Review: A lovely read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2012
As soon as I read the synopsis I had a feeling this would be my kind of story and I was right because it grabbed my attention within the first chapter.  It is based in Scotland and Italy and I enjoyed reading the vivid descriptions of these places, also the way the author described the food and meals really got my mouth-watering.Each main character has a different star sign and a personality to match, these personalities are described at the beginning of each of their individual stories.  I loved reading about Holly's encounter with the sexy Dario at the beginning, the instant spark between them was really exciting.I quickly became engrossed by everyone's lives and the emotions they had me feeling, this is a story that has very real and believable characters and it was like I could feel what they were feeling - happiness, confusion, shock, lust, anger, the list goes on.  I couldn't figure out how each story would intertwine to start with but as I read on it soon became clear that there were small links between each of them.  This made it very difficult to put down because I was keen to see exactly how they would all connect at the end.I particularly liked Jennifer's story of how she cared for her mother, I haven't read any books that cover life from a carers perspective before and, knowing people in my own life who care for family members like this, I felt that it was written in an honest and sensitive way.  This is just one example of how this novel has a more serious side as well as a funny, romantic side.I really enjoyed the final event where everything came together, I thought it was very clever how it all worked out and also shocked by a couple of revelations that I didn't see coming!  I was quite surprised by the ending, not in a bad way though, I had predicted a completely different outcome but I actually preferred this one.This is a novel that I think most people could relate to in some way and I enjoyed reading it.