though the programmer housemate (forget his name) could have been entirely cut without affecting anything at all. But, it was nice, and gave the story some heart.
Ultimately, I was expecting something different and wasn't super into the cooking stuff, which is totally on me picking up a book called “Chef's Kiss”. But in spite of this I still enjoyed it well enough. I think if you like food and the romance isn't your priority, you might dig this.
