Darryl and Billy fit well together and seemed age appropriate in their behavior. It made the kids sound inconsistent for their age. I don’t think I’ve ever met a five-year-old who called their parents Mom and Dad like an older child.

The one thing I thought odd though was when the author had the five-year-old boys calling their parents Mom and Dad rather than Mommy and Daddy. The characters were great, including the twins. It’s probably the best one I’ve read from this author so far. Also, there were many instances where the author told the readers the answer to an issue or to the character’s thoughts instead of showing us and allowing the readers to figure out the answers themselves. It seemed like the book was wordy when cutting and tightening would have made this a lot better read. There were also quite a few missing words. There were many instances of a word used multiple times in one paragraph and repetition of ideas and thoughts reworded differently. I blame some of that on the editors and proofers. Like I’ve mentioned, I’ve read many of his books and normally I would expect an author to get better at their writing over time, but I haven’t seen that. I did read some of the reviews and I think I remember one reader suggesting the author take some more time to hone his craft. But, you may find that YMMV in this story. I like reading his books because they are low angst and there’s a HEA ending. I’m not going to mention what it is because it gives away too much of the story. There’s a subplot dealing with the twin brothers of Billy that I found sad and stressful. At least the books I’ve read from him before have been low angst.

I’ve read many of this author’s books and can count on a HEA and a pretty angst free read. I enjoyed those two so I went back to the beginning. I first started reading this series with books three and four. This is told in third person from both Darryl’s and Billy’s pov. In this story, we meet Darryl Hansen who runs Café Belgie, and Billy Weaver who was hired by Darryl.

This series focuses on men who run businesses dealing with food. A Taste of Love is the first book in the series, ‘Of Love’.

A Taste of Love by Andrew Grey