Tuscan Holiday by Holly ChamberlinMarina Caldwell just graduated from college and before she marries her graduation gift from her parents is a 2 week trip to Tuscany. She's excited til she finds out her mother is going with her.Her fiancee has a surprise-the honeymoon he's planned for them will be in Hawaii. She had hoped to go play tourist at the Grand Canyon and Sedona in Arizona.On the trip of a lifetime many times men approach her mother and she's not swayed by them. She accepts drinks and the daughter can't fathom that men find her mother attractive.She's constantly looking for a gift for her intended although they do a bit of sight seeing.Love the daily journal and all their deepest thoughts to one another coming to light. The journey is one that puts you right on the street/museum with them as the details as so great.Other surprises occur and Marina comes to realize she's not made any decisions as a couple for their wedding. That doesn't quite sit well with her and she plans to rectify that.I received this book from The Kennsington Books in exchange for my honest review As others have said, the first portion of the book was promising. Strained mother sighted relationship tested on a vacation to Italy. Cool. But both mother and daughter annoyed the crap out of me. How selfish can someone be to sneak out of the hotel room to go f*ck some random Italian guy she met like a day ago? Not only did she do it once, she is not for like 9 or 10 straight days. Why did the mom annoy me? She didn't even seem mad about it. She was going to everything alone, being like, "Oh well, Marina's having her men adventure." Far fetched and stupid. I'm glad she didn't end up STAYING in Italy with that guy, otherwise I would've given it one star.
Churlish, unlikeable characters. I never walk away from a book, but I did this one. Intolerable!
—Alimah
Enjoyable book. A little too much comment on the Italian food that was eaten by the characters.
—scoopitup23
Not bad for a quick read. I enjoyed the chapter headings the most.
—Dogukan
Yea right. Badly written and badly imagined
—momo
