REVIEW: The Italian by T.L. Swan

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"π‘»π’‰π’‚π’π’Œ π’šπ’π’–."

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓?"

"𝑭𝒐𝒓 π’ƒπ’†π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Žπ’š 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓...𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’ƒπ’†π’„π’π’Žπ’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Žπ’š 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…."

𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑𝒔 π’Žπ’π’—π’Šπ’π’ˆ. "𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’π’Šπ’„π’†π’”π’• π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’šπ’π’–'𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 π’”π’‚π’Šπ’… 𝒕𝒐 π’Žπ’†."
"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕?" 𝑰 π’‡π’“π’π’˜π’. "π‘Ύπ’‰π’š?"

"π‘¨π’π’šπ’ƒπ’π’…π’š 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 π’Šπ’ 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆." 𝑯𝒆 π’†π’šπ’†π’” 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 π’Žπ’Šπ’π’†. "𝑩𝒖𝒕 π’Šπ’• π’•π’‚π’Œπ’†π’” 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 π’”π’π’Žπ’†π’π’π’†'𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 π’‡π’“π’Šπ’†π’π’…."


Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice: πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯
Tropes: Second chance romance, mafia

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I absolutely loved this book! I liked the overarching story and enjoyed the different twists and turns. I could not put this book down.

I had fun reading about Enrico and Olivia, especially in the beginning. Their flirty banter was so so so good! I felt their connection immediately and loved the push and pull of their relationship. They're definitely not a perfect couple, but it's so clear how much they love each other and want to be better partners.

I liked Olivia a lot. She was sassy, fun, passionate, and full of love. I appreciated her standing up for herself and challenged Enrico. She annoyed me at times with causing some of their fights, but I also understand she wanted him to tell her everything. She loves him so much and was willing to make big life changes to be with him.

Enrico is so hot and I can't handle it. This man is sex on a stick and I'm trying to find a real life version of him. I adored him in the beginning before things changed. He was so carefree and fun. I know he was controlling at times and sexist, but I also understood where that was coming from. He had a lot of pressure on him to protect the people he loves and honor his family's name. I love how he loved Olivia and I'm glad he threw out tradition to follow his heart.

The spice is good in this book, but definitely not the spiciest thing I've ever read. TL has this ability to connect you to the couple that amps up the spice.

Book Information

Release date: October 28th, 2019

Description:
*The description comes directly from Amazon's website*

They say there are three things you should do at least once in your life:

Dance like nobody’s watching.
Travel the world.
And fall hopelessly in love.

I aimed to do all three.

I went to Italy to find myself.
But he found me.

It was like a story book, our eyes met across a crowded room.
He asked me if I needed help reading the menu.
We ate, we laughed, we danced, and I fell.
Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan, and we parted ways.

Two years later, our eyes meet across a room again.
Only this time I was on a date with another man.
He went crazy in a jealous fit.

But the man I met then is different now.
He’s colder, harder, and officially one of the most powerful men in Italy.
Dare I say it, even more enticing.

But if you dance with the devil, you get burnt.

And the fires in Italy are scalding hot.

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