With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

Monopoly Book Challenge - North Carolina Avenue - a book in which food plays an important role.

Newest Book on TBR

Okay, so it's not the newest book on my TBR but is newish enough to fit.

This was an easy read, short chapters and characters to adore; mouth watering descriptions of Puerto Rican and Spanish dishes, a little romance and commentary on stereotypes.

And discovering Seville, Spain.

Summary from Goodreads: With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has to make the tough decisions, and do what must be done. The one place she can let her responsibilities go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness.

Still, she knows she doesn’t have enough time for her school’s new culinary arts class, doesn’t have the money for the class’s trip to Spain—and shouldn’t still be dreaming of someday working in a real kitchen. But even with all the rules she has for her life—and all the rules everyone expects her to play by—once Emoni starts cooking, her only real choice is to let her talent break free

Quotes: "I wanted to give Babygirl a nice name. The kind of name that doesn't tell you too much before you meet her, the way mine does....as soon as they see my name on a resume or college application they think they know exactly what kind of girl they getting."

"The world is a turntable that never stops spinning, as humans we merely choose the tracks we want to sit out and the ones that inspire us to dance."

"You can't make too much space for a father like mine in your life. Because he'll elbow his way in and stretch the corners wide, and when he leaves all you have is the oversized empty - the gap in your heart where a parent should be."