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[close] Overall, it was an okay read-- not the best chick lit, but not the worst either. The characters felt a little contrived and the plot a little far-fetched and lacked reality a bit. The perspective also randomly changed every few chapters. While it didn't detract from the plot, I'd say it didn't add anything either. There were just a lot of ends that while they were technically tied up, were tied up anti-climatically. Like a few others mentioned, the title is a little deceptive because the story isn't about her running her own restaurant, it's a story about her buying it and fixing it. Another thing that bugged me is that while it was set in England, it didn't read like a story set in England at all. I realize that the author is American, but if you're going to set your story in England and have the characters be English, you should do a slightly better job at making it "sound English". In my mind, I visualized the setting to be more Vermont that Cotswold, England.