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gemmiejewel 's review for:
The Sunshine and Biscotti Club
by Jenny Oliver
This is story about a group of friends who had in reality drifted apart. No loner young, fun things, the friends congregate at Libby’s hotel the Limoncello in Italy to help her with the final refurbishments. Libby is a big name in the blogging world but in reality she’s actually falling apart and truthfully so are her friends.
The setting is portrayed beautifully and as I have a soft spot for Italy I delved in right away. As I said it was a very cute story but sometimes it was a little hard to believe in places. I get that giving some of the characters the back story that they had would set them up but it did get a little grating. Also the constant reminders and mentions of where they actually were and how it looked and smelled left little to the readers imagination. Also throwing curveballs at the reader from nowhere is ok but I felt that there was no build up to these.
I hate giving negative reviews so I will say that it is a nice easy read if you want something not too brain taxing in a beautiful setting. However be prepared not to get invested too much in the characters because I just don’t feel that they are believable.
The setting is portrayed beautifully and as I have a soft spot for Italy I delved in right away. As I said it was a very cute story but sometimes it was a little hard to believe in places. I get that giving some of the characters the back story that they had would set them up but it did get a little grating. Also the constant reminders and mentions of where they actually were and how it looked and smelled left little to the readers imagination. Also throwing curveballs at the reader from nowhere is ok but I felt that there was no build up to these.
I hate giving negative reviews so I will say that it is a nice easy read if you want something not too brain taxing in a beautiful setting. However be prepared not to get invested too much in the characters because I just don’t feel that they are believable.