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Average rating4.1
"This graphic novel has everything—delicious foods, even more delicious gay romance, and an actual food critic pig." — Robbie Couch, author of The Sky Blues Watch things start to really heat up in the kitchen in this sweet, queer, new adult graphic novel! Now that college is over, English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something…anything…related to his passion for reading and writing. But interview after interview, hiring committee after hiring committee, Ben soon learns getting the dream job won’t be as easy as he thought. Proofreading? Journalism? Copywriting? Not enough experience. It turns out he doesn’t even have enough experience to be a garbage collector! But when Ben stumbles upon a “Now Hiring—No Experience Necessary” sign outside a restaurant, he jumps at the chance to land his first job. Plus, he can keep looking for a writing job in the meantime. He’s actually not so bad in the kitchen, but he will have to pass a series of cooking tests to prove he’s got the culinary skills to stay on full-time. But it’s only temporary…right? When Ben begins developing a crush on Liam, one of the other super dreamy chefs at the restaurant, and when he starts ditching his old college friends and his old writing job plans, his career path starts to become much less clear.
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Oh my heart, this was SO FREAKING CUTE and I was so invested in these characters. This was cute! I liked the art style a lot. I really enjoyed the friend group and Watson the pig was hilarious. Love that the romance didn't take away from the story.
Chef's Kiss is a little graphic novel about roommates in a very classic comic book style. There are speech bubbles and clean lines throughout the book. Now, I don't know much about comic books, but this looks like a superhero book from my dad's collection. It's not a style for me! It's also very old-style comic book in the fact that it censors all swears? And this book is meant to be adult or at least new adult, so it doesn't make sense why swears would be censored. The main character also only reads books that are available in the public domain, or so old that they aren't copyrightable, which sure is weird! (His favorite books are 1984, Brave New World, and another that I forget. Come on, dude! Haven't you heard of the Hunger Games? There are people using laptops and tablets in this book so I know it's not set in the 90s!) Despite this, there is a vibrant cast of characters and the portrayal of working in a kitchen is both incredibly idealized and exactly right. Honestly? This is like a comic-book adaption of a gay romance light novel, and it's kind of exactly right. Five stars. You didn't see that one coming, did you? Neither did I. Publishes March 1st, 2022. Bookshop link here.
Very cute! Very sweet! The art work was beautiful and I loved the recipes at the end.