Her passion and drive as so clear that I have no doubt she would be able to do incredible things whether she ends up in culinary school or otherwise. She loves romance novels, especially the Bridgerton series, boba, and The Great British Baking Show. Liza is characterized with such specificity that I feel as though I know her. Yang’s taro cream buns or chocolate cake topped with fresh strawberries. I also definitely wished I could make a trip to Yin & Yang bakery and taste Mrs. James’ first bake is a batch of matcha infused cookies with orange-infused white chocolate, and his other bakes sound just as delicious.

The descriptions of the bakes had me drooling and wishing that I could be a judge along with Liza and her mother. I found myself eager to discover how A Taste of Love would mirror Pride and Prejudice and enjoyed matching up plot points and characters.Īs a big fan of The Great British Bake Off, I loved that Liza used the show as an inspiration for the technical challenges she sets for her mother’s baking competition. It had me even more as I read the first line and found that it was inspired by the iconic first line of Austen’s book.

The fact that A Taste for Love is inspired by Pride and Prejudice won me over before I even started the book. It may not suprise you to learn that I am a massive Jane Austen fan. As she battles against her feelings for James, and for her mother’s approval, Liza begins to realize there’s no tried and true recipe for love. The bachelorette situation Liza has found herself in is made even worse when she happens to be grudgingly attracted to one of the contestants the stoic, impenetrable, annoyingly hot James Wong. But when Liza arrives on the first day of the bake-off, she realizes there’s a catch: all of the contestants are young Asian American men her mother has handpicked for Liza to date. With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery’s annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she’s more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. Yang is the owner of Houston’s popular Yin & Yang Bakery. The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Yang’s traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. Compared to her older sister Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. Publisher’s Summary: To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect.

Trigger Warnings: Driving under the influence, unwanted sexual advances, brief mention of eating disorder.

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