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That Month In Tuscany
That Month in Tuscany... Ren Sawyer and Lizzy Harper live completely different lives. He's a rock star with a secret he can no longer live with. She's a regular person whose husband stood her up for a long planned anniversary trip. On a flight across the Atlantic headed for Italy, a drunken pity party and untimely turbulence literally drop Lizzy into Ren's lap. It is the last thing she can imagine ever happening to someone like her. But despite their surface differences, they discover an undeniable pull between them. A pull that leads them both to remember who they had once been before letting themselves be changed by a life they had each chosen. Exploring the streets of Florence and the hills of Tuscany together - two people with seemingly nothing in common - changes them both forever. And what they find in each other is something that might just heal them both.
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Inglath Cooper
61 books925 followersVirginia author Inglath Cooper fell in love with reading as a little girl, devouring most of the books in her elementary school library. At some point, she decided she wanted to pursue a writing career, creating romance fiction that did for others what her favorite books have done for her. “I love character-driven books that leave me feeling as if I’ve really known these people and make me wish I didn’t have to turn the last page.”
“Romance fiction has always appealed to me because it deals with so many of the relationships in a woman’s life. Not only the love of her life, but often her relationship with her mother, sister or best friend. Romance authors have so much room to explore many of the meaningful moments and transitions in women’s lives. And who doesn’t love a good love story?”
Inglath most often writes stories about love and life that are set in small Virginia towns like the one where she grew up. “I like to think the flavor of my hometown shows up in my books both in their setting and through the characters who people it.”
When aspiring writers ask her how to be an author, she says, “Everything I know about writing books I learned from reading books.”
Inglath has been chosen as a RITA® Award winner for best long contemporary romance novel given out each year by Romance Writers of America. Her books are available through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, itunes.com, and Kobobooks.com.
Outside of writing, Inglath is actively involved in dog rescue, working with The Franklin County Humane Society to place dogs and cats in need of rehoming. She volunteers her time in every capacity possible: serving on the Board of Directors, fundraising, photographing dogs and cats available for adoption and serving as a foster home. “Helping an abused or neglected dog go on to have a wonderful life with a family who loves them is more rewarding than I can possibly say.”
“Romance fiction has always appealed to me because it deals with so many of the relationships in a woman’s life. Not only the love of her life, but often her relationship with her mother, sister or best friend. Romance authors have so much room to explore many of the meaningful moments and transitions in women’s lives. And who doesn’t love a good love story?”
Inglath most often writes stories about love and life that are set in small Virginia towns like the one where she grew up. “I like to think the flavor of my hometown shows up in my books both in their setting and through the characters who people it.”
When aspiring writers ask her how to be an author, she says, “Everything I know about writing books I learned from reading books.”
Inglath has been chosen as a RITA® Award winner for best long contemporary romance novel given out each year by Romance Writers of America. Her books are available through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, itunes.com, and Kobobooks.com.
Outside of writing, Inglath is actively involved in dog rescue, working with The Franklin County Humane Society to place dogs and cats in need of rehoming. She volunteers her time in every capacity possible: serving on the Board of Directors, fundraising, photographing dogs and cats available for adoption and serving as a foster home. “Helping an abused or neglected dog go on to have a wonderful life with a family who loves them is more rewarding than I can possibly say.”
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November 18, 2018
2.0 - 2.5 disappointing stars
Short and sweet; very light reading with kisses and a small dose of spice at the very end. The story was written in first person diary-like entries from four different POVs, which I found to be spiritless and lacking vitality. Both the story and the main characters had real potential in my opinion but were lacking depth. Neither was given enough defined attention to get the job done. There was one part of the story that took the main theme off the front burner and went into another realm altogether. It could just as well have been left untold and more time spent on the main issues that were lacking and rushed to the finale.
Overall, a bit of a disappointment from start to finish.
Short and sweet; very light reading with kisses and a small dose of spice at the very end. The story was written in first person diary-like entries from four different POVs, which I found to be spiritless and lacking vitality. Both the story and the main characters had real potential in my opinion but were lacking depth. Neither was given enough defined attention to get the job done. There was one part of the story that took the main theme off the front burner and went into another realm altogether. It could just as well have been left untold and more time spent on the main issues that were lacking and rushed to the finale.
