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Love & Gelato. Vacanță la Florența by Jenna Evans Welch

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theespressoedition's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Eek! This book was every level of cute! Once I started listening to the audiobook, I didn't want to stop. I had to know what happened next.

I'm a huge fan of Mamma Mia and this definitely gave me those vibes between the "finding the father" bit, the "learning more about her mom" bit, and the "set in a coastal European city" bit.

I'm also a huge fan of stories within stories and this book did a great job with that. Lina's mom's journal was just as exciting (if not more exciting) than Lina's adventures! Plus, it gave us not one, but two coming-of-age plots.

There was found family, romance, self-discovery, comedy, heartbreak, and GELATO in this book, so what more could you ask for? I can't wait to read the sequel!

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emelisa_19's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I picked up this book as a reccomendation from my English teacher as a light hearted read that would take me out of a year long reading slump. It did its job beautifully.

While it may be a bit slow in the first 100-150 pages, the book picks up speed once Lina, the main character, starts reading her death mother's journal. After that, I was pretty much unable to put down the book.

The book is very plot driven, you really dont get a lot of development on the characters or their flaws. Since its such a lighthearted read, some of the characters may come off as bland and surface level, even the main characters. But I dont mean this as an insult, the author managed to make flat characters lovable, which is something not many can do. As superficial as I felt Ren, the love interest, I did fall hard for him and it had me wishing I had a man like that.

One character that did experience somewhat development was Howard, Lina's step dad< and I dont think that really counts as development since it was just that you found out stuff that was already there, just that the reader wasn't aware of it

Overall, 'Love & Gelato' was exactly what I expected it to be: fun, fast, lighthearted. If you want a book for your summer vacation in Europe or a book that will have you smilling like a mad person at 3 am (because you are unable to put it down at such ungodly hours), this one is it for you.

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loch_nesa's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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cozylifewithabby's review against another edition

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adventurous hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

This is a vanilla cupcake kind of read. I mean that as a compliment. Perfect little YA RomCom. I needed this after reading done heavy books. It does have it's sadness, but that is overpowered by it's hopeful tone. I'll definitely be reading the second one.

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