When Fisher Lange, a hotshot chef from New York City loses his Michelin star along with his love for cooking and his spot at the restaurant. He's sent to the coastal town of Sprunes, Oregon to help open up a new restaurant. While going through so many changes he's now also in charge of his niece after his sister passed away.

This is where he meets his neighbour animal loving Sage Byrd. Who's after a way to show the town she's doing ok after her 5 year relationship with the town's golden boy ended, not only that but he's now engaged to a highschool friend.

When mutually helping each other turns into more......


- Spicy
- Forced Proximity (Neighbours)
- Small Town
- Summer Romance
- Fake Dating
- Found Family
- Playlist

This is the first book I've read from this author and now I want to go and read her backlog. I loved this book, it made me smile, laugh and cry. This book is exactly what I needed to read on a rubbish day, it helped me get my feelings out and made me feel so much better. A hug in a book. I really liked how Fisher and Indy slotted right into everyone's lives like they were meant to be there.
I feel Sage would be exactly me if I had the land that she does. I would be saving all the animals, having the brightest garden and a big vegetable patch. She's living my dream.
I loved the instant attraction between the pair, I feel sometimes we need this in books more. We need to live the ideal life's through our books.

A cute, fun romance which follows Sage and Fisher in this friends to lovers slow burn romance.

In this opposites attract I loved the sparks between the two and the pull towards each other which gives all the vibes.

I loved their banter, they communicated with each other really well and I enjoyed the more difficult themes discussed in this book, grief, family relationships, finding their way in life and I always love the inclusion of children and animals.

Thanks to @netgalley and @littlebrownbookgroup_uk for an e-arc in return for an honest review.

This is my first book by Tarah Dewitt and now I just want to devour every book she's ever written. I absolutely adored Savor It! It had just the right mix of romantic tension, wholesomeness and spice. It also deals so well with themes of grief and finding yourself. This story is funny and heartfelt at the same time and it's the perfect balance.

The romance was literally perfect and I loved that it was dual POV! Fisher and Sage are so real with each other and communicate so well so there's this raw, intimate feeling to their relationship and they're just such a sweet couple. The authors instagram bio says she writes perfectly imperfect love stories and that is the perfect description. The pacing of the romance was done really well, I loved that we see them sort of adopt each other and open up to each other and grow into a lovely friendship which then leads into the sweetest romance.

As well as great main characters there is also a whole cast of really loveable characters! I really loved the sort of surrogate dad-uncle that Fisher was for Ivy and seeing their relationship grow, if there's one thing that man does it's try and I love him for that. I loved all of the animals, Gary the goose was especially hilarious and his reunion with Ivy was adorable. I really enjoyed the glimpses we got of Wren and Sages brothers, especially the hot firefighter brothers, and I hope they all get their own books! I would absolutely love if this turned into a series.

The spice was SO good! It didn't feel rushed into, consent was a focus and it showed that consent can be sexy and it was just great! Hot and sweet at the same time, the emotional connection was still a focal point which I loved because that can get lost in spicy scenes sometimes. The characters are reluctant to say I love you because of their situation but it felt infused in every touch.

This book is mostly sweet fluff with some spice and is very character focused, not much actually happens in terms of story but it's just so nice and still entertaining. The title is actually so perfect for this book, the story focuses a lot on the characters savoring being in the moment but you also want to savor the book itself as you read, I highly recommend it!

Savor It has major Gilmore Girls vibes and if you liked The Pumpkin Spice Cafe or the characters and romance of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (minus the magic), then this one is for you💛🪿

I just finished Kingdom of Ash and was in an emotional hangover from it! And needed something cute and simply. Enter Savour It by Tarah DeWitt, This book is sweeter than a bakery in a Hallmark movie!

The characters? Utterly delightful. The romance? Heart-melting. The animals? Adorable. And the small-town vibes? Think Stars Hollow but with extra charm. My only gripe is that I didn't get enough time with the side characters!

I’m crossing my fingers and toes that this little gem turns into a series. I need Wren and Ellis to have their second chance romance!

Id like to thank @authortarahdewitt , @netgalley and @littlebrownbookgroup_uk for the early ARC edition of this book.