Overall, a bit of a disappointment from start to finish.
March 21, 2018
I really don't understand how people enjoyed this book, it was ludicrous. Every cliche ticked off. This story was so unbelievable that it goes beyond being fiction. The main character meets the man of her dreams in a drunken stupor the day she decides to go away without her husband? He turns out to be a gorgeous member of a rock band? He follows her to her hotel? They go on a road trip together? They escape seeing her husband by going out a back door? They rescue a puppy? The husband finds them again just as they find out their only daughter is missing because she went out late with a "band" member! and got kidnapped on the way walking home in the middle of the night? She is tied up in a house with another girl and they will be sold? She decides to play sexy with one of her kidnappers and then goes to the bathroom and knocks out the window with a plunger and falls 2 floors and runs away naked and gets to another house? Forward a few years and our heroine and her rock star get married and she is expecting? Come on this is the most ridiculous story, even for a beach read I have ever read, or should I say skimmed. It was a bookclub book and I thought I should finish it somehow. Who knows maybe in my skimming I missed some believable stuff?!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 30, 2018
My first 5 star book of 2018. Finished it in a day. I loved absolutely everything about this book!! A must read!!
January 12, 2016
Awful POVs
This book was a complete disaster.
Okay first off, this book went between too many point of views (POVs). There was the heroine, her husband, her daughter, and her rock star lover.
It gets even messed when they are all written in different styles. The heroine and the rock star are written in first person (I, me, etc). The daughters pov was written in third person (he, she, it) and then the oddest of them all, the husband, was written in second person (you think this and then you are a cookie). The second person pov was just completely grammatically incorrect. How did that make it passed an editor? It was like the author was just experimenting with different writing styles throughout the book.
If that isn't enough top make you run for the hills, the fact that the story is flat, boring, and lacking any type of uniqueness should do it. The characters all lack development and are extremely one dimensional.
I wanted to like this book so bad. I spent my entire sick day reading it. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a single redeeming quality.
This book was a complete disaster.
Okay first off, this book went between too many point of views (POVs). There was the heroine, her husband, her daughter, and her rock star lover.
It gets even messed when they are all written in different styles. The heroine and the rock star are written in first person (I, me, etc). The daughters pov was written in third person (he, she, it) and then the oddest of them all, the husband, was written in second person (you think this and then you are a cookie). The second person pov was just completely grammatically incorrect. How did that make it passed an editor? It was like the author was just experimenting with different writing styles throughout the book.
If that isn't enough top make you run for the hills, the fact that the story is flat, boring, and lacking any type of uniqueness should do it. The characters all lack development and are extremely one dimensional.
I wanted to like this book so bad. I spent my entire sick day reading it. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a single redeeming quality.
October 13, 2017
Much to my surprise, I enjoyed this book. I especially liked the non-pretentious characters. Both Ren Sawyer and Lizzy Harper are endearing people, their wealth notwithstanding. They both embark on a trip to Italy with plenty of self-reflection to go through. Both feel let down, feel that they are at a turning point, and for Ren, it feels more bleak than for Lizzy. Actually, it's clear that they both benefit of their chance-encounter and of this change in perspective. Indeed, Lizzy’s marriage is on the rocks, and her daughter has turned her back to her (for rather fickle reasons). As for Ren, a rock band singer, mega popular, he feels that he can’t go on pretending to be this person he’s not. He even envisions himself ending his life. But it won’t come to that.
The notion of people changing their lives, altering the pace, and living in a “dolce farniente” country, like Italy, is surely attractive. People who have money, like Ren and Lizzy, can make that change in all luxury, no problem. That’s why fiction is so great : it’s all possible! Notably, I think this book makes the reader realize that, yes, enjoying life, and being yourself, is important. That's an essential lesson for everyone.
