Book Review: Roman Encounter by Lily Zante

Italian Summer Book 4

A week in Rome ...

* Roman Encounter is the 4th book in the Italian Summer Series, and it is Gina's story *

Gina Morosini has spent her life pleasing others. Trust-worthy, reliable and sympathetic, she is the one people turn to with their problems, from her boss to her mother, and everyone else in between. When the pressure around her piles up, something's got to give and a week long training course in Rome provides the perfect escape.

Christian Russo doesn't care about anyone but himself. Over-confident and self-serving, he's only interested in doing what's best for him. And right now, working for a training company in Rome isn't it. He can do better, and he knows it. But even a stud like him needs help sometimes, especially when it comes to fixing his résumé.

Asking the quiet mouse of a woman for help is the start of a journey he never expected. Because an encounter like this, in Rome of all places, is destined to lead to other things.

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My Review:

This book leaves me feeling very conflicted. It’s well written, complex and emotional. It’s just that there’s a lot more story here than I felt I really needed. My reality-TV-loving heart adored seeing all the angst and drama, but it got to be too heavy for me after a while. I really liked Gina as a character. I understand all her people-pleasing tendencies and could easily wrap my head around why she does a lot of the things she does. I still haven’t quite made up my mind about Christian. I love that he seems to make Gina happy. That makes me happy. However, there are some monumental jerk-like behaviors that I wasn’t so impressed with. I guess I’ll have to reserve judgement until I see how their follow-up book plays out.

I received a complimentary copy of this book through Booksprout as part of the boxed set.