Who knew food was so much fun

This is a very different book to what I normally listen to but I like the author and thought I would give it ago. Glad I did because I quite enjoyed it. I listen to a lot of cozy mysteries and to be honest I don't bother listening to the recipes a lot of them include at the end of the book but I never once found myself skipping sections in Making the cut. This was because even though the story revolves around food and chiefs you weren't subject to a great long list of ingredients and how to cook them. The story is very character driven and with all the cookery programmes on tv easy to imagine. The main characters were what made this story work for me and in just a few chapters I found myself hoping that they both got there happy endings.
Two teenage girls find themselves entering a tv cooking competition for very different reasons but both with an eye on the prise. Midori's family own there own restaurant but the Japanese culture she was brought up means she was only ever allowed to play hostess. If her three brothers hadn't snuck her into the kitchen late at night to teacher she would never have found her passion. Can she win the prise and show her parents that she is just as good as any man. Nicole is working in a restaurant to help her single mom look after her younger sister. Winning the $10,000 prize and a scholarship to a prestigious New York culinary school would mean she wouldn't have to worry about where her next meal is coming from and she the fat kid of the school could make something of herself. The pair will not only have to beat each other but six other contestants to win. Friendships will be formed but can they out last the heat from the kitchen?
I liked the narrator for this book, she sounded meak for the downtrodden Midori and tough and sassy for Nicole.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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