Problematic Summer Romance

Problematic Summer Romance

Ali Hazelwood

Enjoyment: 4.17Quality: 3.74Characters: 3.93Plot: 3.79
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What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him. It’s such a cliché, it almost makes her heart implode: older man and younger woman; successful biotech guy and struggling grad student; brother’s best friend and the girl he never even knew existed. As Conor loves to remind her, the power dynamic is too imbalanced. Any relationship between them would be problematic in too many ways to count, and Maya should just get over him. After all, he has made it clear that he wants her gone from his life. But not everything is as it seems—and clichés sometimes become plot twists. When Maya’s brother decides to get married in Taormina, she and Conor end up stuck together in a romantic Sicilian villa for over a week. There, on the beautiful Ionian coast, between ancient ruins, delicious foods, and natural caves, Maya realizes that Conor might be hiding something from her. And as the destination wedding begins to erupt out of control, she decides that a summer fling might be just what she needs—even if it’s a problematic one.

Publication Year: 2025


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  • Quote from 75% (page 297)

    "What you said, Maya, was 'I'm just a girl, I don't know how to use power tools, you have to do this for me' " I said this almost word for word to my boyfriend to get him to build all my furniture in my first apartment lmaoooo

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  • Thoughts from 31%

    "How do you have four hundred and thirty-seven unread emails?" "I know, right? I've been pretty good at keeping the number low, lately." She is just like me for real. I currently have 791 unread texts on my phone so I HEAVILY relate to Maya.

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  • Thoughts from 41%

    oh no… I’m Maya when it comes to competitiveness. had a full “is it me? am I the problem?” meme moment 😅

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