Review: Hits most of the buttons...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2014
An American Girl in Italy starts off quickly.  We get the genre's required "cute-meet" between U.S. American Carly, and Italian Michelangelo, where Carly falls head-over-heels, literally, before:  ...the tall, dark and gorgeous hottie who must think she was the biggest idiot ever to land in Italy.Like all contemporary romances, there is a physical attraction between the gorgeous duo right away.  The author alternates the point-of-view between Carly, a buttoned-down workaholic, and Michelangelo Ricci, a single-minded young man who is devoted to his family and to rescuing the family's wine business.Carly is an oboist in an orchestra that is on tour in Italy.  We get a glimpse inside the world of classical music and traveling orchestras.  It all rings true, and it is an interesting and novel way of having a character travel around Italy.  Michelangelo is the group's tour guide.While the book hits all the buttons for a clean, contemporary romance novel set in Italy, I have some reservations about the book.  I'll just mention one here: Carly.  Carly is an unpleasant woman.  If you recognize yourself in Carly, you might like that she ends up with Michelangelo.  Frankly, I thought Michelangelo could do a lot better, and I hoped he would!Please check out my full, illustrated review at Italophile Book Reviews.