Tia Monroe is fresh out of college, in a graduate program, and trying to get a coveted internship. However, when that plan doesn't come through, and she winds up interning at a restaurant, instead, she crosses paths with a legendary food critic. As it turns out, the critic lets Tia in on a secret: he's lost his sense of taste. After listening to Tia describe the food at her restaurant, he decides to take her on as an assistant, ghostwriting his reviews.
I tried this book because I had just finished a book and wanted something quick and light. I got about halfway through and ... meh. I didn't believe the characters, and I found the story too farfetched. The funny thing is, I read a lot of science fiction and fantasy, and while I can suspend my disbelief in those stories pretty easily, I just couldn't with this book. I found Tia annoying. I couldn't quite buy it that she had been a foodie in college, and somehow, had vast enough knowledge to, right out of school, be able to assist someone in the way described in the book. I couldn't buy that the critic had the money he had. It's a lovely idea to imagine that he'd be able to have a personal shopper send Tia clothes from top-level designers (and that Tia, miraculously, has a figure to accommodate said clothes with no alteration). But, I didn't buy it.
Meh.
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