I got this because I love love love Like Water For Chocolate. Like all the other reviewers, right? Because sadly, this book doesn’t really have much merit by itself. 

Reading half a page of a summary would have sufficed. It just didn't work for me and I can’t picture a person for whom it might would. 

Nothing really happens, it’s just ~200 pages long because it’s really slow and repetitive. The love story is outdated and won’t work for modern audiences. There were very few redeeming moments, but it’s still a miss and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Sadly! I wanted to love this so much.