Review: The Glass Kitchen by Linda Francis Lee

Swanangel15 · Post by **Swanangel15** » 22 May 2014, 21:23

The glass kitchen, when I saw it on Facebook I thought it was a cookbook and overlooked it, but then it kept popping up on my news feed and I finally read what it was about. It peaked my interest and I requested it on NetGalley and the rest is history.

Portia Cuthcart is dying. Okay, not literally dying but close enough. Tragedy has befallen Portia at more than one intervals in her live, the latest one has her being homeless and almost penniless. Portia must now move to New York, to her apartment that was left to her and her two sisters, which is old and worn down.

On her very first day there, she encounters the owner of the of the other two apartments that her sisters sold their share too. Seeing as how she promised to sell her apartment to him as well, but decided against it at the last minute, Portia wants to avoid him at all cost, least he wants to ask her to sell again.

Gabriel Kane is man who people want to get a piece of since he represents power and money. He's the type of man who seem to have the world in his hands put in reality, his world is falling apart.

After his wife died, he is left to raise his two daughters on his own. This becomes really difficult seeing as he was distant towards them before his wife died and it does not go over well that he moves them from their home into this new place.

Gabriel is perplexed by the strange woman who showed up at his home, and all attempts to talk to her are put off since they annoy each other so much that they just had to get away from the other. But there was no denying the heat simmered between them.

They were helped along by Gabriel daughter Ariel , who wants her dad to be happy, or distracted enough to lay off a little from her and her sister all while having to fight her own demons.

It seems like everyone is try to fight the impossible fight all by themselves when all they really need is each other.

But dark forces are at play that breaks apart what little semblance of peace that they all were able to achieve. Can they put back the pieces of their lives and somehow find a way to make all the pieces fit together?

Of course they can, with a little bit of magic, and I'm not talking figuratively, there is actual magic in this book. I know I have piqued your interest; but you have to read the book to find out. Linda Francis Lee book "The Glass Kitchen" is being published on 17th July, 2014, so look out for it, it's simply magical.

MamaBookAddict · Post by **MamaBookAddict** » 20 Jul 2014, 10:59

I really liked this story. I was lucky enough to be able to read the ARC and Im glad I did. Portia, like her grandmother, has the 'knowing'. Out of the blue, she will get the urge to bake something, or make a specific meal and its always because someone needs it for whatever reason. She ignored it for a few years to be the 'perfect politicians wife' but that didnt last. She moves to NY to live in 1/3 of a townhouse that her aunt left her, only to find that her sisters sold their thirds and a single dad of 2 girls bought it. The story develops quickly and naturally after that and there are a few surprises along the way. I thought it was a great story and would make a great book club book. I also really liked the recipes that were included at the end. I just may have to try a few!