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bookishelflife 's review for:
Love & Olives
by Jenna Evans Welch
3.5 stars
I have been religiously reading all the books from love and Gelato series as they come out. I love how vividly detailed these books are, given that they are travelogue kind of books I feel like it is quite important that the reader has to have a clear mind's eye picture of all the details of the place in order to vicariously travel through the book. The author yet does not disappoint with her beautiful narration, you could tell that she has gone to so many lengths in her research to write this book- after all it is a book about finding Atlantis. I truly vicariously travelled all Greece through this book
The main character Olive aka Liv is quite relatable, the plot deals with Liv's estranged father, an Atlantis hunter-whom she travels all the way to Santorini to help with his project-Finding Atlantis. There is a decade worth of unsaid words and anger she is forced to face with this sudden encounter, Liv forms a second skin in order to deal with her childhood trauma. The way she undergoes emotional turmoil in order to untangle her web of feelings are very heart warming at times, the male lead Theo is a delight to read and a total charmer. I liked the fact that the book talks about mental illness which is something I always love in my books
However, I felt like the whole theme with father-daughter to be quite redundant. I was disappointed that there were not many scenes/conversations in between Liv and her father which I kept looking for, some parts of the story were not realistic and too cliched. There is an expected grand gesture to the end of the book like every other book in this series which to be quite honest I never cared for because they kind of feel forced for me. That being said I still enjoyed the whole ride and will continue picking up books in this series
I have been religiously reading all the books from love and Gelato series as they come out. I love how vividly detailed these books are, given that they are travelogue kind of books I feel like it is quite important that the reader has to have a clear mind's eye picture of all the details of the place in order to vicariously travel through the book. The author yet does not disappoint with her beautiful narration, you could tell that she has gone to so many lengths in her research to write this book- after all it is a book about finding Atlantis. I truly vicariously travelled all Greece through this book
The main character Olive aka Liv is quite relatable, the plot deals with Liv's estranged father, an Atlantis hunter-whom she travels all the way to Santorini to help with his project-Finding Atlantis. There is a decade worth of unsaid words and anger she is forced to face with this sudden encounter, Liv forms a second skin in order to deal with her childhood trauma. The way she undergoes emotional turmoil in order to untangle her web of feelings are very heart warming at times, the male lead Theo is a delight to read and a total charmer. I liked the fact that the book talks about mental illness which is something I always love in my books
However, I felt like the whole theme with father-daughter to be quite redundant. I was disappointed that there were not many scenes/conversations in between Liv and her father which I kept looking for, some parts of the story were not realistic and too cliched. There is an expected grand gesture to the end of the book like every other book in this series which to be quite honest I never cared for because they kind of feel forced for me. That being said I still enjoyed the whole ride and will continue picking up books in this series