A lovely sweet (in more ways than one) novel with some of my favourite things - well-drawn characters, some of them (extremely) quirky); no black and white good and bad; magical realism; food and food magic (slightly reminiscent of Chocolat to me). And a healthy dose of romance, which until recently I would have said wasn't a favourite of mine, but is rapidly becoming so, as long as it isn't sugary or sappy - which this definitely isn't. I read this on holiday, and it was a perfect holiday read.