Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for this ARC.

This book is primarily about Emma and Jay's relationship but I realised, when the author spent a lot of time explaining things about Liz, Jay's business partner that it's a sequel to a book called Things They Never Said, where Liz was the main character.

Emma is a trainee junior hotel manager, Jay is a chef. Both are career-oriented and don't have much time for each other. Both are also prone to misunderstandings and miscommunication, getting jealous for no reason. There isn't really much plot apart from a cooking competition that Jay participates in.

I didn't quite get into this as I felt I should have read the first book before this, plus I thought some of the people quite immature. Emma is 22 so it's understandable but Jay is nearly 30 and should know better. I loved Jay's Nan and how Emma dealt with Heather. Read if you like relationship driven stories with a lot of career talk.

I loved this story. The food descriptions , the working in the catering industry just worked for me. I read in one sitting . Could not put it down. Did not realise there was a book before so can read as a stand alone . The love element was hard to read at times. Loved the Nan. Impressed both time the characters called the police. The real world can learn from that. Ace characters. Loved the Lord. Read it . Makes you feel good.. So many more things I want to say but I won’t . Fab

Things We Need to Say healed a broken part of my heart that I didn't even know was broken. Emma and Jay mean so much to me. This book is amazing.