Name: Tacos for Two
ISBN: 9780800740597

BETSY. ST. AMANT

"Rory Perez can't cook, but she inherited a taco food truck from her late aunt. Desperate for money to keep the family business, she goes up against her worst competitor in a festival competition-the man she's been anonymously flirting with online for weeks"--

Tacos for Two

Betsy St. Amant

Rory Perez, a food truck owner who can't cook, is struggling to keep the business she inherited from her aunt out of the red--and an upcoming contest during Modest's annual food truck festival seems the best way to do it. The prize money could finally give her a solid financial footing and keep her cousin with special needs paid up at her beloved assisted living home. Then maybe Rory will have enough time to meet the man she's been talking to via an anonymous online dating site. Jude Strong is tired of being a puppet at his manipulative father's law firm, and the food truck festival seems like the perfect opportunity to dive into his passion for cooking and finally call his life his own. But if he loses the contest, he's back at the law firm for good. Failure is not an option. Complications arise when Rory's chef gets mono and she realizes she has to cook after all. Then Jude discovers that his stiffest competition is the same woman he's been falling for online the past month. Will these unlikely chefs sacrifice it all for the sake of love? Or will there only ever be tacos for one?

Raven 

** spoiler alert **
           *3.5 the epilogue was better than the whole book 😭. I didn't feel as connected to the story as I wanted too, they didn't get together until the last chapter which took too long for me. The characters were well-written, but I feel that the story dragged. the epilogue was soo cute tho, so .5 just for that. Jude & Hannah were my favorite characters. this was a cute book, I just expected more in a way.

Barbara Williford

An updated version of “You’ve Got Mail.”

Rory has a Food Truck she inherited from her aunt and is trying the keep up and running to support her young cousin. But she cannot cook and the stress of running a business is overwhelming. 

Jude is on the track to be a lawyer in the family practice but resents his overbearing, ruthless father, his scheming brother and just wants to cook.

When Jude takes cooking lessons from Rory and then opens his own competing food truck, tempers rise and hurt feeling abound.

Throw in the mix a romantic conversation and relationship on a dating site where identifies are anonymous.

I really wanted to LOVE this enemies to lovers trope book, but there were just some strange things like church references seemingly randomly thrown in. I loved the diverse cast of characters with an important conversation about cultural appropriation of food. I was a fan of the two love interests and was happy with all the twists and turns, but overall it just seemed like an average love story. 

Katie B.

Sophie Hutchings

A fun, hearty romcom inspired by "You Got Mail". 

⭐⭐⭐ 1/2 rating. 
I definitely picked this book up for its fun and vibrant cover, it instantly caught my eye but ended up really enjoying the story. 

The story has two POVs and centers around Rory and Jude. 

Rory has inherited a Mexican food truck from her Aunt BUT Rory hates cooking. She has a passion for event planning but wants to make her Aunt proud by making the food truck successful, whilst supporting her cousin with special and her head chef. Money is tight but the annual food truck festival is coming up and this year there is a cash prize competition for the best truck to win! 

And Jude Strong, a soon-to-be lawyer who hates working under his father and brother's shadow and wants to find some passion in his life by getting his own food truck. He strikes a deal with his father, if he wins he can leave the law firm, if he loses then he has to take the bar. 

Both Rory and Jude become locked in a battle of the food trucks, with the only thing keeping them both sane is the anonymous dating site they are both on... 

I enjoyed this book, I LOVED the You Got Mail references and part of the storyline that was taken as inspiration as it is one of my all-time favourite films. The food talk always had me hungry, however, I found it a little slow in places and Rory could be a little annoying!

Nash

Rory’s family is small on members but big on traditions. When Rory’s aunt Sophia gets diagnosed with Cancer, Rory takes over the family’s business, abandoning her hopes and dreams to take care of the family. A Mexican truck that features Aunt Sophia’s best Mexican recipes. There’s only one problem… Rory doesn’t know how to cook. After aunt Sophia’s passing, Rory ends up with the responsibility of taking care of her cousin Hannah and making sure that the family business doesn’t fall on bankruptcy. 


Our main character is a lonely one. Sure, she has family that cares about her and love her deeply, but she can’t lie to herself. She wants more. She wants to meet someone she can have a deep connection. Someone she can lean on when things get hard. She decides to sign up to a dating app. The rules of this app are simple. It matches you with people within a 60 mile radius. You cannot share any details that can identify you until you feel ready or the app prompts you to swap phone number. She matches with StrongerMan99 (corny, I know). She definitely wasn’t expecting to enjoy the conversations with him so much. They begin to develop a friendship with some flirting here and there. They confide on each other. Ask for advice and share some wisdom. It’s really something special. 


One beautiful day, one the most prominent bachelor’s Modest, Texas can provide comes to the food truck to ask for cooking lessons. He is willing to pay for those lessons. That makes Rory stop and consider. The food truck definitely needs all the financial help. She agrees to TEACH him some tricks. And so the tricks and lies begin… Jude, the prominent bachelor, decides to quit his dad’s Law Firm, open a food truck and sign up for the town’s food fest that will put him in competition against Salsa Street, Rory’s truck. She feels betrayed and soon forgets that she also lied when she agreed to the lessons. One thing is for sure, they have no clue that they are who they pour their heart out later on the app chat. 

Can they clear the air? Can they forgive each other? Can they overcome the obstacles that keep piling up and that seems to pull them together and also separate them at the same time? 



This was a very cute read. I could’ve done it without Rory’s constant doubt against Jude, her mood swings and obviously her hate for cilantro. 


Thank you NetGalley and Revell books for my gifted copy!

Tacos for Two

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