What a lighthearted, witty and wholesome book this was. From the first chapter you are met with funny puns and laughable moments. I absolutely loved it 🥰 admittedly I did shed a tear towards the end..

"It's been a privilege to fall in love with you, Sage"😢

The story flows well and is easy to read, the plot is adorable and so small town (which is perfect) and the characters are wildly lovable!!

With the perfect mix of plot, character development and spice, this book is truly the #2024summerbook!

Fisher and Sage couldn’t be more different, Sage is a small town girl with small dreams and she is perfectly content with her little farm, her cute as buttons rescue animals and her garden (who wouldn’t be, it sounds like pure heaven). Fisher is a big city boy, a fancy Michelin star chef, who has made it to the top and realized he actually doesn’t like the view all that much, with a teen age niece that he has no idea how to parent, his life is anything but peaceful!!

This small town was meant to be a reset, a chance to prove his worth again, but instead it becomes the small town that restores his faith in small towns, a small town that doesn’t let him down like the one he ran away from all those years ago.

“It is the most ridiculous, ludicrous, small-town, corny scene.And it's one of the great honors of my life to be a part of it.”

Brought together by the shared heart-ship of losing loved ones, Sage teaches both Fisher and Indy to live with grief in the most positive and wholesome ways.

“Will I ever be able to not make everything about summer and Sage again?”

I just loved this book so much, it was such a breath of fresh summer air.

As a huge Tarah DeWitt fan I was so lucky to receive an arc of this book - and I think it’s definitely up there with Funny Feelings as a favourite!

𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜: ★★★★.✫

𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧…
🛶 small town summer romance
🪿 opposites attract
🛶 forced proximity (neighbours)
🪿 single guardian

𝙨𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙨…
After losing his Michelin star, New York chef Fisher is sent to a small town in Oregon for the summer to launch a new restaurant… where his next door neighbour is the bubbly, animal-loving Sage 🪿

𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨…
I absolutely love Tarah’s stories! 🩷 And Savor It is no exception - this is a beautiful slow burn between two people who are so different, yet fit so perfectly together 🫶🏼

Fisher holds a lot of prejudices against small towns (as does his teenage niece, Indy), but I loved seeing Spunes win them over 🥹 The meddlesome town meetings had me laughing out loud, and annual competition that culminates in a canoe race was perfect 🛶🫶🏼

Sage was such a wonderful sunshine character - she’s the perfect amount of quirky and loveable, with her menagerie of farmyard animals (special mention to Gary the goose 🪿). Also I love a pun and hers were just perfect 🤌🏼😂

I especially loved the ending of this book (and it definitely pushed it up to 4.5★ read for me!) The end of summer and Fisher’s return to New York felt so inevitable, yet so painful 😭 I shed several tears, and the beautiful ending made me so happy 🥲

“𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗦𝗮𝗴𝗲” 🥲

4.75!
I've read all of Tarah DeWitt's published books and this was by far my favourite. Sage and Fisher's relationship was so sweet and moving in the way they helped each other move on.

"it's been a privlidge to fall in love with you, sage"

This was so sweet! It was my first time reading this author and I enjoyed her style! I really liked the story line and the main characters, how Sage and Fisher dealt with their grief on their own but also learned to do it together, and how they fell in love in such a natural way. I really liked the setting; this book made me want to get a farm in a small town and fill it with all kinds of animals! I have fallen in love with Spunes and I can't wait to read more about the Byrd family and their friends! Thank you so much to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book a bit early!

I always love Tarah's writing with Root Bound being my favourite but this book might rival it!

The book follows Sage and Fisher who engage in a friends with benefits situation which results in rumours being spread after they are seen kissing (small town problems).

There are so many relatable things set up within this book which just makes it feel so cute.

