Review: Just couldn't get into it
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2014
For some reason, I just could not get invested in these characters.  Maria, the heroine, seemed a bit on the slutty side to me.  She talked about having sex with everything that moved.  Even going so far as to try and lose 25 lbs. before her high school crush, she did him at prom, comes back to town for the 10 year reunion.  They have not kept in touch, etc., he just calls to say he is coming and to get ready.  So she is going to wild extremes to get in shape for his return.  He sounds like a pig to me.She meets Dante, a very Italian male.  I think she wants to avoid an involvement because he represents the male Italian's point of view, keep the woman in the kitchen while he is out with the boys.  It seems that way.  I don't really know Italian culture at all.  But he doesn't seem to want a relationship either, he just wants to have sex with her.  Now, she has sex with a guy she met at a cousin's wedding, the same night she met him, a loser with a capital L, but she is trying to avoid this guy.  I'm not sure I get her reasoning.  Seems like he would be the perfect candidate to end her dry spell.  He is HOT, he wants her but doesn't want a relationship.  Her perfect man yet she is putting him off.  WHY?It seems her family as well as all the other characters have only one thing on their mind, marry and have children.  Something she definitely does not want to do.  Not sure why.  There is nothing wrong with the story, I just could not get into it.  I liked Dante, a chef, but it seemed like his only interest in Maria was her big boobs and lush body.  He was so hot for her and didn't even know her name.  Maybe it works that way and I am just missing the point.  I would certainly suggest you give this one a try and see for yourself.