What I really want is someone who will wake me up early so I don't miss a sunrise.
Love and Gelato (Love & Gelato # 1)
Jenna Evans Welch
Summary: “I made the wrong choice.”
Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is go back home.
But then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires her, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself.
People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.
My Review: I thought this book was so great! I loved Lina, even though she could be a little indignant at times, I never felt like her motivation to be so was flimsy. And seeing Italy through her eyes was so fun! I also thoroughly enjoyed the sweet love story at the center. The family journey she goes on to better understand her mom's history, and it had me craving gelato and spaghetti like nobody’s business.
Recommended age: 14+ (some mild thematic elements)
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