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Deep Dish

Mary Kay Andrews Β· 2009
66/100
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Two rival cooking-show chefs get thrown together by a reality-TV producer, and the slow-burn rivalry-to-romance has real charm - reviewers note it stays fairly tame by genre standards. It's a breezy, book-club-friendly read even if the pacing takes its time getting to the good stuff.

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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety68
Substance / usefulness62
Craft & writing68
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy62
Hype vs delivers52
Age-fit68
Human-eye read66
Penny’s verdict66
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