Review: Not quite what i was hoping for
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
Dangit, I kinda had high hopes for the one. For the record, the steam level in this book is low. Nothing past first base. Possible spoilers, nothing major.Julie is an artist and student at NYU. We first meet her while she's in Italy. There she bumps into a handsome man and something about him is unforgettable. Fast forward 8 months and she's back at NYU, in school and working as a barista in a coffee shop. As she is making a drink, the machine goes haywire and spurts hot water and who comes to her rescue? Hottie man from Italy. He's actually VP of his family's wine company. Hmm, what are the odds of this?They flirt. He saves her from scalding water. Then everything happens very quickly.I think the most disappointing thing about this book is it mainly takes place within a weeks time. There was no time to develop any type of friendship or relationship. And within that span of a week, they hang out, he offers her a job, they fly to Italy, they do nothing but kiss and fall completely in love. Even going so far to discuss marriage.The trip to Italy was to be 3 weeks long, she's going to redesign one of his wine labels. After 5 days in Italy, he gives her a lame excuse that she has to return to the US the following day. She boards a plane, goes back to NY and doesn't hear from him for 3 weeks.They were apart longer than they were together?? I mean time just flew by in this book. Shit you better hold on tight for this story.I felt the story shifted gears often. Not in the graceful way either. Like grinding, gonna break your car shifting gears. I just felt really disappointed by the end.I felt sorrow for what Leo went through as a teen and adult, but the story didn't dive into that enough to compensate for that ending. Very rushed for such a delicate topic. Julienhad a dry sense of humor that was most of the time funny. Other times I was skimming over her babbling. Her roomie Ian was great, but not much elaboration on him either.Overall it was rushed and underdeveloped. I was really hoping for more