This book tells the story of a girl who helps out with her family’s annual baking competition, only to realize that the competition is actually a matchmaking scheme orchestrated by her mother, and the boys are competing for a date with her. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. As she battles against her feelings for James, and for her mother's approval, Liza begins to realize there's no tried and true recipe for love. The bachelorette situation Liza has found herself in is made even worse when she happens to be grudgingly attracted to one of the contestants the stoic, impenetrable, annoyingly hot James Wong.

But when Liza arrives on the first day of the bake-off, she realizes there's a catch: all of the contestants are young Asian American men her mother has handpicked for Liza to date. With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery's annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she's more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. Yang is the owner of Houston's popular Yin & Yang Bakery. The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Yang's traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. Compared to her older sister Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. For fans of Jenny Han, Jane Austen, and The Great British Baking Show, A Taste for Love, is a delicious rom com about first love, familial expectations, and making the perfect bao.

A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen