Sugar and Salt

“Maybe sometimes love deserves a second chance because it wasn’t ready the first time around.” – unknown

Second chances, good food, romance, and the past all rolled into one!

But first, that cover! How beautiful is that?

Susan Wiggs writes about people, relationships, family and both good and bad life experiences. I thought this would be a delightful, sweet romance book (and it does have that) but it is much more.

Margot Salton is opening a BBQ restaurant (named Salt) right next to a bakery called Sugar. Salt and Sugar will share a kitchen so both proprietors will have a lot of contact with each other. Margot meets Jerome Sugar who is helping at Ida Sugar’s bakery.
*So, in the blurb it says Ida is Jerome’s grandmother but, in the book, she is clearly his mother.

Margot, Jerome, and Ida are all interesting and likeable characters, and we get to know all of them through the present and in their backstories. Ida (who I believe steals the show) becomes a mentor to Margot who is feeling drawn to Jerome.

There are some secrets that come to light in this book. We learn the backstories of each character as I mentioned, but Margot’s backstory takes the stage (and a good portion of this book).

While I can say that I enjoyed this book, I didn’t enjoy it as much as I have her previous books. I feel this is due in part to me going into this book feeling it would be a light romance perfect for summer. There is romance, but also heavy issues. Readers should be aware of that going into this book. The issues are relevant but may be triggers for some.

A good book that I didn’t enjoy as much as I thought I would. Others have enjoyed this book more than I did, please read their reviews as well.

I have been a fan of Susan Wiggs for a long time and look forward to reading more of her books in the future!

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Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.