South Beach Love is a sweet romance that can really pull on your heartstrings. It’s a return to home and a culinary adventure into the unfamiliar. Tony and Sara are a fun couple, and their trip to a relationship isn’t all sunshine. It includes plenty of thunderstorms as well. They have intense personalities – especially when it comes to cooking.

The two nieces really help make the story a success. Both are sweet girls, but they have a fierce rivalry. These two girls were really the glue of the story, bringing Sara and Tony together and maybe playing a little matchmaker behind the scenes. My only complaint here is that there weren’t differentiated enough – I never knew which was which.

I loved seeing the culture and cuisine of Cuba. It was such a large part of the story and was a driving force behind the cooking and much of the competition between the chefs and the nieces. The families played a big part in the culture, and everything came together so nicely to build an amazing picture.

The ending was sweet and believable – it seemed like everything turned out just the way it was supposed to.

**I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book**