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The Slowest Burn book review


 The Slowest Burn follows Ellie Wasserman a ghostwriter for cookbooks and is still dealing with the death of her husband from three years earlier and Kieran who has recently won a reality TV cooking show and has a high-paying cookbook deal but struggles with his complicated family dynamics and ADHD that means he struggles to plan ahead. When Ellie is asked to write for Kieran she happily agrees but when they first meet Ellie finds herself unimpressed with Kieran and Kieran finds Ellie bossy and uptight. However the more time they spend together they discover they are both more interested in each other than they should be. 

I saw a couple of good reviews for this book that led to me picking this one up and seeing what I thought of it. It took me a while to be invested in the characters but once I was invested in the characters I wanted to keep reading and find out what was going to happen.


I found this to be a really interesting story that had some interesting discussions through the characters and their own journeys which I found myself quickly interested in.
The discussions surrounding Ellie’s grief and how she was still being impacted by losing her husband three years on, and how she was being held back from moving on based on the situation she was living in afterwards with her in-laws.
I also found the discussions around Kieran’s ADHD and how that impacted his life to be really interesting. It showed how much having a diagnosis has the potential to change someone’s life. 


While our two key characters don’t get off on the right foot it was really nice to see them learn more about each other and why they came across in the way that led to them coming across how they did in that first impression. It was nice to see Ellie adapt to Kieran once she learned about his ADHD, the new approach while making me hungry was something I was really happy to read. I loved watching their romance develop because they were so good for each other and even the other out in ways that is so special to read in romance books.
The side characters were also really interesting, well-developed characters who I wanted to read about. I didn’t love all of the characters (for good reason) however there were some that I loved and others who I found interesting and behaved in the way that people normally do with flaws. 


This isn’t a new favourite romance book but I really enjoyed my read of it and I do think I would read more Sarah Chamberlain in the future. I found the characters to be interesting and loved how Sarah Chamberlain developed the discussions around them so I look forward to seeing what else she can do with her characters in future books. I would definitely recommend this romance book to those who like reading diverse romances and books that have food at the center. 


Thank you to Netgalley and Little Brown Book Group for a free e-arc in exchange for an honest review. 
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