This was a fun chick-lit read filled with quirky characters and charming locations in both Australia and Ireland. Although not my favourite book by this author it was still an entertaining read. ( )

I realised I have read the hardcover several years ago within the first few pages. Its the covers that throw me because I have a pretty visual memory.Anyway, good chick lit, easy to read - Australia and Ireland my two fav places. ( )

I loved this book, read it in 2 nights, so easy to read and such a good story, loved the ending. ( )

Another delightful book from Monica McInerney.

This book is set in both South Australia and Ireland and revolves around Maura Carmody who is a talented chef and part owner with her brother in a winery in South Australia.

Maura is off on a lifetime trip to Ireland to promote her brothers wine and teach in a cooking school for two weeks. All is going well until she is forced to travel with the food critic who had ruined her best friends career and who she had humiliated when he had come to review her cafe barely a week or so earlier.

Add that a spiteful girlfriend who does her best to return the humiliation and one disaster after another, could Maura's dream trip turn into a nightmare?

I had fun reading this book it is light and fluffy and everything good you expect in chick lit. The plot was a tiny bit formulatic but I didn't mind at all as I was having fun reading it. Monica also appears to have done extensive research into the food and wine industry and her descriptions of the food being cooked made you look longingly at your fridge and hope a gourmet chef would pop out and cook it for you.

All in all a good book. ( )