My favourite part is probably how good the communication was between our two mqin characters as poor communication just really grates on me.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read and ARC

Savour It was a great read, including loads of things I enjoy in a contemporary romance. It is / has:
🛶 F/M small town romance
🍴Neighbours
🛶 It can only be temporary - he’s only there for summer
🍴Representations of grief and burnout

Savour It is a wonderfully tender romance that I itched to get back to when I wasn’t reading it. My reasons why I loved it below ⬇️
•Sage and Fisher. I loved them both, so watching their relationship develop over the book made me so happy.
-Fisher is vulnerable, experiencing burn-out and grief, and actively working on himself. He was swoony, especially how he falls for Sage.
-I want to befriend Sage. Kind and determined, she made me smile (and so did her animals).
-However, it was the moments they were together that had me excited to read more. How the tension builds and they learn to communicate.
•I connect to romance books that explore grief. Savour It is a book that does this, via Fisher and Indy, but also Sage; all contribute to a representation on the impact and legacy grief can have. It’s part of why I felt this was such a tender, compassionate book.
•This is small town done excellently. I could envision Spunes, charming and a little quirky.
•It’s a book that left me wanting more in the best way, I’m desperate for there to be a book on Wren and Ellis; and actually have more of the stories of all of Sage’s brothers.
•Has one of the best dedications in a book, ever. (I refuse to take challenges on this).

I will be adding this as a paperback to my shelf very soon (there is the perfect place right next to Rootbound).

This was so adorable. Honestly it wasn’t a favourite but I still enjoyed it nevertheless. This book does deal with grief so trigger warning. The beginning was a little slow but after the 30% mark it picked up.

Overall thoughts:
4⭐️
2.25 🌶️
331 pages (kindle edition) 📖
Release date: 21st May 2024

‘What if I prefer to savour things. Want it good and slow and drawn out?’ - Fisher

‘Even if it can’t really go somewhere in the end. Once you accept the impermanence of it, you give yourself permission to enjoy it now.’ - Sage

Tropes: small town romance, friends with benefits, single guardian, grumpy/ sunshine, dual POV, fake dating, slow burn, nickname

When disgraced chef Fisher is sent to a small town to advise on a new restaurant, he meets Sage.. his neighbour & total opposite. He’s a Michelin-Star chef & she runs a farm of re-homed livestock! But they say opposites attract…

I had so much fun reading this book! The writing style was fun & endearing! The tone was overall lighthearted with some great banter. There is a third act conflict but it’s very minimal & somewhat rushed over.
I loved the two main characters, relating to different quirks of their personalities. I also really enjoyed the guardian relationship development between Fisher & Indy. And I think it would be unfair not to mention Indy & Gary’s friendship 🪿 (one of my favourite parts)!

Overall I had a great time reading this book. It’s a feel good small town romance through & through!

It does have some spicy scenes/ moments, but it doesn’t distract from the plot.

Honestly, my only criticism is that I think it could have been a bit longer to save on rushing some areas of the book.


Thank you to Tarah DeWitt & NetGalley for the ARC copy in exchange for an honest review.

4 ⭐️

“She’s the woman who has taught me to let go of so much so that I can wish and dream for more. I plan to savor every bit of it.”

This book might be my favourite book Tarah Dewitt has written!!!

Set in the coastal town of Spunes, in Oregon, this story centers around Sage, a local woman reeling from a recent breakup, and Fisher, an incomer chef in town seeking a fresh start. They decide to team up for the town's summer competition and their partnership ends up turning into something more —a heartwarming and steamy romance, capturing the essence of summer love.

The characters in this novel are well-developed and very relatable— I loved Sage’s character and her advices so much and Fisher’s vulnerability. Their bond makes the storyline engaging with their heartfelt moments.

Read if you like:
🌻 small town.
🌻 forced proximity.
🌻 slow-burn.
🌻 fake dating.
🌻 friends to lovers.

Thank you to Little, Brown Book Group UK and NetGalley for providing me with an early ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Savor It by Tarah Dewitt will be coming out on May 21st.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Tropes to expect:
- Small Town
- Single Guardian
- Friends with Benefits
- Forced Proximity
-'On a time limit'
- Slow Burn

As someone who fell in love with Tarah very quickly through 'Funny Feelings', I was ecstatic when I landed to opportunity to ARC read Savor It. The thing is with Tarah, she doesn't write Romance like most authors, and that's what makes her so special to me.

Savor It focused on the characters and their bond moreso than a main plotline, and although that did have a somewhat negative effect on my overall review, I think it worked out well in the end.

