Short story about Amrita & Holly - yes/yes?

More seriously, so very enjoyable. And heartfelt. Whether it was the honest communication between Sarah and Josh or how hard it was for the both of them to square the circle of what the other means in their life, this was a book about love from top to bottom.

The confession style narrative - with the point of view shifting between Josh and Sarah - works well here. Having a chance to "see" both of their sides of the story is helpful to understanding some of the complex emotions at play.

I appreciated the acknowledgement that love isn't an easy street, that love doesn't always equate evenly. Josh having to learn how to put his past behind him is no less valid then Sarah's need to learn a work/life balance before a relationship is feasible.

The sex is smoking hot and the friendships they both have felt like genuine adult friendships. The struggle Sarah went through when making tentative outreaching to Valerie and Chloe struck home for me. Amrita pulling every embarrassing story out she could was also great.

Get you a friend who happily tells your new girlfriend the "dick burn" story...and get you a girlfriend who finds it amusing.

Warnings though - this book will make you crave pie. Or host a Pi Day Party just to have pie. ( )

I really liked Jackie Lau's latest, The Ultimate Pi Day Party. I was worried that the book would be too cozy from the description, but there was enough angst and some humor to balance the story out for me.

Sarah is a single minded baker in Toronto in an area called Baldwin Village who is hired to cater a tech company's Pi Day party. Josh is the CEO of the tech company who has issues with his father and tries to reestablish contact with him at the Pi Day party. The love story was sweet. There weren't any artificial-feeling roadblocks in the plot, and the food descriptions were fabulous. Reading this as the ground is still snow-covered in the first week in March definitely made the sweet and savory pies sound even better.

I appreciated the fact that both characters had their own hang-ups: they weren't distributed unevenly. And I appreciated that both characters are super competent in their work lives.

I bristle at the description rom-com because I don't quite know what it means in this context. This is fairly light in comedy, and the situations did not feel so artificial like I sometimes feel in movie/tv rom coms.

Highly recommended.

Disclosure: I received a review copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.