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melissabarr44's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
This was a fun single dad romance! I really enjoyed Claudio and Grace's relationship and had a great time with this one!
This was a fun single dad romance! I really enjoyed Claudio and Grace's relationship and had a great time with this one!
itsdanysbooks's review against another edition
2.0
Wohoo dočitane. Konečne.
- absolútne nič sa nedialo. Ale že absolútne. Len sexovali na rôznych miestach Talianska
- hlavný hrdina bol úplne dokonalý, stále mal motivačné suportujúce reči, dlhý dick, miliónové auto a vilu v toskánsku.
- celá osobnosť hlavnej hrdinky bola "som spisovateľka a neviem nič napísať, tak sa budem len sťažovať a ospravedlňovať"
- otrasná audiokniha. Z tých silených prízvukov (škótsky a taliansky) mi krvácali uši
- random "megamúdre" dieťa, ktoré rozpráva o random sci-fi, futuristických, fyzikálnych atď veciach ako cestovanie časom atď. Totálne random. To dieťa pokojne mohlo nemať osobnosť, lebo tam len tak zavadzalo.
- srašne cringe romantika, všetky tie reči... ugh... krvácanie z uší číslo dva.
- absolútne nevyužitý potenciál príbehu, že jej zomrela spolu autorka. Mohli sme viac rozoberať písanie, viac písať o tej jej kamarátke, dať tomu viac emócií. Namiesto toho to bolo "som smutná, lebo mi zomrela spolu autorka, ale tento talian mi práve vysexoval mozog takže všetko je v poriadku"
Takže som vlastne celú knihu prekrúcala očami, sex mi hot neprišiel, keď som to počúvala ako audioknihu s tými hroznými hlasmi, nudila som sa a vlastne som tú knihu používala len ako background noise, lebo reálne vnímať celých 24 kapitol sa nedalo.
- absolútne nič sa nedialo. Ale že absolútne. Len sexovali na rôznych miestach Talianska
- hlavný hrdina bol úplne dokonalý, stále mal motivačné suportujúce reči, dlhý dick, miliónové auto a vilu v toskánsku.
- celá osobnosť hlavnej hrdinky bola "som spisovateľka a neviem nič napísať, tak sa budem len sťažovať a ospravedlňovať"
- otrasná audiokniha. Z tých silených prízvukov (škótsky a taliansky) mi krvácali uši
- random "megamúdre" dieťa, ktoré rozpráva o random sci-fi, futuristických, fyzikálnych atď veciach ako cestovanie časom atď. Totálne random. To dieťa pokojne mohlo nemať osobnosť, lebo tam len tak zavadzalo.
- srašne cringe romantika, všetky tie reči... ugh... krvácanie z uší číslo dva.
- absolútne nevyužitý potenciál príbehu, že jej zomrela spolu autorka. Mohli sme viac rozoberať písanie, viac písať o tej jej kamarátke, dať tomu viac emócií. Namiesto toho to bolo "som smutná, lebo mi zomrela spolu autorka, ale tento talian mi práve vysexoval mozog takže všetko je v poriadku"
Takže som vlastne celú knihu prekrúcala očami, sex mi hot neprišiel, keď som to počúvala ako audioknihu s tými hroznými hlasmi, nudila som sa a vlastne som tú knihu používala len ako background noise, lebo reálne vnímať celých 24 kapitol sa nedalo.
melinda1962's review against another edition
3.0
Because I’m such a character driven book I was sad I didn’t like this book more than I thought I would. The characters were just ok. Vanni, the 10 yr old boy was boring. Grace was not much more exciting. Claudio needed to be more possessive. The story was good. I loved learning about Tuscany. This book makes me want to go there.
smalltownbookmom's review against another edition
5.0
This was a super STEAMY dual perspective vacation romance featuring a British writer struggling with her next book and the hot single Italian dad she ends up staying with for the summer. A bit of a slow burn but once the heat takes off, phew this book delivered! Everything I wanted and more!! Heat with heart and I was honestly sad to see it end. Great on audio too, although it took a while to get used to the narrator's accents.
hush_one_more_chapter's review against another edition
2.0
I don't usually like to give low ratings because the appreciation of a book is very subjective, but this story is set in Italy and I'm Italian. Sorry.
Unfortunately Italians in this book have been misrepresented. Most of the Italian sentences/words are mispelled or wrong. There are improbable behaviours made look like normal because "Bella, we are in Italy”. If we really did those things we would end up with a very hefty fine or in prison.
