Review: Love at the Italian Lake

Love at the Italian Lake by Darcie Boleyn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow! Wow! Wow! I absolutely blooming loved this book and it so deserves a five star review.

Sophia comes home from her stressful job one evening to find her boyfriend Lee in bed with another woman. This results in a life changing decision for Sophia who decides to jack in her pressurised job in the city, and go and visit her Nonna in Italy to see if she can figure out where she wants her life to go. After an encounter at the airport she literally bumps into Joe and their friendship blossoms from there. Romance is in the air, but is it just a summer fling or could this be a happy ever after?

Set in my favourite country of Italy, the descriptions in the book, actually took me there, I could feel the heat of the sun on my skin, the breeze of Lake Garda in my hair and when Sophia went to Verona, and visited Juliet's balcony, I actually squealed in delight as it is a place I have always wanted to go to, but Sophia beat me to it!!!

A brilliant book! I loved the characters who were completely believable and now want to go on holiday and work for Sophia and Phoebe!!!

If you want a holiday but have to settle for a staycation this year, buy this book, and with each page you will escape to bella Italia (beautiful Italy, not the restaurant chain!) for a wonderful break!

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