Book: The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
Rating: 4 Stars
Release date: October 27, 2009 from Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
From: Publisher
Summary: What’s your drink of choice? Is it a small pumpkin spice latte? Then you’re lots of fun and a bit sassy. Or a medium americano? You prefer simplicity in life. Or perhaps it’s a small decaf soy sugar-free hazelnut caffe latte? Some might call you a yuppie. Seventeen-year-old barista Jane Turner has this theory that you can tell a lot about a person by their regular coffee drink. She scribbles it all down in a notebook and calls it Espressology. So it’s not a totally crazy idea when Jane starts hooking up some of her friends based on their coffee orders. Like her best friend, Em, a medium hot chocolate, and Cam, a toffee nut latte. But when her boss, Derek, gets wind of Jane’s Espressology, he makes it an in-store holiday promotion, promising customers their perfect matches for the price of their favorite coffee. Things are going better than Derek could ever have hoped, so why is Jane so freaked out? Does it have anything to do with Em dating Cam? She’s the one who set them up! She should be happy for them, right?
With overtones of Jane Austen’s Emma and brimming with humor and heart, this sweet, frothy debut will be savored by readers.
*****
The Espressologist was such a cute book with such a unique storyline. I never would have thought to match people up based on their coffee drink of choice. It was actually a brilliant and plausible idea that really livened the book up and made it stand out among YA romances.
Jane works at a coffee shop called Wired Joes. She’s always bored so she analyzes the customers and writes down her thoughts in her notebook. When one of her friends is dumped by his girlfriend, she makes it her business to fix him up based on his drink. Surprisingly, it works and her idea for Espressology really takes off. And when her boss finds out, things get even crazier.
It was actually pretty comical, all the things Jane did. She was really good at matching up other people but not so great at picking the right guy for herself, even when he was right in front of her. My only problem with the book was that it was kind of predictable. There were some surprising things that I never would have guessed but from the very first page, I knew who Jane was going to end up with and it kind of ruined the fun for me. I guess it’s kind of hard to make it mysterious when it is a romance but at least this one had something new.
Overall, I really did enjoy The Espressologist. It was a really quick and fun read. I would definitely recommend it if you love short, sweet romances. =]
This book does sound really cute! I’ll have to check it out. Great review 😀
I really enjoyed this one, too. Such a cute read.
I feel like I’m going to love this book. Your review makes me want to buy it. In fact, I am going to get it in 1 day!