Woo yes Love & Gelato!! I agree, it's so nice to have Hadley's story intertwining with Lina's - and I really just love Hadley's personality :D Ren is my first and forever favorite character in it (because, well, Ren <3), but Hadley is also one of my favorites. She comes across so clearly in the diary entries, and she's bright and interesting and sweet and like someone you want to meet.

Yes, the characters are well-drawn; Jenna Evans Welch isn't the best writer compared to some I've read, I think, but it feels as if she had a very clear image of the characters in her mind, and they come across super clearly. At the end of the book you feel as if you know them all - Thomas, and Howard, and Hadley, and Sonia, and everyone... also the whole feel of the book is so lovely, with the cemetary and Florence and parties, and everything sunlit and happy and making a whole separate world. The plot is dynamic and interesting, but at the same time it's all so calming and sweet. The romance is also the best - Lina and Ren are adorable together <33 I would honestly have been very happy if the book had gone on forever, and when I was almost at the end I absolutely had to go ahead and finish it, but I didn't really want to because then I wouldn't have any left :P

Love and Luck isn't really so good, in my opinion. As I said, I haven't read all of it, and Lina and Ren come in a bit of it!!!! which means squeeee!!!!! but Love & Olives is the other really good one, I think. Again, you fall in love with all the characters, and it's in Santorini so there are more lovely settings and it's all simply wonderful <333

Oh, and in Love & Gelato, the descriptions of Florence aren't really that accurate, according to my mom (she's been to Italy) - but oh well :)

I read it a few days ago because why not y'all seem to love it and I'm trying to open my mind more to liking the romance genre and... this is why I don't usually read romance?? But I'm up for discussions if anyone wants! Don't read on if you don't like criticiscms Ik ppl sometimes read books like this to just enjoy it being set in Italy and romance and stuff not really for the criticsisms so that's why I put that warning there :) I just need to criticize stuff

I just didn't like the writing and everything was literally so predictable it was annoying, and besides, it was so predictable but the characters just didn't get it even though duh (in my opinion)... but that's just me. @WildWolf, what you said about liking the predictability of the genre and how how the author leads you to the end makes a book good or bad was really interesting! For me, it was just that everything was predictable and I didn't really love Lina as a character either and Ren was meh (it was just kinda cool meeting this guy you all were talking about... that was such a cool experience... I know that's a weird thing to say I can't put it into words it's just I feel like Ik him so well but only through conversations and other people I've never met him and meeting him... it's coolllllll :DDD) and every new place Lina was just freaking out like, "this is the most amazing place I've ever seen!!!!" and irdkk. WhenI say I didn't like the characters btw, it's mostly just they were all. So. Predictableeeee. Mostly the writing style and predictability. Hope I didn't offend anyone! And it's fine if you didn't read this, I just needed to get it out :)

Just fyi, I will reply soon. I just haven’t had the time to type anything long lately, sorry :/ :)

Addie says ”mmk, figures.” /mkfgu/ 

Love and Gelato is such a good book! I love the characters, especially Ren cause like he's amazing but Lina I'd love to be friends with her! I loved the descriptions of Italy and all that too <3