Roman Crazy by Alice Clayton and Nina Bocci Review
4 Smooches
Synopsis
Avery Bardot steps off the plane in Rome, looking for a fresh start. She’s left behind a soon-to-be ex-husband in Boston and plans to spend the summer with her best friend Daisy, licking her wounds—and perhaps a gelato or two. But when her American-expat friend throws her a welcome party on her first night, Avery’s thrown for a loop when she sees a man she never thought she’d see again: Italian architect Marcello Bianchi.
Marcello was the man—the one who got away. And now her past is colliding with her present, a present where she should be mourning the loss of her marriage and—hey, that fettuccine is delicious! And so is Marcello…
Slipping easily into the good life of summertime in Rome, Avery spends her days exploring a city that makes art historians swoon, and her nights swooning over her unexpected what was old is new again romance. It’s heady, it’s fevered, it’s wanton, and it’s crazy. But could this really be her new life? Or is it just a temporary reprieve before returning to the land of twin-set cardigans and crustless sandwiches?
A celebration of great friendship, passionate romance, and wonderful food, Roman Crazy is a lighthearted story of second chances and living life to the fullest.
Review
‘Do the good and let them talk.’
Is there anything better than a book that takes you on a journey and makes you want get your passport out and start traveling. That is exactly what Roman Crazy did for me. The beauty of Rome covered every page and made me fall hard for a city that I have never had the pleasure of visiting.
‘I feel like all I do with him is say I’m sorry.’
After catching her husband cheating on her, Avery, hightails it to visit her best friend in Rome but she never expects to run into the one man from her past that could completely alter her future. So much hurt and pain was left between Avery and Marcello and yet neither one is ready to let the other go again now that they have their second chance.
‘What we were doing, here, now, in Rome, was something new. We were trying something new.’
While the story was low on drama with the obstacles that occurred easily resolved, what it was full of what heart and character. I loved the cast of characters, especially the chemistry between Avery and Marcello. This was a second chance romance that warmed my heart and has me eagerly awaiting the next book in the series.
~miranda
