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    <body><![CDATA[Delicious takes place during a time period that is not typical for the historical romances I usually read - the 1890's.  It is also different in that the heroine is a chef.  While both of these aspects of the novel seemed rather unusual, I recently read a Laura Lee Guhrke novel which shared both cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37825656">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Delicious?...Ummm....Heck No!<br/><br/><strong>Contains Some Spoilers</strong><br/><br/>This author pushes your imagination to the limits and you still can't wrap your mind around the things she's expecting you to process. A book like &quot;Lover Avenged&quot; by J.R Ward reads like fiction compared to &quot;Del...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59793930">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Delicious by Sherry Thomas is just as the title says. Actually it was mouthwatering delicious and I will never look at a Madeline again in the same way. Whew......who knew food could be so erotic.<br/><br/>Verity Durant has a reputation of not only having the love life of the century but she is th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42464951">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I waited a while to read this book, because I wanted a large span of time where I would not be interrupted.  I predicted it would be one that I could not put down, even to take a shower, and I was right!  (I took the shower before I started reading, ha-ha).  I was not disappointed, and at 2 am, with...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20084734">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm still reading DELICIOUS (perhaps I should say 'devouring' this totally delectable story), but I have to gush about Sherry Thomas' amazing talent.<br/><br/>Her characters are so fully formed, so achingly human. I am in love with them all. The story is luxuriously told, erotic, a feast for the h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30989188">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've heard wonderful things about Sherry Thomas, and I will agree that her writing is superb. Her plotting, however, leaves something to be desired. I know that her 'thing' seems to be writing with flashbacks...or jumps in time. In this particular book, I found it to not only be confusing, but detri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45238461">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well finihsed this book today and to use food as an analogy, my overall review for the book is that it was like a meal that although left me a bit satisfied and had many highlights, it left me mostly underwhelmed.<br/><br/>***SPOILERS AHEAD8888<br/><br/>The main characters were so 'blah'.  I had...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71310194">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as Private Arrangements, but still an excellently executed romance novel. The excuses the heroine gives not to show her face/wear a mask become vastly more contrived as the novel goes on, as does the hero's reaction to her eventual unmasking. Also, I wish that the food in this were more....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31008482">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[With so much controversy over Sherry Thomas' debut novel, Private Arrangements, I don't think Delicious has ever received the recognition it deserves.  This was a delightful, Cinderella-inspired love story about a gentleman of means who falls head over heels in love with a mysterious beauty whom he ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66723048">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>[“Delicious” by Sherry Thomas (audiobook: Virginia Leishman/Reader = 3.5*)]<br/><br/>Actual rating 2.5* 1892 England<br/>Verity and Stuart<br/><br/> “Cinderella story” huh??  Uh . . . I suppose if you squint your eyes REALLY hard and tilt your head to one side!  A Cinderella story is de...</em><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67198769">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe I read another romance -- very odd for me. Anyway, this one wasn't bad; there was a running theme of sensualness, especially in terms of food, flavor, and taste in this one. A young &quot;lady&quot; is disowned by her family after she becomes pregnant, and becomes a well-renowned coo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40982749">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sherry again delights (maybe shocks) us by breaking from the mold of run-of-the-mill historical romance novels with Delicious. Verity and Stuart brought forward some toe-curling tension as they played cat-and-mouse with each other, although Stuart has been otherwise spoken-for. I enjoyed watching Ve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66654676">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[not as good as her last.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I luv food as much as romance novels &amp; this whimsical fairy tale is a feast for the senses, but the overly rich food description &amp; various characters’ reactions upon tasting, really took the focus away from the romance. Not that I didn’t appreciate it, but it just went on &amp; on for far too long. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52331274">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just a few quick impressions upon reading this book... <br/><br/>I found this book hard going at first. The skipping around in flashbacks to present day chapter to chapter, while interesting, made it very confusing as to who was who, what happened when to whom, and what the motivations of the char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34404809">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite ST to date.  I loved the premise and I think Sherry Thomas may well be one of the most gifted romance authors writing today.  She has the wit &amp; subtle humor of Loretta Chase and Connie Brockway, the polish &amp; audacity of Judith Ivory.  We romance lovers are some of the most notoriously de...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59337766">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fantastic sophomore effort by Thomas, a rising star in the romance genre.  Her &quot;fallen&quot; heroine smokes, drinks too much AND cooks like the chick in Like Water for Chocolate.  The hero is kind of bland in comparison, but the sensuality of the novel in both the love scenes and the descript...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43624470">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not sure if I would give this a 4... so probably a 3 1/2.  I just got really frustrated at the fact that the h/h didn't see or really interact with each other until 1/2 way through.  I understand the reasoning but it was still like... come on everyone!  I really liked the secondary relationship...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58696646">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Delightful bit of froth, a sort of Cinderella story. Our heroine is a cook of sublime accomplishments and I think I gained 5 pounds just reading the food descriptions.  The book isn't just about food of course, but love and life and lost heiresses and ambitions (both political and social).  The writ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62678941">more...</a>]]></body>
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