ROMANCE

Lavash at First Sight

Berkley. May 2024. 304p. ISBN 9780593547328. pap. $18. LGBTQIA+ ROMANCE
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After being dumped by her coworker, who insisted they keep their months-long relationship secret, Nazeli “Ellie” Gregorian agrees to return home to Chicago to work her parents’ booth at a food packaging conference. Using her skills to help Hagop’s Fine Armenian Foods raise their profile and win a competition for a Super Bowl ad spot sounds less stressful than trying to perform at her tech marketing job alongside her now ex-boyfriend. When Ellie literally runs into a beautiful woman during at the conference, she’s thrilled, especially since they’re both Armenian and both queer—and wow, the sparks! After they share a lovely day and some kisses, Ellie finds out the woman is Vanya Simonian, the daughter of the owners of the Green Falafel—Ellie’s parents’ rival. Competing business philosophies, snide remarks, and suspicious parents turn Ellie and Vanya into competitors instead of lovers, and they’ll have to overcome their families’ feud to be together.
VERDICT Voskuni (Sorry, Bro) writes a heartfelt, fade-to-black sapphic romance that focuses on Ellie’s Armenian-diaspora and queer communities.
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