Summer at the Santorini Bookshop
My review
5/5 stars
I LOVED this book. It was just the escapism I was looking for - light, fun, romantic and all set in a sun-soaked bookshop: heaven!
Evie was endearing and relatable. Her love for the written word really caught my attention and made me want to see her succeed. Georgios was charming and believable as a love interest for such a self-admitted introvert.
Aside from the romance element of this story, I adored the relationship that Evie had with her grandmother. In fact, Floretta was my favourite character in the whole book. She was wild, free, funny, pushy and of somewhat suspicious morals. She was fun to read and ended up being the glue that held the whole story together.
The author did a great job of capturing the beauty of the setting and transporting me there as a reader. I felt the lightness of the atmosphere around them throughout the story.
My favourite part of this book was the meta nature of the story. The fact that there was almost a breaking of the fourth wall at various points in the story made me chuckle and gave me a real thrill. I loved that Evie kept calling out fake-dating as a trope even though she was engaging in it herself. My favourite of these moments was a reference to the potential plot of a second book in the series, and it really got my hopes up that the author will continue writing about these characters.
*I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Book blurb
A Greek island holiday. A fake-dating pact. A chance at true love?
After losing her job as a book scout, hopeless romantic Evie needs a fresh start. So when she hears that her eccentric grandmother has just taken on a small bookshop in Santorini, Evie jumps at the chance to visit her.
But life on the island is not as idyllic as it first seems. Gran has a tempestuous relationship with her landlord and he’s threatening to take the bookshop away from her. So when Gran asks Evie to fake a romance with her landlord’s Greek God of a grandson, Georgios, to keep the family on side, she reluctantly agrees.
As the sun sets on Evie’s Greek holiday, can she save the bookshop – and fake date her way to love?
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You can buy a copy of the book here from 11 April. It's being published by HQ Digital.
For more on the author, you can head to her website, or check out her Goodreads page.
