Thursday, June 16, 2016

My Review of "Together at the Table"

Hillary Manton Lodge's Together at the Table: A Novel of Lost Loves and Second Helpings is a compelling and beautiful story of Juliette D'Alisa, a young Seattle woman who's working hard to get her fledgling restaurant -- with whom she is co-owner with Nico, her brother -- off the ground.  When, in a series of tragedies, she comes face-to-face with death -- the death of her relationship with her long-term boyfriend, and the real death of her mother.

Months later, she's dating her brother's sous chef, Adrian, who is wild about Juliette, and trying to again find her footing when her ex, Neil shows up in Seattle.  Remembering memories she thought she was over, Juliette struggles to separate the life that was with the life she has now.  It doesn't help that Neil keeps showing up in her world or that up until now Juliette never fully admitted what her heart knows; she's not over the not-so-distant past.

Together at the Table is a gentle love story that blends lots of fun recipes into the narrative.  It's a great novel for some light summer reading fare.

I received a free copy of this book as part of the Blogging for Books program in exchange for my honest review here.

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