"Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors" by Sonali Dev is the first book in The Rajes series, introducing us to Dr. Trisha Raje, the black sheep of the family. Despite being San Francisco's acclaimed neurosurgeon and recipient of a multi-million dollar grant to conduct robotic research on the brain, her influential immigrant family only remembers her past mistakes. Namely the one all 17-years-old make: trusting the wrong person. Now, with her brother running for Governor of California, she has a chance to redeem herself.It's easier said than done, with up-and-coming Chef DJ Caine standing in her way. Chef Caine has neither the time nor the patience for Dr. Raje's arrogance but between her family's connections to help increase his clientele and her singlehandedly responsible for saving his sister's life, well, he has to play nice.I love a good enemies-to-lovers romance but unfortunately, this book did not work for me. Clocking in at 481 pages, it was and felt like a long book to get through. While I very much enjoyed the author's writing and the way she brought the characters to life, it was hard to sustain interest all the way through. There were multiple extraneous subplots that did not add anything to the story and could have easily been eliminated.Second, there was no sense of chemistry between the two leads. They were always at each other's throats and not in a "fun, sexy, take your clothes off" type. When one of the leads professed their attraction to the other person, I was caught as off-guard as them. I had the hardest time liking both characters, though I enjoyed their confidence in their abilities.I struggled with the family and their attitude toward Dr. Raje. She won a substantial grant that no one congratulated her on. Her father blamed her for her role in an incident involving her friend and her brother. For not helping out with the campaign enough. It just seemed like she couldn't win, even when she made an effort to get involved with the campaign. The family complained she was late, which is true, yes, but her surgery went over by two hours. I hate latecomers but even I can understand the reasoning.I'd be remiss if I didn't mention this was a gender swap of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen so if you enjoyed that book, you would likely enjoy this one as well. I would also like to add while this book didn't for me, I enjoyed the writing style and the mouth-watering descriptions of food, the richness of the family, that I would give the second book a try if I saw it at the library. It wouldn't be the first time I read the first book in a series and didn't enjoy it as much as so it's not fair to completely count out the series.