Care Santos

Historisk roman. Tre kvinder og tre århundreder forbundet gennem chokolade. Bogen ledsager os på en historisk rejse af tilberedningen af chokolade og Europas skiftende sociale normer

Poftă de ciocolată

Nona G

To start, I just want to say that I didn't give it 4 stars simply because it cannot compare to classics and other authors that I've given 4 and 5 stars to, but I really liked this book. I'm actually surprised that I liked it so much, given that it's basically chick-lit.

It's an easy read, it doesn't require much effort and doesn't bring up any philosophical questions. However, the mixture of history, real persons and fiction is so well managed, that I found this book highly enjoyable. The characters are well defined and relatable and I found the stories well written and easy to engage with. The first one more so than the others, maybe because it happens in our times.

I liked the infusion of eroticism in the first story, it wasn't too over the top, just enough to give the reader a kick. And I found myself having chocolate cravings while I read the book (not that I don't crave chocolate on a daily basis), which means to me that the author was well-informed about the history and process of chocolate-making and she managed to put it all in writing in an engaging way.

Summer read, I picked it up because of the title, but I'm happy I did.

Poftă de ciocolată

Reviews