Love & Olives (Love & Gelato #3)

“I cry and people panic.” ………….What?

This is the first book I’ve read by Jenna Evans Welch, and maybe it was my own fault for starting with the third book in a series. To be fair – my understanding is that they can be read as standalones. I will give the author another chance but this was just disappointing.

When it comes to romance I have two very polar opposite preferences – I like super dark, toxic relationships and sweet lil cinnamon rolls in love. I picked this up looking for a novel that fits into the latter category (obviously). The Atlantis sub-plot was a tantalizing bonus.

My problem with this novel was that I couldn’t have cared less about any of the characters. I found the main character, Olive/Liv, to be super unlikable. Now, I’m someone who can actually get down with an unlikeable character as long as they’re interesting (#Darklingstanoverhere), but Olive/Liv was just SO BORING. Seriously, she spends the majority of the book just complaining about her dad not loving her and having to spend a summer Atlantis-hunting in Greece. My heart goes out for her suffering……can you feel the sarcasm? Unsurprisingly, I also didn’t feel like Olive/Liv had chemistry with any character in any capacity, so the romance felt forced.

That said, the writing itself was fine, so there will probably be readers who can tolerate the MC better and enjoy this. Just didn’t work for me.

I was very excited to get this book in the mail and start reading it as I really enjoyed the first two. I started reading today and my copy has multiple issues. The first being the title and dedication page repeating on the 27th page and then the book starting all over again. Not a big deal, so I ignored it. But then when I went to the new 26th page to continue reading, it skips to page 59. So essentially, pages 27-58 are missing. Rated 2 stars because the first 26 pages were great haha

I really wish I could give this book more than 5 stars!! I am a day one fan of Jenna Evans Welch, each book shes written is a wanderlust riddled journey full of magic and all the feels and I JUST LOVE IT! I really loved that she chose to focus more on Olive and her personal baggage (lets call it that as to not give any spoilers) and that this book was not solely a travel romance but so so much more. This book truly takes you on an incredible journey and also teaches you a lot about Greek culture. Loved and highly recommend this book and her others!!

My 16 year old son devoured this book in a few days. His favorite one out of the series. Rented from the Library and then purchased as a gift for him. Will read again and again.

This is a great book. I love all three actually!

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