My Summer of Love and Limoncello
Sue Roberts
Rating: 4 stars
Three best friends, Italian sunshine and a handsome stranger can fix just about anything... Can't it?
Maisie Knight had it all. A gorgeous husband. A successful business. A beautiful home. Until one day, after walking into the storeroom of their shop, she loses it all at one - catching her husband cheating on her with the girl from Checkout 3. So when she wins a holiday to Italy, a week under the Tuscan sun couldn't come sooner.
Treating best friends Cheryl and Emma to a girl's trip, the terracotta-roofed Villa Marisa on a rustic farm awaits them. The fields of golden sunflowers could be the perfect cure for Maisie's broken heart - and local farmer, suspiciously perfect Gianni, with his thick black hair and twinkling brown eyes is a welcome distraction from her broken heart.
Mornings waking up to freshly brewed coffee and views of the rolling hills, moped rides with cheeky Italians, and feasts of prosecco and pasta help Maisie forget her troubles. After all her heartache, she's surprised when she starts opening up to Gianni - she's even more surprised when the temperature rises and it's not just the rays of the Italian sunshine...
Maisie could get used to the good life. But just as she's getting her spark back, disaster strikes. The next thing she knows, her past is catching up with her, reopening old wounds and Maisie has a life-changing decision to make. Should she say ciao to her summer of love and limoncello?
A laugh-out-loud page turner about second chances, finding happiness when you least expect it and restorative power of Italian food! Fans of Carole Matthews and Sophie Kinsella will be totally hooked by.
-----------------------------------------------
I love seeing a new Sue Roberts novel pop up, they're lighthearted, enjoyable and make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. This cover was just as beautiful as her others. It really catches the eye and makes you want to read it. The bright colours certainly drew me in, I love the open green fields, the colourful blue sky and the pretty flowers and houses dotted around. The title is also another thing that just sounds to summery! I was wishing for warmer weather when I was reading this!
I will say that this novel starts off a bit slow and to be honest, a little bit all over the place. One minute Maisie is with her husband and the next she's talking about going to a different job and you're sat there thinking - when did she get that? However, after the first few chapters this levelled out and I ended up really enjoying it. Although, I did feel that it was a slightly different style of writing than the usual Sue Roberts' novels I've read. This one felt slightly more serious than her usual really easy and lighthearted reads. As I say though, once I got through the first few chapters it got a bit better to read and I started warming to the characters more.
With main character Maisie, I felt that she was way too serious at first. When her bag got mixed up at the airport, she seemed to think that she had got some really important bag and when I first read it I was kinda thinking that she was being a bit over the top but as I keep saying, the more I read the more I enjoyed. I did really feel for Maisie, she had been through a lot in her life and I could completely understand why she was the way she was. It must have been awful to have been through those two horrible experiences and I really found myself connecting with her as the story went on. I loved the secondary characters such as Emma, Cheryl and even Gianni and I enjoyed reading about their idyllic sounding holiday and loved the setting.
Tuscany sounds beautiful and now I really want to visit! The food all sounded absolutely delicious and I'm warning you now that once you read this, it will make you hungry - constantly! The second half of this novel had all of Sue Roberts' usual banter and warmth and I was soon dreaming of being in Italy and wishing for summer to come! Another great novel by this talented author. A perfect summer read. Thank you to the publisher for a chance to read this novel via Netgalley, which I have reviewed honestly.
I love seeing a new Sue Roberts novel pop up, they're lighthearted, enjoyable and make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. This cover was just as beautiful as her others. It really catches the eye and makes you want to read it. The bright colours certainly drew me in, I love the open green fields, the colourful blue sky and the pretty flowers and houses dotted around. The title is also another thing that just sounds to summery! I was wishing for warmer weather when I was reading this!
I will say that this novel starts off a bit slow and to be honest, a little bit all over the place. One minute Maisie is with her husband and the next she's talking about going to a different job and you're sat there thinking - when did she get that? However, after the first few chapters this levelled out and I ended up really enjoying it. Although, I did feel that it was a slightly different style of writing than the usual Sue Roberts' novels I've read. This one felt slightly more serious than her usual really easy and lighthearted reads. As I say though, once I got through the first few chapters it got a bit better to read and I started warming to the characters more.
With main character Maisie, I felt that she was way too serious at first. When her bag got mixed up at the airport, she seemed to think that she had got some really important bag and when I first read it I was kinda thinking that she was being a bit over the top but as I keep saying, the more I read the more I enjoyed. I did really feel for Maisie, she had been through a lot in her life and I could completely understand why she was the way she was. It must have been awful to have been through those two horrible experiences and I really found myself connecting with her as the story went on. I loved the secondary characters such as Emma, Cheryl and even Gianni and I enjoyed reading about their idyllic sounding holiday and loved the setting.
Tuscany sounds beautiful and now I really want to visit! The food all sounded absolutely delicious and I'm warning you now that once you read this, it will make you hungry - constantly! The second half of this novel had all of Sue Roberts' usual banter and warmth and I was soon dreaming of being in Italy and wishing for summer to come! Another great novel by this talented author. A perfect summer read. Thank you to the publisher for a chance to read this novel via Netgalley, which I have reviewed honestly.
No comments:
Post a Comment