We used to have this kind of show on our Belgian TV too. The format was slightly different, but the overall idea was the same. When you watch it on TV, you never stop and think about the connections between the 4 cooks. Are they interacting only during the show or do they have contact outside of it too? Are there friendships being formed or do they never want to see each other again? Are the participants put together in one show in order to create a kind atmosphere or do the producers aim for drama…?

This story was bases on keeping secrets and not talking to each other. Well, maybe that’s not quite correct. They did speak to each other, but they did not really talk. And then you have me, shouting: tell her! tell him! tell them!, but when I start thinking I realise talking to someone and really saying what you want to say is hard for different reasons. You don’t want to get hurt, nor rejected. You don’t want to hurt someone else or you are struggling with the fact that it’s not your call.

So it’s sometimes easy to blame the characters in a book for being stupid or whatever, but I think in real life we often struggle with the same things. Some people have their heart on their tongue. For others it’s a lot more difficult to express themselves.

We do learn a lot at school, but what they do not teach us is how to deal with our feelings. Maybe they should start thinking about that. It would save a lot of heartache in my opinion.

I enjoyed this story a lot. Once people confess, the healing can start and everybody feels better in the end. 5 stars

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This book actually put me off reading for several months. I also stopped using NetGalley (for nearly 2-3 years) due to how much I didn't want to write this review.

I had high hopes for this book as the plot sounded fantastic and I immediately loved it (before hating it) within the first few pages. I loved Eve at the start and thought I was going to really enjoy this book. Once Ethan arrived it took a turn and I then in turn disliked almost all of the characters, Eve included. As I carried on with the book it just felt like everything was thrown at it (including the kitchen sink) and it was such a shame.

This book wasn't for me but I really loved the idea of it, just not the way it played out.

I gave this a try as it was something different, and I am always looking for something fun to break up my normal reads. I am also always on the look for something interesting to pitch to book club. This was just a little out there for me.

this felt a little predictable to me but I still enjoyed reading it. Easy style of writing, nice character development.

I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. I've read several supper club books and this was at the bottom end of all of those. The characters drove me nuts with the stupid decisions they continued to make.

I enjoyed the premise of this story, the description of the food, and the authors writing style overall. However, I didn’t like the characters, everyone was constantly making such stupid decisions you couldn’t even root for them. And that ending, it just ruined the whole story for me! It was one of those books where you could guess how it was going to end but you hope you’re wrong because not everything should be forgiven and forgotten. Just bad decisions all around!

This checked off everything I look for in a book. Was not disappointed. Really enjoyed this book. I will read more from this author.

Lovebird cake - what a lovely idea and great receipe shared.
This cake is the inspiration for Eve to open her own cafe, but will an old boyfriend, current boyfriend and her sister Daisy destroy her dream.
Filling in at a Saturday night supper club as a favour will send Eve’s life into a spiral.
3 years ago Ethan walked out with no explanation and now he is back.
Eve is confused, angry and wondering what to do.
A lovely story, though the back and forth got a bit much towards the end, I wish there was more on the cafe in the story, but lovely just the same.

Good idea for a story. Quite enjoyed the characters even if it was a bit predictable. Would make a good beach read.

Brilliant. This was a well written book that I greatly enjoyed and already plan to recommend. Believable characters and an inticing setting. Some parts were perhaps a little lengthy, but maybe because I was impatient to reach the novels conclusion! Thank you Netgalley for the chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

I really wanted to love this book. It had everything I like in a book. Love triangles, laughs, romance but it fell short for me.

I received this book as an ARC in return for my honest feedback

I enjoyed reading this one. Had a hard time putting it down. First read by this author looking forward to reading more.

In The Saturday Supper Club by Amy Bratley, Eve and Ethan were a match made in heaven, or so she thought until he disappeared from her life in London and went to Rome three years ago with no real explanation. It took some time, but she did heal and started a new relationship with a long-time friend, Joe, a really good guy.

Imagine the tailspin her heart goes into when she opens her door to find Ethan there; he’s a guest for The Saturday Supper Club, a contest Joe encouraged her to enter. Ethan is a participant in the contest as well, which means she’ll be seeing him for three more meals as each of the four contestants take turns preparing a supper.

With her heartstrings still responding to Ethan, Eve is in a quandary as she knows Joe wants to propose marriage. She says she really only wants to know WHY Ethan disappeared from her life, but she still gets tingles from being around him.

She really doesn’t need this complication in her life right now as she is trying to renovate a building and turn it into a café.

Will they reconcile? Will Joe win out? Will Eve lose out on both of them? Will the café open? Who wins the Saturday supper club contest? These questions are answered in The Saturday Supper Club by Amy Bratley.

My review will be posted on Goodreads starting April 15, 2020.

Amy Bratley is a new-to-me author, and I did enjoy this first experience with her. I need good ol’ chick lit in my life from time to time, and this one fit the bill.

I’d like to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in return for an objective review.

I really enjoyed the storyline for this novel. An engaging read with interesting characters & in my opinion the main character ended up with the right man.

I never imagined that behind any dinner party there could be so much side fishing going on! I ate up this book! I loved every delicious part of it!! 4 stars!

I loved the premise of this story. 4 amateur cooks compete for a prize by cooking 4 dinners for 4 weeks. When Eve is persuaded by her new boyfriend Joe to enter the contest she agrees so he can get a job interview. She's shocked when the first dinner guest is her ex love of her life, who left her three years ago. A nice feel good romance with the usual twist and turns. This is a new author for me and I'll be looking for some of her other titles. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

The Saturday supper club. What can I say about this book that’s hasn’t already been said?? I loved it and I hope you read it and love it.

The Saturday Supper Club was an interesting look at what happens when one woman’s past is suddenly right in front of her. I enjoyed the way the characters’ relationships were depicted. Eve takes part in a supper club as a favor for her boyfriend. She has no idea that her ex who took off with no real explanation three years ago will be one of her dinner guests. From the minute she sees him, her life is torn apart. Things get complicated and strained with her boyfriend. When she finally finds out why her ex actually took off she will be hurt even more. Eve is torn between her past and her current relationship as everything begins to fall apart. I really enjoyed how Eve’s relationships were shown. Eve and her father have a warm close relationship. But Eve’s relationship with her sister isn’t as easy. They struggle all the time to stay close and understand each other.

Along the lines of " Come Dine With Me", 4 strangers get together to take part in The Saturday Supper Club, a weekly feature in a newspaper. Eve, the main character hadn't planned on taking part but steps in at the last minute to help her boyfriend out and with the fact that her own cafe is due to open any minute now - it can't hurt can it?

Except, the first person to arrive at Eve's is her ex-boyfriend!

This book was not at all what I had been expecting.
Almost every single character was just vile and I didn't find myself caring or rooting for any of them.

I honestly just could not get into this book. I tried multiple times and never got more than a chapter or two in. I held off leaving a review in hopes that I'd come back to it and give it a fair read (and therefore review), but it isn't in the cards.