A sweet read. Emoni is such a lovable character. Even when I thought she was in the wrong or being hardheaded, I still wanted things to go well for her. (There's that inevitable conflict where the innovative prodigy is mentored by a structured, rules-y character, and I actually sided with the rules-y character this once.) All the food described sounded so delicious, and I loved the way Acevedo described ingredients and a dish's impact. Acevedo creates layered, dynamic characters who grow over the course of the book.