Love and Gelato is SO the perfect summer read!!! Like, you don't know what to read and it's sunny outside and you're heading to the beach and this book has been sitting on your shelf forever, grab it. You won't regret it. It's full of sun, perfect landscape, youth, love, Italy, and of course, 
 gelato and pastries!!! 
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 So the setting is the following: Teenager Lina loses her mom to cancer but made the promise she would go to Italy to live with this man her mom knew when she was living there in while in University. So off she goes, but doesn't really want to, and a long adventure subside when Lina is given an old journal that was belonging to her mom. 
 It really was a lovely story where Lina got to meet extraordinary people even if she didn't want to. I really loved Howard and how smart and sweet he is to Lina even though she acts like a kid and isn't very nice to him. He's so chaming and wants her to thoroughly enjoy her stay in Italy. And I REALLY like Ren!!! He is SO nice! I just love him. How he just love Lina and she doesn't see it. And how he claims to be an American when it fits him and not be one when it also fits him. And how he wants Lina to discover the best of Italy (GELATO people, Gelato). Yeah, I love him. He's the perfect guy!! 
 One thing about the book though; it could have ended on page like 100 I think if she had read the goddamn journal. She kept going around brawling about how she thought her mom wanted her to discover this and that but she just DOESN'T KNOW. Read it from cover to cover and then we'll discuss about it. It was so annoying. I wanted to punch her in the face each time she said something like "Ren, I HAVE to discover this on my own. It's my MOM." Yeah, punch her. 
 But overall it was such a nice read and I loved it and I would read it again next year when the weather will be nice!!