This was just...fine! Everything was FINE. I was not captivated by it, and maybe only really became invested in the last quarter of the book, which was a bit late. I felt a kindred spirit in the protagonist who moves to Brooklyn and works in Manhattan in 2006 (much as I did), but then also like me she's a bit boring. I liked the restaurant bits, but I was hoping for a bit MORE from Tess. She didn't seem fully realized.

The narrator was spot on, though. I listened to this because it was the same narrator who did the WONDERFUL [b:The Animators|30090925|The Animators|Kayla Rae Whitaker|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1462394905s/30090925.jpg|50513878], [a:Alex McKenna|6566470|Alex McKenna|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. It was a bit weird for her to embody a completely different character, but I shifted from Sharon Kisses to Tess after a minute.