The main issue I had with this read was the daughter’s kidnapping. The way the author presents it, it appears that the kidnapping is the only way to make Lizzy's daughter "wake up" and realize her Mom is a person of value. I think this turnaround is somewhat drastic and regrettable, tending towards a certain shallowness, which I like to avoid in any read.
The notion of people changing their lives, altering the pace, and living in a “dolce farniente” country, like Italy, is surely attractive. People who have money, like Ren and Lizzy, can make that change in all luxury, no problem. That’s why fiction is so great : it’s all possible! Notably, I think this book makes the reader realize that, yes, enjoying life, and being yourself, is important. That's an essential lesson for everyone.
The main issue I had with this read was the daughter’s kidnapping. The way the author presents it, it appears that the kidnapping is the only way to make Lizzy's daughter "wake up" and realize her Mom is a person of value. I think this turnaround is somewhat drastic and regrettable, tending towards a certain shallowness, which I like to avoid in any read.
July 5, 2018
Ok, I feel awful doing this. I don’t believe I’ve ever given a book such a low rating. In fact, I typically rate high because I know how much work goes into the authors work.
If you have nothing else at all in the world to read... then take up reading tea leaves or smoke signals.
I couldn’t even finish it it was so bad. Half way through and I just couldn’t take anymore of the eye roll inducing plot “twists”. The situation with the daughter almost made my eyes get stuck in a perpetual eye roll.
Ty is a useless flat character.
Lizzie needs help- she’s a paper doll of a character, fragile and easily manipulated.
I wanted to like Ren but really?! He’s just so meh.
And don’t get me started on Lizzie and Ty’s daughter- Cooper should have left her out completely.
I keep reading that this author has a phenomenal series called Nashville... once I get over this colossal waste of a couple hours the half of this book was I’ll consider giving Cooper another shot.
Side note: I looked for spoiler reviews so I could just freaking know what happens in case it was worth it to keep reading. It’s not. It’s so not.
It deserves 1 star but the author actually had to work hard so it’s 2 stars for the effort.
If you have nothing else at all in the world to read... then take up reading tea leaves or smoke signals.
I couldn’t even finish it it was so bad. Half way through and I just couldn’t take anymore of the eye roll inducing plot “twists”. The situation with the daughter almost made my eyes get stuck in a perpetual eye roll.
Ty is a useless flat character.
Lizzie needs help- she’s a paper doll of a character, fragile and easily manipulated.
I wanted to like Ren but really?! He’s just so meh.
And don’t get me started on Lizzie and Ty’s daughter- Cooper should have left her out completely.
I keep reading that this author has a phenomenal series called Nashville... once I get over this colossal waste of a couple hours the half of this book was I’ll consider giving Cooper another shot.
Side note: I looked for spoiler reviews so I could just freaking know what happens in case it was worth it to keep reading. It’s not. It’s so not.
It deserves 1 star but the author actually had to work hard so it’s 2 stars for the effort.
October 7, 2021
2.5 Stars
I don’t like giving low reviews, being overly critical or not finishing a book I start. I finished this one, but it just didn’t work for me. The cover and synopsis make it seem like a typical rom-com, but in actuality this book couldn’t decide what it wanted to be when it grew up. It’s all over the place like an early draft.
This book was written from a first, second and third person point of view. Each character's narrative chapter was different and it drove me crazy. I couldn’t find any reason for it except “because I can… or because you can, or because they can” whatever the reason, I found it jolting.
Anyway, I didn’t love this book. I chose it because I liked the cover and I want to go to Tuscany. I should’ve just enjoyed the cover and went to Tuscany.
I don’t like giving low reviews, being overly critical or not finishing a book I start. I finished this one, but it just didn’t work for me. The cover and synopsis make it seem like a typical rom-com, but in actuality this book couldn’t decide what it wanted to be when it grew up. It’s all over the place like an early draft.
This book was written from a first, second and third person point of view. Each character's narrative chapter was different and it drove me crazy. I couldn’t find any reason for it except “because I can… or because you can, or because they can” whatever the reason, I found it jolting.
Anyway, I didn’t love this book. I chose it because I liked the cover and I want to go to Tuscany. I should’ve just enjoyed the cover and went to Tuscany.
