The Espressologist Author: Kristina Springer ISBN: 9780374322281
The Espressologist by Kristina Springer tells the story of Jane Turner, a 17 year old barista at a popular coffee chain. Jane loves her job, works with her best friend Emily and even got promoted to assistant manager.
Jane is constantly writing in a notebook which many of her fellow employees become curious about. Jane finally reveals that she is taking notes on the drinks that people order and the type of person they are. Jane believes that a person’s coffee drink order can be very telling. When Gavin, a regular customer comes in heartbroken over his ex-girlfriend, Jane decides to hook him up with another friend based on their coffee drinks. And, espressology was born.
When Jane’s boss Derek finds out that Jane is matchmaking people based on their coffee preference, he turns her talent into a holiday promotion. Each Friday in December, Jane is stationed at the coffee shop with her notebook and an excel sheet ready to make some matches. The holiday promotion blows up and soon a local TV talk show wants to do a feature on it and all of a sudden all eyes are on Jane.
I absolutely loved this book. It was short and sweet and took me only a day to read. In fact, I stayed up pretty late just to finish it because I was so sucked in to Jane’s story.
The best part about this book? All of the references to coffee. I learned about tons of different drinks, some of which I may have to try out on my next Starbucks run.
This book had excellent supporting characters. Derek, Jane’s boss provided some comic relief throughout the story. Emily, Jane’s best friend provided some much needed conflict after Jane hooked her up with her friend Cam, a sweetheart who made my heart melt throughout the book.
This book was a very simple read. I wouldn’t expect much in terms of the book being deep or thought-provoking. However, this story was light and airy and perfect for a cold winter’s day read. It had a sweet romance and an interesting plot.
4/5
I just picked this up from the library and am excited to read it this weekend…looks cute!
Awesome review, I've been waiting to read this one! I just found your blog and I'm very glad I did! 🙂
This sounds really interesting – I love coffee, and I love writing. It sounds really sweet, I will add it to my wishlist with a link to your review.
The whole idea of an "Espressologist" just sounds like so much fun!
This sounds brilliant but I checked it out on amazon right after reading this review (when I read book reviews I have more than one tab open for this purpose) and it's a bit too expensive for me right now – especially if it's a short read!
AH! I'm such a coffee addict. I'll definitely be getting this one soon — sounds so cute, and definitely a perfect light read! 🙂 Plus I just love the cover.
My standard Starbucks order is a venti skinny chai tea latte… wonder what that says about me?! 🙂 LOL. Guess I'll read and find out!
I am not a coffee fan but this sounds really cute.