Review: Second Helpings

Second Helpings by Dylan Morrison
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Three and a half stars.

Sam Adelson is struggling to keep his family-owned restaurant, Silverman's Deli, open after a vicious review by a famous restaurant critic. more known for bringing down Michelin-starred restaurants than 75 year-old delis in Cleveland. The worst of it is that Sam knows most, if not all, of the review is lies, he's scoured the receipts and there is no record of anyone ordering the particular combination of dishes that were reviewed. Furthermore, he knows there aren't rats or cockroaches.

Then one day a blast from Sam's past walks in the door. Jake Thompson. Sam's childhood sweetheart. A man Sam hasn't seen or heard from in over ten years, although Sam may have cyber-stalked Jake a little in that time. But rather than attack Sam for what happened all those years ago Jake seems more inclined to want to be friends ... or maybe more.

Gradually the reader learns what happened all those years ago, can this couple get over the events of the past and make a life together?

I really enjoyed this, I liked Sam and Jake, but I felt the inevitable conflict was obvious from the start which is why this is a three and a half star review.

I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley.

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