November 18, 2017
I read this book under the title That Month In Tuscany. I probably wouldn’t have bought it under the title Rock Her because it looks too supermarket romance cheesy. That being said under whatever title this was a really good read. With the exception of the daughters situation i liked all of the story lines and especially the relationship between Lizzy and Ren. Definitely a brownie bite for the brain!
September 30, 2021
A daydream that most of us probably have indulged in some variation of: you're flying somewhere, and during turbulence you fall into another passenger's lap; and that person happens to be a famous rock star; and you feel an instant connection; and yada yada yada you end up being his girlfriend.
That was the basic premise of this pleasant, completely unrealistic romance. There was a weird "Taken" subplot that I thought was a mistake; and it was told from the point of view of four different characters which was at least two too many. These elements belonged in a more serious type of book and resulted in a tone that didn’t match the silly, lighthearted plot.
Despite these criticisms I enjoyed this and would read another book by this author when I’m in the mood for a quick, escapist read.
That was the basic premise of this pleasant, completely unrealistic romance. There was a weird "Taken" subplot that I thought was a mistake; and it was told from the point of view of four different characters which was at least two too many. These elements belonged in a more serious type of book and resulted in a tone that didn’t match the silly, lighthearted plot.
Despite these criticisms I enjoyed this and would read another book by this author when I’m in the mood for a quick, escapist read.
January 18, 2018
Only kept reading because I kept thinking it's got to get better...
Only it didn't. It's a cheap book, poor characters, terrible story line and when you get to the end you will question why did you continue reading it when it was so bad.
Only it didn't. It's a cheap book, poor characters, terrible story line and when you get to the end you will question why did you continue reading it when it was so bad.
September 26, 2020
This book really surprised me with its unexpected depth. Under the apparent lightness of its blurb, there are serious tones about family life, love, celebrity, depression, self-development and even human trafficking that made this an unputdownable read for me.
The audiobook made it an enjoyable read, thanks to the various narrators who made this novel come alive.
The audiobook made it an enjoyable read, thanks to the various narrators who made this novel come alive.
August 3, 2020
Hard to read... but a great story
The adultery in this story made it difficult for me to read but I struggled to get past that and eventually really enjoyed the story. Just be aware of that part!
The adultery in this story made it difficult for me to read but I struggled to get past that and eventually really enjoyed the story. Just be aware of that part!
January 15, 2018
Was there even an editor?
This book was flat and uninspired. And there were factual errors that should have been caught...no one just walks in and gets a ticket to the Uffizi, Italy is 6 hours ahead of the East Coast, not behind. Characters were predictable and boring...look for a different book!
This book was flat and uninspired. And there were factual errors that should have been caught...no one just walks in and gets a ticket to the Uffizi, Italy is 6 hours ahead of the East Coast, not behind. Characters were predictable and boring...look for a different book!
February 8, 2018
Wish I would have saved this for my beach read. Super cute read. I’ve told my husband I want to leave him and travel Italy for a month after reading this book! The author really describes the beauty of Italy and makes you feel like you are there, add to it a cute romance and you’re set!
August 22, 2019
I was disappointed at the lack of depth and realism in this short read. Might have liked this type of book back in high school..
March 15, 2018
I just finished Inglath Cooper’s fabulous book and am left breathless. I could feel the pain of both Ren and Lizzy, and could sense the hope they both felt when they were together. Sometimes the unpleasant side life gets in the way and we are left with a choice – walk away from that ray of happiness we’ve found, or walk toward it with anticipation of what love and joy can be. Cooper’s descriptive style of Tuscany is breathtaking and you can feel the same sense of peace deep within that Ren and Lizzy find with each other. Horrible things can, and often do, occur, but That Month in Tuscany proves to us that we can overcome the horrid and find true happiness if we just open that door and let it happen. This is one of those rare books that I will re-read and I will be gifting copies to friends.
October 11, 2014
I loved her other books but this one just fell short. I read this free on Kindle Library but I hate when reading a story and it ends at 75%. The rest was just filler for another one of the authors other books.
