We pick our most chocolatey novels in aid of National Chocolate Day.
Rob: One minute I’m reading The Help, thoroughly enjoying Kathryn Stocket’s novel, then the next I get a rather unpleasant surprise and a slightly different recipe for chocolate fudge…
Kate: Like Water For Chocolate is probably the first magical realist novel I read. In it, food has extraordinary power over people, creating emotions, governing lives and including ingredients like rose petals and tear drops.