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Two high school BFFs reunite and endeavor to fix each other’s lives in this geeky romance from the author of Love, Comment, Subscribe. Tam Doan dumped her boyfriend after he threw away her gourmet cheese. Sure, it’s a little more complicated than that, but the point is, he had it coming. Newly single and unemployed, Tam calls up her best friend from high school and utters the emergency code word—goldfish. Next thing she knows, she’s on a plane back home. Josh O’Malley was a troubled, unconfident teenager. Now he’s the successful owner of a multimillion-dollar ghost kitchen. Tam, his high school BFF and fellow member of the Nerd Herd friend group, was instrumental in building his self-esteem. When she calls him out of the blue, he jumps at the chance to return the favor. Josh and Tam immediately get to work fixing her life—but again, it’s complicated. Their close friendship was always a lifeline between them; a blooming romance might confuse things. Still, at least one thing is for certain: their chemistry is un-brie-lievable.
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Tam is overworked and her boyfriend of six years is a tool. She comes home unexpectedly one weekend to find him in bed with another woman and that, even worse, he's thrown out her special cheese. She turns to her best friend forever, Josh, who is back home in California. She goes out to visit, gets fired, and needs to figure out what to do with her life.
There are a lot of sweet moments in this book. Tam and Josh's friend group are a great bunch of ride or die folks who really pull together to support her (despite her ex-bf isolating her from them for years). Tam and Josh's connection is so so strong.
But I almost DNFed. There's a whole series of job shadow chapters for Tam that fell really flat. And there's a caricature of a woman who throws herself at Josh, who wasn't great. The writing style wasn't always the most fluid for me to read.
I persevered and made it to the end. It's a cute, light book, with a lot of cheese references. And I could really go for some nice cheese now.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.