OUR REVIEW:
Listen, I get it. Some people couldn't get over the issue Conor had with the age gap between him and Maya. I didn't have a problem with it, per se....I mean it was annoying that he was so weird about it and yet, it wasn't a deal breaker for me. I suppose that's because Ali Hazelwood has a way of drawing me and holding my interest. She writes smart (but sometimes stupid) characters who seem relatable. I enjoy the tension she creates between her characters, the conundrums they find themselves in, and the humor she often employs to take the edge off any of the high emotion that you feel. For me it works. In this novel, I appreciated the history Maya and Conor had. The way he clearly cared for her. The way she persisted, despite all of the road blocks he put in her way. The way that they were drawn to each other, no matter what. So yeah, maybe for some this would be a problematic summer romance, but for me, it was a great escape from all that the end of summer brought.
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SYNOPSIS:
Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life.
Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.
It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.
But not everything is as it seems—and clichés sometimes become plot twists.
When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs—even if it’s a problematic one.
Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.
It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life.
But not everything is as it seems—and clichés sometimes become plot twists.
When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs—even if it’s a problematic one.
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