Title: THE SOMETHING ABOUT HER
Author: Rachel Higginson
Source: eARC from author for honest review
Goodreads…
I quit life. Or at least my new job.
My new, fancy, head chef position at one of the most acclaimed restaurants in the city is not turning out like I’d hoped. I’m a mess. Totally out of my element and underqualified, I’ve been thrown into a fiery kitchen and I’m not sure I can handle the heat.
On top of that, my personal life is falling apart. And to make matters worse, my best friend's brother keeps popping up at all my worst moments to save the day.
I’ve never claimed to have it together, but I certainly don’t need a man to rescue me every time I get my heel stuck in a sewer grate. Except that’s what keeps happening.
Vann Delane is pushy and stuck up and thinks he knows everything there is to know about everything. And for whatever reason, he keeps saving me.
Not that he’s happy about it. He’s made it clear what he thinks about my money and dream job and the designer shoes he saved last weekend. He’s not impressed with me and my penchant for disaster.
I’ve decided to stay away from him. I’ve got too many other fires to put out to worry about the something between us that doesn’t have a name.
So, he can give his knight in shining armor kindness to someone else. And he can save those intense glances and butterfly-inducing smiles for the nice girl he’s looking for. And he can deny it all he wants, but I know he likes me.
He says I drive him crazy. But I know there’s something about me that he can’t deny.
My take…
He was a risk-the biggest kind.
But was he worth it?
My mind said no. My mind remembered the consequences from my life before. My mind knew how badly men could hurt, how easily they could destroy.
My heart argued a different story.
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Dillon Baptiste is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the head chef position of Bianca. But she is allowing her past and doubt and fear to overrun her emotions and tell herself she will fail before she even starts. So she looks to an unlikely ally to give her the boost to take her new job and be the best EC the town of Durham has ever know. Vann Delane.
The story was absolutely fantastic, the characters are easily loveable, and if it is at all possible to gain weight just by salivating over all the amazing foods Higginson mentions in her story, I most likely achieved it. Mercy, I need some of these foods in my life.
Dillon is one of those characters you can easily relate to. Or at least for me. Not so much about having a fat bank account but more along the lines of her insecurities. She has a past that changed her. It would anyone. And the fear of failing gripped her ferociously to the point she nearly turned her brother down on becoming the newest head chef. But I loved who she became when she was with Vann. He truly brought out the best in her. He saw who she really was. They shared this beautiful, slow burn romance. It was done to perfection.
“Always, Dillon. I’ll always save you.”
5 Stars!
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