I really enjoyed this book. It was funny, heart warming, and cute. I loved how Rachel relearns to appreciate Hanukkah through other people in her life. She realizes that she can love Christmas, but that does not take away from her religion and who she is within her community. She loves writing romance, and realizing that she can write, but finally write about love between people from her own community, is truly wonderful. I looooooved the tension between Rachel and Jacob, although it was frustrating that all the conflict came from miscommunication. Together, once they are open with each other, they show care and trust. Jacob is especially careful and willing to learn in order to help Rachel in whatever way she needs or wants. He won't push her to do anything she is not ready to, but he also helps her to address her own insecurities around her chronic illness. This book had several funny moments, moments where I burst out laughing. Especially with Rachel, just perfectly timed jokes and such fun and unbelievable moments. When she wears the Matzah Ball suit I could imagine how uncomfortable and how awful it must be. But her determination was admirable. Also, the food vibes were all there, I was craving all of the things by the end of the book. I even tried my hand for the first time at rugelach, just because the author made it sound so incredibly tasty. I adored the fact Rachel's reworking of traditional recipes was so similar to how she approaches her writing, that mixing of traditions, of savory and sweet. The Matzah Ball was a really great backdrop for their romance, as they were both trying to create something new for their Jewish community. It was fun to read about how they would incorporate Hanukkah traditions into a ball, making it high end in order to attract a large crowd. Both have such love for who they are, their families, their community, their traditions, that they want to create something that showcases the spirit of that love. The only drawback was one joke in the book that kind of made me cringe and I felt was in bad taste, I felt it should never have made it into the book. But, otherwise this was such an adorable Jewish romance from and author to watch.
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