Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch tells the story of a girl who is given her mom’s old journal and is set in Italy. Something about that made me love the story even more. As Lina warms up to the idea of learning more about her mom, she eventually reads more and more of it. I enjoyed how the journal entries were added gradually into the book-slowly, then all at once. I love the idea of finding an old journal, and discovering that this book incorporated that got me really excited. The journaling aspects in Love & Gelato really drew me in. I have wanted to visit Italy my whole life, and reading this book made me want to go even more! ❀ Journaling Aspects The way the shops and the landmarks are described is absolutely romantic and breathtaking, and I wish I could experience it all in real life! The Italian culture in the book really intrigued me, and I actually learned a few phrases while reading. I absolutely adored the Italian setting in Love & Gelato.

This book was the perfect thing to kick back with in the warm weather. She gets herself into many sticky situations, but also makes some really amazing friends along the way. I really enjoyed reading about Lina’s journey across Italy as she tries to solve the mystery of the journal. When she gets there, she is given an old journal of her mom’s and learns many secrets about her. Love & Gelato has such an interesting concept! This book tells the story of Lina, a girl who moves to Italy after her mom dies. ❃īook Review: Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more. It’s a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father-and even herself. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother’s footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept for far too long. Suddenly Lina’s uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. But what kind of father isn’t around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home.īut then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy.

She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape.

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