811L-Rl0HpL._SL1500_Synopsis”Kat has never wanted to live a small life. She’s an adventurer, a food writer who travels the world visiting far-flung places and eating unusual things. Now she is about to embark on her biggest adventure yet – a relationship. She has fallen in love with an Italian man and is moving to live with him in Venice where she will help him run his small guest house, Hotel Gondola. Kat has lined up a book deal and will write about the first year of her new adventure, the food she eats, the recipes she collects, the people she meets, the man she doesn’t really know all that well but is going to make a life with. But as Kat ought to know by now, the thing about adventures is that they never go exactly the way you expect them to. . . .”

My Review

I love Nicky Pellegrino’s books and have had this one hidden away on my Kindle app for ages! It’s the perfect book to read for the 20 Books of Summer Challenge, as Kat, the main character has set herself the challenge of staying put in one place, rather than living out of a suitcase and travelling for her job as a food writer.

Nicky Pellegrino’s books always transport me to Italy, and this time it was to Venice. It made me want visit, but stay for longer just like Kat, to experience Venice out of season when all the tourists have gone home.

I liked Kat and Massimo, their romance felt very real, but sometimes non-existent, with Massimo absorbed into the running of his small family run hotel. I felt sorry for Kat at times, so was pleased that she’d made friends with Coco and Ruth, both older women with interesting life stories. They were both quite eccentric, but very loveable, especially Coco giving away her designer clothes and speaking very bluntly at times!

As always there were mouth watering descriptions of Italian food, (with recipes this time!) throughout the story, making me want to reach into the book and eat it all!

Highly recommended if you enjoy books set in Italy.

Book 4 of 20 Books of Summer