Stuck with You: A fun, feisty romance by Anna PremoliMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Three and a half stars. Hmmm, a difficult book to rate.
I love Anna Premoli but her books, for me, have been very uneven. She is not a native English speaker and that comes across in her writing, she tends to use longer words than a native English-speaker would do.
This book is set in Milan, Italy. Lavinia is a people-pleaser, the antithesis of her older sister who has left home after an argument with their parents. Lavinia is in the final year of her economics degree (chosen by her father) when their professor announces that the final project will be a collaboration with students from the computer engineering department of a rival college. Already horrified by the news, Lavinia is dismayed when her 'partner' Sebastiano outright refuses to participate, claiming he doesn't need the extra credits.
Lavinia is a perpetual smiler, she likes chart music, social media, Apple products and romantic comedies. Sebastiano is a hard-core programmer, he scorns all the big name global IT brands, he enjoys LARPing and sci fi. But Lavinia is also persistent and she slowly wears Seb down by stalking him.
I liked this because it was different. Set in Italy, discussions of cryptocurrencies, realistic descriptions of kissing, it was all good. Then there would be the odd jarring note - for example not knowing what LOL stands for. Also, and perhaps because of the aforementioned non-native English speaker issue, Lavinia and Seb seemed very young, more like 16 or 17 than 21 and 22.
I enjoyed this but it wasn't my favourite book by the author.
I received a free copy of this book from the author via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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