The writing was great and it was told in 4 POVs which I didn't mind. But we never really got much character development and her slime-ball husband needing a lashing, but he never did get one.
This book would have been better if it was just a little longer or taken out one part of the story that involved the daughter. It just had too many stories in one book.
The writing was great and it was told in 4 POVs which I didn't mind. But we never really got much character development and her slime-ball husband needing a lashing, but he never did get one.
This book would have been better if it was just a little longer or taken out one part of the story that involved the daughter. It just had too many stories in one book.
July 6, 2017
3.5 stars
Although a lot of things happened in this story, it was solved a bit too easy to be believable. Nice enough.
Although a lot of things happened in this story, it was solved a bit too easy to be believable. Nice enough.
June 17, 2021
I think that the book had a promising beginning. I enjoyed reading about Lizzy's decision to travel to Italy without her inattentive husband. I was excited to hear that she was based in Roanoke, Virginia (my neck of the woods), but I later came to wonder why Lizzy was given any particular home town. I liked both Lizzy and Ren as characters, and Ty was predictably unlikeable. I think that Ren had the best story line, and I was glad to see him eventually find some peace. As I read in other reviews, I could not understand why only Lizzy's chapters were written in the first person. Ty's chapters were annoying with the "you" pronoun. My biggest objection to this book was the treatment of the subplot involving human sex trafficking. The fact that the kidnapping happened in Charlottesville, Virginia seems especially insensitive and made the story even less believable. Two college coeds were actually kidnapped in Charlottesville, Virginia; the families did not sit at a hotel and wait for the police to give them update. Additionally, the community was activated to literally comb the bushes looking for those coeds. I don't think the law enforcement entities in Charlottesville would appreciate being portrayed as so lethargic and unresponsive in this book. I also had a problem with the police officer in the story refusing to give the parents any information on the ride to the police station; and really, the police officers take a kidnap victim to the police station and not the hospital????!!!!!! This subplot needed a more realistic treatment, including specific ways that the community responded to protect other young women and prevent future abductions. Then there was the matter of mentioning Roanoke, Virginia as the home town. I waited for specific streets, buildings, or local features to give the home town some realistic flavor. Nothing. Plus, Ty has an office on the 7th floor of an office building. There are about three 7-story buildings in Roanoke. It does not seem that the author has spent any time in Roanoke. The story had a good start and finish; the middle could use some changes.
August 14, 2018
So, I'm instantly drawn to any book with the word Tuscany in the title. To make it better, part of this book took place in a town that I have visited: San Gimignano. Although I had to suspend belief for the romance, I surprisingly enjoyed this book. It was a light read that I needed. I'm not a huge romance reader, but every once in a while it gives me a break from the heavier stuff I read.
July 10, 2018
A very quick, fun read! Written from four different viewpoints. Another great beach read!
October 23, 2019
Nice light read! A little predictable but cute.
September 20, 2014
Non sexually explicit stories are not my usual choice of reading material of late. I seem to read mostly new adult type stories. I like angsty, and passionate. Rock Her is a classic contemporary romance. It's a good contemporary romance, but if you like steamy, hot-enough-to-melt-the-sheets sex scenes, you're not going to find them here. I found this book via a Facebook ad, and hadn't done more than read the blurb when I downloaded it as a Kindle Unlimited read for free download.
Although I loved the premise of the story, the part that struck me as odd were the differing POVs. A lot of authors use first person POVs, and while I prefer a narrated story, I've grown accustomed to first person story telling, as well as the trend of flipping back and forth between the hero's and heroine's POV. However, I was thrown by Ms. Cooper's choice of telling the story from the POVs of four different characters while using different voices.
For instance, the main characters, an unappreciated Virginia housewife and a disillusioned rock star, Lizzy and Ren, each tell their portion of the story from their own POV. Lizzy's husband, Ty, a successful Virginia criminal attorney, but lousy husband, told his story from a second person POV. As though the reader was Ty and your story was being told back to you. Personally, I actively avoid reading books that are exclusively told in the second person POV as I find it detracting from, rather than beneficial to, the story. Then finally, Kylie's, Lizzy's and Ty's college age daughter, part of the story is narrated by an unidentified party.
