Definitely a page turner and will have you in the first chapter. It incorporates the cooking show frenzy with the social media empire that we have all come to know and are often driven by.

Online cooking celebrity has it all, or she does, until the social media sites that created her are hacked. Would the real Sunshine please stand now! Sunshine realizes all along that the life she is living is built on a deceptive social media portrayal, but no one knows. And, they are just little deceptions that her husband has approved, except one.

Who "exposed" her? Why? Will she exact revenge? These questions mixed with a little family drama and a touch of romance keep you turning pages to find out more.

Thank you, NetGalley and Simon & Schuster, for the ARC of this book in return for an honest review.

After I read Eight Hundred Grapes, I loved it so much I literally told everyone I know to check it out! So needless to say, I was very excited to dive into Hello, Sunshine!! I am so happy to say I loved every single page of this compelling read!!!

When I read the synopsis for Hello, Sunshine, I thought it would be a very relatable and realistic novel in our current day and age. That feeling stayed with me throughout the entire novel!! With all of our social media outlets it is very hard to differentiate between what is real life and what's not. I can see how a persona someone created can spin out of control and take on a life of itself. In true Laura Dave fashion, she took Sunshine's disastrous situation and turned it into an inspiring one! I was captivated by Sunshine and I thoroughly enjoyed reading her journey of picking up the pieces of her life and discovering her truth! Hello, Sunshine a a 5 star novel that is a must, must read!! I cannot wait to see what Laura Dave comes out with next!

True rating is somewhere at like 4.4.

I inhaled this book. The pacing, the plot, the writing style, the setting. It sucked me in and wouldn't let me go. For sure I thought this was going to be a 5 star read. I just couldn't put it down.

But then the ending happened. And there is no way to say this but it just kind of ended. I know, endings are supposed to be that way, but not so that they just fizzle out and there is the last word on the page and as the reader I'm left scratching my head and feeling very unfulfilled. I wanted MORE! I wanted to see what happened and if the MC was happy. Come on, after all that drama, you can't do this to me!

Which is why I'm taking it down to a 4ish star review. It was awesome. But that ending . . . sucks. Thats it. There is no other word for it.

Please, please, please enter a prologue and leave me with something MORE.

Fun, summery read about a topic with substance - the things we lose in exchange for social media game. I really enjoyed this book and "devoured" it quickly. Sunny is flawed but you still cheer for her. The food writing is enjoyable. Dave handles her subject with flair. It also made good reading on the beach!

A book for the times we live in now. Filled with food and a bit of dirt. Nice read.

Entertaining, timely read; a woman is caught in the artificial work persona/life she has created, and to escape the fallout, goes back to her hometown. In a slow rebuilding of relationship with her sister (and new relationship with her niece) she is able to discover a more truthful version of herself.

The downfall of a “fake” chef that after losing everything, including her husband, still wanted to fake her way back to the Media by going back to her hometown. Unlikable characters, very good writing, and an end that will make you ask yourself: what’s next? I was a little troubled by Sunshine giving her husband another chance. Loved the book! Thanks for the ARC