Rose Edelstein at the age of nine realizes that she can taste the emotions of the people that prepared her food. All of their emotions the good, the bad and the ugly and there are very few that seem to make for very good flavoring in food. Emotions harbor secrets and most of them she doesn't want to know. As she grows she learns to come to terms with not only her own secret ability but the secrets of those around her, learning that the things we keep hidden can be what shapes us the most. The end of the book kind of took a twist that I wasn't expecting but I won't put any spoilers in.
This was a pretty quick easy read took a couple of hours total. If I hadn't been reading this for a book club I don't think that I would have finished it. The twist at the end did redeem it a little and make it a little more interesting, but it also ended rather abrubtly. I felt like it left to many unanswered questions about certain characters. I wish that she would have spent a little less time talking about all of the foods Rose ate and a little more time developing other characters and storylines that were mentioned but left you wanting more. I don't know that I would read another book by this same author, I would have to take a look at some of her other stuff before I could say no all together. It was an intersting concept for a book.
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