I kept thinking that at some point the reasoning behind the different POVs would be revealed. It wasn't. I'm honestly not sure what the point of telling the story from Kylie's and Ty's POV was.
I liked the story well enough. Ms. Cooper is a very talented writer. However, I believe the entire story could have been, and maybe should have been, narrated, thus cutting out the confusing flip flopping of the POVs.
Although I loved the premise of the story, the part that struck me as odd were the differing POVs. A lot of authors use first person POVs, and while I prefer a narrated story, I've grown accustomed to first person story telling, as well as the trend of flipping back and forth between the hero's and heroine's POV. However, I was thrown by Ms. Cooper's choice of telling the story from the POVs of four different characters while using different voices.
For instance, the main characters, an unappreciated Virginia housewife and a disillusioned rock star, Lizzy and Ren, each tell their portion of the story from their own POV. Lizzy's husband, Ty, a successful Virginia criminal attorney, but lousy husband, told his story from a second person POV. As though the reader was Ty and your story was being told back to you. Personally, I actively avoid reading books that are exclusively told in the second person POV as I find it detracting from, rather than beneficial to, the story. Then finally, Kylie's, Lizzy's and Ty's college age daughter, part of the story is narrated by an unidentified party.
I kept thinking that at some point the reasoning behind the different POVs would be revealed. It wasn't. I'm honestly not sure what the point of telling the story from Kylie's and Ty's POV was.
I liked the story well enough. Ms. Cooper is a very talented writer. However, I believe the entire story could have been, and maybe should have been, narrated, thus cutting out the confusing flip flopping of the POVs.
December 30, 2019
Although it is a quick, light and sweet read it also lacked depth and the characters were a bit lackluster.
That Month is Tuscany (a far more preferable title than Rock Her) is told by four different narrators. Generally I like this structure as it allows the intimacy of First Person, but a broader view thanks to the ability to get inside the minds of multiple characters. Unfortunately the POV in this one is rocky. The chapters narrated by the heroine and her rock star lover are told in First Person as expected. But the chapters that are about the daughter are told in the Third Person, and those about the husband are told in Second Person. None of those chapters worked well. I wished for the consistency and the familiarity of First Person. These chapters felt remote and sloppy.
But I could get past these issues if I had a real connection to the story and characters. I didn't. I didn't buy into the love story. I wasn't invested in it at all. I actually detested the husband, found the rock star boyfriend boring and unbelievable, and the heroine devoid of personality. Nothing in this book was charming or surprising.
That Month is Tuscany (a far more preferable title than Rock Her) is told by four different narrators. Generally I like this structure as it allows the intimacy of First Person, but a broader view thanks to the ability to get inside the minds of multiple characters. Unfortunately the POV in this one is rocky. The chapters narrated by the heroine and her rock star lover are told in First Person as expected. But the chapters that are about the daughter are told in the Third Person, and those about the husband are told in Second Person. None of those chapters worked well. I wished for the consistency and the familiarity of First Person. These chapters felt remote and sloppy.
But I could get past these issues if I had a real connection to the story and characters. I didn't. I didn't buy into the love story. I wasn't invested in it at all. I actually detested the husband, found the rock star boyfriend boring and unbelievable, and the heroine devoid of personality. Nothing in this book was charming or surprising.
May 30, 2018
I wish I could give 1/2 Stars because I feel this deserves more than just 3 stars.
Overall I loved the romance and how Ren and Lizzy met. The unlikely timing of their meeting at he exact time and place they needed each other is serendipitous.
I did have an issue with how Ty and Kiley’s portions of the book were written. I didn’t understand how it was in 3rd person at that point. I also felt that the abduction of Kiley was not completely necessary for the story. It didn’t solve the marriage issue between Lizzy and Ty, and it didn’t really enhance the story other than to pull Ren and her apart for the time being.
Over all loved the HEA.
