Steamed follows the trials of Chloe Carter, a twentysomething woman who is about to start a graduate program in Social Work for the purpose of claiming an inheritance. This is the secondary storyline to the main which centers on her love life. She is unlucky in love and it leads her to revenge dating and murder. The murdered beau is a fellow she meets through an online dating service. He turns out to be what one might expect, annoying, and what one can geuss, murdered. Chloe seems to fall into the role of investigator when the dead guy's family assumes she was his fiancee. At the funeral she meets Mr. Right who turns out to be Mr. Suspect and Chloe strives to prove is Mr. Innocent. There is a good amount of info into the restaurant business and cooking in particular. We're also treated to a good deal of analysis along the social-work-major line.
What I liked: The glimpses into graduate life. This is fairly dead on. I recall my orientations for graduate school with horror. She stuck through a lot of them more than I did! The boringness of her classes, the annoying classmates, the extreme amounts of reading... been there done that. The commentary & opinions on internet dating were also frighteningly familiar... The characters were all enjoyable with Chloe's father and Owen being the high points. If the author is smart, Owen is going places.
What could be improved: Chloe. She's a little annoying and I have no real idea what she looks like. The introspection. I know Chloe's a social work student, but if you're providing discussions and introspection along these lines make it really relevant because its boring.
