I think it would take a very special man to take in a teenage girl, father or no, and be willing to make the right adjustments to help her. They're both SO CUTE! I mean, Ren is cute in that adorable floppy-haired eighteen year old boy way (man that sounds so creepy coming from an adult woman, but you know what I mean), and Howard is this precious tall nerd man, and they both try so hard in their own way to make Lina adjust and feel comfortable in Italy.
Love & Gelato is basically two love stories in one, and I think that's a really cool device, especially when it's done well, which it is here. I thought it was great that she had someone familiar, even if the stories were news, to comfort her through all the changes.
Lina has to leave her life as she has always known it and move thousands of miles away. And I like that her journey parallels that of her mom, which we realize while reading her mom's journal. She felt very well-adjusted to me, but not in a fake or too-adult way. Even when she had hesitations, even when she and her friend were making plans to go back to the States, she still tried. Lina impressed me with her willingness to try things like going to a party with strangers, take a spontaneous trip to Rome, try newish foods, and just go to Italy in general. Lina just felt real to me, and I think she dealt with all the changes in her life-mom with cancer, mom's death, move to Italy, meet dad, etc-pretty dang well. I know, I know, we're not supposed judge characters entirely based on their likability, but I still like her. Kirkus Reviews called Love & Gelato “a sure bet for fans of romance fiction,” while VOYA said readers “will find it difficult to put this book down.” Readers are about to discover a new place, a new romance, and a new talent.I really like Lina (and I'm ridiculously proud of myself for pronouncing her name right from the get-go. People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more. It’s a secret that will change everything Lina knew about her mother, her father-and even herself.
A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.īut then Lina is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping New York Times bestseller filled with romance, mystery, and adventure.
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