Fisher and Sage are totally adorable. Sage's utter joy in life is the perfect anectode for Fisher's incessant grumpy. I loved how they helped each other through what they needed to fight; Fisher's grief and Sage's need for someone who truly noticed her. These two were written well, and they were written real. Nothing felt contrived into fiction and it was so easy to get lost in their story.

The communication these two had was great and I was obsessed with two characters who actually spoke to each other and worked out their feelings and issues like adults; I am fed up of reading characters in my age range who act like total babies.

A wonderful read written by an author who is very much cemented in place on my auto-buy list.

Thanks to Netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group UK for the ARC!

3.5

Thank you to NetGalley for this ebook ARC.

This was my first Tarah Dewitt book and I have heard so many amazing things about her writing that I was very excited.

I will start off with my favourite parts which were the dialogue between Sage and Fisher. I loved the way their friendship grew and how natural it felt - even when they were being awkward with and around each other. However, that brings me to my biggest issue with the book is that they read like amazing friends and not like there was something more between them. Especially in the middle and towards the end I found myself a little bored and just waiting for other characters to come onto the page because I found their possible stories more interesting.

I wish we dived more into Fisher's relationship with Indy and to see them spend a little more time together building the bond they both desperately crave. The end of the book seriously picked up, I would say the last 5-10% I really felt the emotion behind Tarah's writing and I saw a glimpse of why other readers love her work so much.

Overall, it was a beautiful small town romance that made me smile and I think a lot of people are going to love this story. I am going to give some of Tarah's other books a shot, I have Funny Feelings waiting on my kindle.

4:25⭐️

ARC Review

✨ I haven’t read Tarah DeWitt before but i really enjoyed her writing in this and the development she gives her characters and I’m already convinced I need to read more of her books.

✨ Sage was such a fun character but I really understood her feelings of just not matching up for people. I loved Fisher and I was not expecting him to be such a cinnamon roll for Sage but the two of them together were magnetic from the start. I loved how their friendship transitioned and I really appreciated that neither of them ever lied about their feelings .

✨ Indy was so interesting along with the other characters and I really hope Wren and Ellis get a second chance book because I felt equally as invested in them throughout this book as the main characters!! Such a fun summer read!!

This is my first book by this author and I am pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it!

It did take me a minute to warm up to the plot but the characters had me from the get go. Once I was hooked, I was hooked! I couldn't stop reading.

There was a great balance of romance, family drama and spice.

By the end of the story, even I was half in love with the animals. And if I book is able to do that, you know the writing I'd excellent.

This was a very cute small town romance tale. At first I thought it would follow the same plot as normal and I’d be bored, but I wasn’t. I loved the main characters, loved their back stories, and, unlike most small town romances, I didn’t feel like the relationship was rushed.
Thoroughly enjoyed. Gary the Goose stole my heart. :)

This is my first read by this author and I’m excited to read her backlist! This book just felt like a big hug. The small town vibes were immaculate and it gave me such a cozy feeling🫶🏼 Also, can we have a moment for the cover…how beautiful!!

From the beginning I knew I was going to love Fisher and Sage, and I wasn’t wrong! I really loved their dynamic and the banter between them. I feel like Sage is a character I’d love to be best friends with. Fisher, Sage, Indy & all of the adopted animals stole my heart!! I’d love to return to Spunes in a future book.

If you’re looking for something to read over the summer, definitely give this one a go!

tropes:
🪿friends to lovers
🪿opposites attract
🪿slow burn
🪿found family
🪿single guardian
🪿small town

“𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕”

Having read Rootbound recently, I was so excited to try and get my hands on a eARC copy of Savor It from Netgalley. Tarah did not disappoint.

Our hotshot chef MMC reminds me of Carmy from The Bear trying to reignite his love for his craft while trying to juggle a move to a small town for summer and new guardianship of his niece.

Sage is a FMC I can completely relate to with a love for animals and creating a sanctuary for them. Also being deemed ‘too nice’ is never a bad thing but sometimes you have to do things that are for you.

To be released May 21st 2024 - would recommend for anyone who loves the vibes of Elsie Silver, Sarah Adams or Julie Soto.

4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ absolute summer/holiday read!

Thank you Netgalley and Little Brown/Piatkus for my eARC.