Overall I loved the romance and how Ren and Lizzy met. The unlikely timing of their meeting at he exact time and place they needed each other is serendipitous.
I did have an issue with how Ty and Kiley’s portions of the book were written. I didn’t understand how it was in 3rd person at that point. I also felt that the abduction of Kiley was not completely necessary for the story. It didn’t solve the marriage issue between Lizzy and Ty, and it didn’t really enhance the story other than to pull Ren and her apart for the time being.
Over all loved the HEA.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 18, 2018
We read this for book club. I must say that we discussed this more than any other book.
I thought that the author dictated it.
Another woman brought in an essay about romance novels and how they can empower women.
But this book wasn't about empowering women. This was a book about a woman, a house wife, who looks good and does nothing, but somehow manages to catch the super hot rock star. She even pries him away from a sports illustrated cover girl. Imagine that, your shitty husband is cheating on you and doesn't care about you, but the hottest rock star does. All you need to do is barf in the airplane bathroom and land on his lap.
Woohoo! Girl power!
I thought that the author dictated it.
Another woman brought in an essay about romance novels and how they can empower women.
But this book wasn't about empowering women. This was a book about a woman, a house wife, who looks good and does nothing, but somehow manages to catch the super hot rock star. She even pries him away from a sports illustrated cover girl. Imagine that, your shitty husband is cheating on you and doesn't care about you, but the hottest rock star does. All you need to do is barf in the airplane bathroom and land on his lap.
Woohoo! Girl power!
February 5, 2018
Horrible writer . Almost couldn't finish it . Predictable . UGH
July 11, 2018
Rating: 4.5
Read in a day; didn’t want to put it down
Read in a day; didn’t want to put it down
January 7, 2025
Final Rating: 4.5/5⭐️
This book was absolutely 5 stars all the way up until the very end. I just felt like I needed a little bit more context/explanation - it felt slightly rushed but I still really enjoyed the whole storyline. There's just something that resonates with me about someone travelling to another country and finding themselves amongst the unknown. It was very reminiscent of eat, pray, love with a bit more romance involved. The point of views switched around and while I very much appreciated seeing their thoughts/viewpoints, it was bugging me so much that some were in third person, some were in first person, and some were in second person (second person pov is the bane of my existence tbh). But overall would highly recommend if you like travel romances, escaping a toxic person, and the journey of finding yourself.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“I wonder how it is that we go along year after year never questioning the routines we’ve set for ourselves, never wondering if it could be different."
"If maybe, it is only possible for us to fix ourselves."
"I'd like to say I just did it for you, but I'm not sure that would be the truth."
"Do you ever think maybe we should live more of our lives like that?" "Like what?" "Just hanging out, not always chasing after something."
This book was absolutely 5 stars all the way up until the very end. I just felt like I needed a little bit more context/explanation - it felt slightly rushed but I still really enjoyed the whole storyline. There's just something that resonates with me about someone travelling to another country and finding themselves amongst the unknown. It was very reminiscent of eat, pray, love with a bit more romance involved. The point of views switched around and while I very much appreciated seeing their thoughts/viewpoints, it was bugging me so much that some were in third person, some were in first person, and some were in second person (second person pov is the bane of my existence tbh). But overall would highly recommend if you like travel romances, escaping a toxic person, and the journey of finding yourself.
Some of my favorite quotes:
“I wonder how it is that we go along year after year never questioning the routines we’ve set for ourselves, never wondering if it could be different."
"If maybe, it is only possible for us to fix ourselves."
"I'd like to say I just did it for you, but I'm not sure that would be the truth."
"Do you ever think maybe we should live more of our lives like that?" "Like what?" "Just hanging out, not always chasing after something."
April 27, 2024
I enjoyed the book and the love story in it. Some parts seemed a little rush, especially when the “twist”
Of the book was introduced. I feel that the book could have easily expanded on the twist and continued for much longer. Even so, I enjoyed it and it’s a nice read. Would recommend.
Of the book was introduced. I feel that the book could have easily expanded on the twist and continued for much longer. Even so, I enjoyed it and it’s a nice read. Would recommend.
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