Kay Claire's Reviews > Chef's Choice

I absolutely LOVED this! I don't really remember much about Chef's Kiss because I read it so long ago, but I adored this book.

I absolutely loved Luna as a character. There was one point in the story where I wasn't fully invested in the romance yet, and realised that actually, I didn't even care. I just loved Luna so much that I'd happily have continued listening to her do anything and have been happy.

But JP grew on me a lot throughout the book. It was very obvious that he is head-over-heels for Luna from very early on. I also really enjoyed that the two characters' ideas on queerness are very different (JP believing that passing is the main goal as a trans person and that he's straight so Luna and he are in a straight relationship, while Luna believes trans people shouldn't have to pass to be treated with respect, and she's trans and pansexual so any relationship she's in will never be straight even if she is dating a man). I liked that they both took time to reflect on each other's opinions and apologised to each other. They're both from completely different cultures and upbringings, and have a language-barrier, so having different opinions on their queerness is to be expected. I also enjoyed seeing the American idea of queerness (even if I do agree with it) be questioned by a character that's not American.

I love T4T romances, I definitely need to find more of them. I loved the intimacy for the character doing their HRT treatments together, and also the discussions they had before sex.

Also, the scenes where the two of them made each other's favourite foods were ADORABLE. And the shenanigans with Luna understanding more French than JP knew was delightful.

Yeah, I loved everything about this book. Highly recommend.