A super cute, modern take on Romeo and Juliet! I loved the characters and the intense familial history. I did think there was some drag in the beginning but once you hit 50%, you'll fly through the rest. Reading Salt and Sugar made me incredibly hungry and I cannot wait to try some of the foods mentioned throughout! I am so happy there was a happy ending and I definitely enjoyed my read. 3.5/5 stars - thank you #NetGalley for a copy of the book!

An absolute foodie delight! A recommended first purchase for YA and high school fiction collections.

This adorable bakery-inspired Romeo and Juliet novel will be a fabulous addition to our middle-grade library. I cannot wait to share this sweet story with my students.

What a cute read about such a tight-knit community! I am a sucker for any book about family rivalries and could see a ninth grade teacher using this as a complementary text for Romeo and Juliet/analyzing the new West Side story. I just adored Larissa and Pedro and their romance, but the build up was worth the wait for them to be together. Their budding romance/rivalry and the descriptions of delicious food makes this a bookshelf keeper, and since I got a digital ARC from NetGalley and Inkyard Press (thank youuuu), I will have to snag a physical copy for my classroom.

Love between rival families’ children theme with sweet, salty, mouth watering bakeries make you extremely hungry with well developed characters! Yes, I’m in!

Two rival bakeries in the same street: across each other. Ramires family only prepares savory foods as Molinas family only prepares sweets.

After Lari’s grandmother’s sudden dead, her mother barely manages the bakery by herself and Lari is way too much clumsy to create another disastrous scene at the kitchen which may result with being banned to be inside the bakery forever.

Unfortunately Pedro’s family business has its own problems. The supermarket chain’s decision to move to town will affect entire small businesses and force them to be closed.

Both Lari and Pedro are ready to fight but only way to win is teaming up, gathering forces to save their businesses by burying hatches.

After hating a person for a long time, it may be real challenge to work alongside.

Absolutely entertaining, smart execution of enemies to lovers theme. Both Lari and Pedro are lovable, genuine characters and their palpable chemistry make you smile. The food recipes are mouth watering. The family feuds, regrets, grief blended well into this sweet romance story.

I’m looking forward to read more works of the author!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Inkyard Press for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest thoughts.

This was a really sweet book, I loved it! Although I get why Lari's mom behaved like that with her, I still feel like she was a little too mean which made me feel a little disappointed when they reconciliated too quickly. I also didn't like how Pedro's mom behaved towards Lari and her mom knowing that their grandmother and mother, respectively, had recently passed away. But aside from that, I liked how the enemies aspect was handled and how Pedro and Lari's rivalry was depicted, especially the bit where we learn that they had their own feud when they were little instead of blindly disliking each other.

Although I would've loved seeing Pedro and Lari date a bit longer or at least see more of their romantic feelings, I was still pretty satisfied with their romantic moments, as well as their blossoming friendship throughout the book. Another aspect that I absolutely loved about this book was the description of the different brazilian dishes and desserts. Overall, this was a really cute and wholesome book!

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for providing an ARC

This was one I wanted to love but I just didn't. I didn't really like Larissa or Pedro. I know they are trying to do right by their families but it seemed to take too long to get to the point of where this was going.
I liked the talk of food, the imagery was great and had my mouth watering.
I liked the look at grief within the families and the cultural differences that shaped the characters and their bakeries.
I think some of my teens will like this one because of the food and the cultures.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC!

Salt and Sugar is a funny, sweet, entertaining rom com.
This was a fun read, lots of laugh out loud moments, lots of great scenes, this was just on point and the dialogue hilarious.

I loved the bakery part of it. It was just so much fun to see where Lari and Pedro's relationship went. Because these two are at war with each other.

I really liked the love, hate thing they had going on - the chemistry was fizzling from their first interaction and little tiff in the book! I absolutely loved it.
The character development, the relationship between these two simply fire.

This is my first read by the author and I thoroughly enjoyed the crazy ride.
I can't wait to read more from this author in the future.
Salt and Sugar is one amazing ride and I can't wait for it to he out in the world for other's to read this amazing story.
Rebecca Carvalho out did herself with this one.

“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”

Inkyard Press,
Thank You for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!
I will post my review to my platforms, blog, B&N and Waterstone closer to pub date.

This was such a great read! I absolutely loved the main characters and the plot of the story. The author did a great job making the story interesting and keeping it moving. I loved how unique the story was and all that the author brought to it. Great book!

The grandchildren of two rival bakeries find themselves falling in love, and the families are not happy. On top of that, their bakeries, Salt and Sugar, find their futures threatened by a big business coming in and forcing smaller ones to close. Lari and Pedro feel they need to do something to save their family’s bakeries so the big business won’t win and buy them out. They let their families know they want to run the bakeries and end this long rivalry. Will their idea work? Will the families even let them continue their love for each other?

This was a sweet story about family rivalries in a tight-knit community. Sometimes the dialogue slowed down the pace, but it had a great heart.