Sweet Bean Paste

I adore stories with unlikely friendships!

The prose is simple but so beautiful. The setting felt so perfect to me. The cherry blossoms, the little shop, the sweet doriyaki, an old lady and a lost young man both with a dark past trying to make it through life... everything.

This one really surprised me. Although the story was a little predictable, it had so much depth and was really moving. Such a lovely little book.