FYI when we take a picture we don't say "formaggio" to smile, we say cheese in English and
we don't usually have sex in the car by the side of a road in the middle of the day or give head in a gondola-lift in public
Besides the story was a bit boring, so I'm sorry but I can't give it more than two stars.
Unfortunately Italians in this book have been misrepresented. Most of the Italian sentences/words are mispelled or wrong. There are improbable behaviours made look like normal because "Bella, we are in Italy”. If we really did those things we would end up with a very hefty fine or in prison.
FYI when we take a picture we don't say "formaggio" to smile, we say cheese in English and
we don't usually have sex in the car by the side of a road in the middle of the day or give head in a gondola-lift in public
Besides the story was a bit boring, so I'm sorry but I can't give it more than two stars.
agrandromance's review against another edition
5.0
One Hot Italian Summer is a hot, Tuscan dream of a romance novel that came to my rescue and gave me this paradise to travel to in my imagination. It’s filled with beautiful, sun-soaked descriptions of the town of Lucca, Villa Rosa and the countryside as well as mouth-watering details on all the food and cocktails. So, in addition to the crazy, beautiful love story of Claudio and Grace, you’ll feel like you’ve taken an amazingly perfect Italian vacation.
Karina Halle’s writing style is so descriptive - full of textures, colours, sounds, emotions - that it pulls you right into the story in the most immersive way. From the first few sentences, you almost feel as though you are Grace, experiencing her writer’s block after the death of her writing partner and then later, the intense beauty of Tuscany.
Grace is living in the grey city of Edinburgh in a flat overlooking a cemetery and hoping for inspiration to strike. She is a shy, introverted soul while her late writing partner Robyn was the more gregarious of the two. Grace has been tasked with writing a book by the end of the summer but it’s already May and she has nothing as she’s frozen in grief and self-doubt.
Her new literary agent, Jana, sensing her troubles, offers Grace the use of a villa in hot and sunny Tuscany for a month to get her out of the gloom and with a promise that Grace will have a quarter of the book completed.
Grace arrives at Villa Rosa where there’s lemon trees, olive groves, sunshine and peace for the first couple of days. She experiences a peaceful bliss she hasn’t felt in a long time.
"It is the perfect summer day. I’m not saying that casually. I mean, it’s the summer day of your long-lost youth. It’s a summer day that captures all the feelings of how the world used to be. A summer day to write about."
Until Claudio Romano and his son Vanni show up, Jana’s ex-husband and her son. Grace and Claudio fall into a friendship. They are two artists who help one another through the other’s struggles with the “muse” while developing this friendship.
Vanni is a great addition to the story, with his hurts and worries showing through in his discussions about his parallel dimension alter ego “Gio”.
Slowly, Claudio and Tuscany begin to work on Grace’s heart. And then the friendship becomes something more.
“You’re mine, Grace. More than my muse, more than a lover. I’ve never felt this way before about anything or anyone, and I … I know that if you just trust me, if you give me your heart, I will carry it with me. I will be kind and gentle with it. I will always keep it tucked next to mine. So that whatever happens in the future, it doesn’t matter. I’ll have your heart and you’ll have mine.”
But can they get past her fears about her writing and Jana‘s and Vanni’s reactions to their relationship?
What you need to know about One Hot Italian Summer:
✔ Slow burn steamy romance
✔ Complete stand-alone
✔ Hot sexy summer romance set in stunning Tuscany
✔ Forced proximity
✔ Hot Italian single Dad/Sculptor
✔ Forbidden Love
✔ Author with writer’s block
WRITING STYLE: 5/5
PLOT: 5/5
WORLD-BUILDING: 5/5
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 5/5
ROMANCE: 5/5
HEAT: 5/5
Karina Halle’s writing style is so descriptive - full of textures, colours, sounds, emotions - that it pulls you right into the story in the most immersive way. From the first few sentences, you almost feel as though you are Grace, experiencing her writer’s block after the death of her writing partner and then later, the intense beauty of Tuscany.
Grace is living in the grey city of Edinburgh in a flat overlooking a cemetery and hoping for inspiration to strike. She is a shy, introverted soul while her late writing partner Robyn was the more gregarious of the two. Grace has been tasked with writing a book by the end of the summer but it’s already May and she has nothing as she’s frozen in grief and self-doubt.
Her new literary agent, Jana, sensing her troubles, offers Grace the use of a villa in hot and sunny Tuscany for a month to get her out of the gloom and with a promise that Grace will have a quarter of the book completed.
