ARC Review: Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe: A Novel with Recipes [Paperback]

I've finished "Meet Me at the Cupcake Cafe" by Jenny Colgan.

Product Description

A sweet and satisfying novel of how delicious it is to discover your dreams

Issy Randall can bake. No, Issy can create stunning, mouthwateringly divine cakes. After a childhood spent in her beloved Grampa Joe's bakery, she has undoubtedly inherited his talent. She's much better at baking than she is a filing so when she's laid off from her desk job, Issy decides to open her own little café. But she soon learns that her piece-of-cake plan will take all of her courage and confectionary talent to avert disaster.

Funny and sharp, Meet Me at the Cupcake Café is about how life might not always taste like you expect, but there's always room for dessert!

Product Details
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (July 2, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402281803
ISBN-13: 978-1402281808 

My Review:

I enjoyed the recipes that were included (they sound very yummy)

I couldn't really get into this one because to me it was missing something again but it's hard to explain.  I didn't find it very funny and to me it wasn't really engaging.

DNF

Thanks Sourcebooks for sending me this ARC to review, greatly appreciated!

ARC Review: A Shot of Sultry (Sultry Springs) [Mass Market Paperback]

I've finished "A Shot of Sultry" by Macy Beckett.

Product Description

Welcome to Sultry Springs, Texas: where home can be the perfect place for a fresh start.

For West Coast filmmaker Bobbi Gallagher, going back to Sultry Springs is a last resort. But with her career in tatters, a documentary set in her hometown might be just what she needs to salvage her reputation. She just can't let anything distract her again. Not even the gorgeous contractor her brother asked to watch over her. As if she can't handle filming a few rowdy Texans.

Golden boy Trey Lewis, with his blond hair and Technicolor-blue eyes, is a leading man if Bobbi ever saw one. He's strong and confident and — much to her delight — usually shirtless. He thinks keeping his best friend's baby sister out of trouble will be easy. But he has no idea of the trouble in store for him.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (March 5, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402270399
ISBN-13: 978-1402270390

My Review:

I didn't really like this book and didn't finish it!

I didn't find the characters that engaging, hated the description of the heroine (Size C Cups) and the last straw was when the heroine smacked the hero when he prevented her from seeing her brother (the hero didn't have any idea the brother who is his best friend had a sister - he thought she wanted to make trouble for his friend who is happily married).

DNF