Book Review: ‘A Dish Best Served Hot: A Novel’ By Natalie Caña

In high school, Saint Vega and Lola left his girlfriend at 18 to join the service, and then she vanished without a trace, having to go into witness protection because of her family. He never knew what happened to her. Now twelve years later, they are both back in Chicago, and run into each other. He has a four-year-old daughter, Rosie, whose mother died years ago, works for his family construction company, and keeps an eye on his abuelo (grandfather), who is in an elderly care home, and is in a fued with another man, who is Lola’s abuelo. The spark between them is still there, and she has become his daughter’s teacher, and tries to help her overcome her shyness at school. When Lola learns that Saint’s family is doing the construction of an LGBTQ center, things get rough between them. But they work through it and get close, but the problems from the past and today threaten to derail their reconciliation. This is the second in the Vega family series, and is as good as the first novel. It touches on a lot of topical subjects, and readers get engaged in following these two fall back in love, and working through the issues that could ruin the relationship.

You can pick up A Dish Best Served Hot in stores on Tuesday, October 31st from MIRA.