Grace arrives at Villa Rosa where there’s lemon trees, olive groves, sunshine and peace for the first couple of days. She experiences a peaceful bliss she hasn’t felt in a long time.
"It is the perfect summer day. I’m not saying that casually. I mean, it’s the summer day of your long-lost youth. It’s a summer day that captures all the feelings of how the world used to be. A summer day to write about."
Until Claudio Romano and his son Vanni show up, Jana’s ex-husband and her son. Grace and Claudio fall into a friendship. They are two artists who help one another through the other’s struggles with the “muse” while developing this friendship.
Vanni is a great addition to the story, with his hurts and worries showing through in his discussions about his parallel dimension alter ego “Gio”.
Slowly, Claudio and Tuscany begin to work on Grace’s heart. And then the friendship becomes something more.
“You’re mine, Grace. More than my muse, more than a lover. I’ve never felt this way before about anything or anyone, and I … I know that if you just trust me, if you give me your heart, I will carry it with me. I will be kind and gentle with it. I will always keep it tucked next to mine. So that whatever happens in the future, it doesn’t matter. I’ll have your heart and you’ll have mine.”
But can they get past her fears about her writing and Jana‘s and Vanni’s reactions to their relationship?
What you need to know about One Hot Italian Summer:
✔ Slow burn steamy romance
✔ Complete stand-alone
✔ Hot sexy summer romance set in stunning Tuscany
✔ Forced proximity
✔ Hot Italian single Dad/Sculptor
✔ Forbidden Love
✔ Author with writer’s block
WRITING STYLE: 5/5
PLOT: 5/5
WORLD-BUILDING: 5/5
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 5/5
ROMANCE: 5/5
HEAT: 5/5
anzhelikali's review against another edition
5.0
Karina Halle did it again and I’m not mad about it. The author never fails to amaze me by creating feel-good contemporary romances that are deliciously passionate, and yet adorably cute. One Hot Italian Summer was no exception. A forbidden love story between an awkward author with a writer’s block and a hot Italian single dad with an artistic soul. The main characters were extremely well-written. They had a particularly unique feel to them, especially Claudio (he felt very much Italian, I was pleasantly surprised). And I absolutely adored the stunning Tuscany setting for the story (I lived vicariously through Karina’s characters since CoVid ruined my summer as it did for millions of people all around the world).
Read more at: Anzhelika.online
Read more at: Anzhelika.online
charlottenw1's review against another edition
5.0
Hats off to Karina Halle because she has written pure smutty filth with a hot Italian hero.
Grace has a deadline to meet and her publisher cannot let her writers block carry on any longer, so why not suggest a trip to a remote Italian villa for a month with only views as a distraction? Of course Grace jumps at the offer but neither of them expected Claudio Romano to show up back at his own house. As you can imagine the close proximity trope plays a key role here and I adore it.
There's a scene in a ferrari that is now at the top of my all time memorable moments. A pure work of art actually.
For a storyline that could have had a massive conflict and dramatic scene there isn't and I love that because the characters are actually acting their age. It just makes Claudio that much more attractive because he takes control of the situations and deals with any issues which Grace really needs, as she's a fish out of water most of the time.
I will definitely be reading more by Karina and she's probably become one of my top authors.
Grace has a deadline to meet and her publisher cannot let her writers block carry on any longer, so why not suggest a trip to a remote Italian villa for a month with only views as a distraction? Of course Grace jumps at the offer but neither of them expected Claudio Romano to show up back at his own house. As you can imagine the close proximity trope plays a key role here and I adore it.
There's a scene in a ferrari that is now at the top of my all time memorable moments. A pure work of art actually.
For a storyline that could have had a massive conflict and dramatic scene there isn't and I love that because the characters are actually acting their age. It just makes Claudio that much more attractive because he takes control of the situations and deals with any issues which Grace really needs, as she's a fish out of water most of the time.
I will definitely be reading more by Karina and she's probably become one of my top authors.
th3misna's review against another edition
4.0
I think I should take the hint that I truly LOVE romance novels. My lord was that a great, fast and easy read. I truly enjoyed this book even if I devoured it in two days. One of my favorite things about this book is the changing POV’s and how fluid it felt between the changes. I wanted more of Vanni, he sounds like such a cool kid! Claudio reads like a dream! He is no doubt written by a woman. If you are looking for some light but albeit good read, this is a great option! Also it does have some