Read this one for our reading challenge where Carina and I give each other one book to read each month during the year. I’d call this one short and sweet—and I really wish it wasn’t a novella because I liked it so much. It talks about very important topics in a really good way (according to people who are directly affected), and the characters were just so cute: the main couple Sam & Lilly, but also their friends and how welcoming they were to Sam on their night out. Those are exactly the kind of people you should surround yourself with. My general issue with novellas is that, because of the length, I sometimes can’t fully dive into the story since it feels rushed. I had that feeling here too, so it can’t quite be a full 5 stars for me.

Sooo after book one "The Kamogawa Food Detectives" was such a highlight, this one fell a bit off for me. I wasn’t as emotionally hooked, because at times it felt a bit too repetitive. In the last book this didn’t feel like a problem, since I was so invested in the main characters and their interactions with the customers, but this one lacked that a little. The emotions weren’t really there, but other than that I still had a good time. I love the different food and how it’s described. These books kind of heal my relationship with food bit by bit, and that’s really nice.