Blog Tour Review: Accidentally in Love by Anna Premoli

Accidentally in Love by Anna Premoli

Published: February 1st 2018

Publisher: Aria

Pages: 412

Available in Paperback and on Kindle

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Rating: 5/5 

Blurb
Sara Di Giovanni is a successful lawyer in New York City: she is the star of her profession, an excellent role model to her very vivacious little sister, but has so far been unlucky in love. . . Ethan Phelps is the rich playboy trouble-maker whose only talent in life is spending money and dating women. . . That is until Ethan's father dies with no will to his name, leaving his two sons the legal heirs to his billion-dollar company. Sara is forced to become the court-appointed guardian to handle Ethan's share of the fortune, as his family do not trust him to manage it himself. Sara thinks it should be easy, but it's not so simple when Ethan is determined to get rid of her by whatever means necessary. . . What ensues is a dramatic and hilarious power-play between Sara and Ethan. . . but what will happen when feelings start to get in the way?

Review

Accidentally in Love by Anna Premoli features two very different forced together by law. Sara Di Giovanni is a very successful lawyer in the field of patents, so she can’t understand why Judge Richter has appointed her the new court guardian of Ethan Phelps. Ethan is rich, handsome and goes through money faster than Sara goes through olive oil. He owns a 15% share of his deceased father’s business and his uncle and brother have appointed a court guardian to try and curve his spending habits and stop him fluttering away his share of the business. Being renowned as meticulous and ruthless in her pursuit for justice in the courtroom has landed Sara the job.

These two are clearly chalk and cheese but both are determined to be successful in how this new partnership turns out. Sara is no pushover and despite Ethan trying many underhand tactics to get her to quit so he can regain control of his money, she doesn’t, in fact she becomes even more determined to change Ethan for the better.

As these two spend more time together the sparks fly and not always in a good way but eventually they begin to bond, initially over a mutual hatred of a spider and its not long before their relationship turns into something not strictly professional.

I loved reading about these two so much, they seem such an unlikely pair that somehow you just know they should be together. Sara is an absolute control freak and needs to have a plan and budget for everything she does. She finds in incredibly hard to relax and just be, so much so she hates weekends when she can’t work. Ethan is the exact opposite, for him life is one big party and he’s happy to foot the bill. Living from one day to the next he has no plan, no direction and no sense of purpose, until Sara shows up. Together them seemed to make each other better and more mellowed out versions of their selves and I loved reading how they changed throughout the book.

This is a great read full of fun moments, heated arguments and the odd sparkle of romance. It’s one of those books that will just put a smile on your face while you and that you can’t help but enjoy.

Thank you so much to Aria for sending me a copy to review honestly and for inviting me to be part of the blog tour.

Blog Tour Review: Stuck with You by Anna Premoli

Stuck with You by Anna Premoli

Published: 1st November 2017

Publisher: Aria 

Pages: 460

Available in paperback and on Kindle

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Rating: 4/5

Blurb

Lavinia Ferrari is in her fifth year at Bocconi University where she studies Economics when she is introduced to a new project that will guarantee her extra credits. She's intrigued... but it means the class must team up with students from the Computer Engineering course. Lavinia has absolutely no interest in the project, and to top things off, she's paired with Seb Marconi who is less than enthusiastic.

When the work begins, her friends seem to be making great progress with their partners, but Lavinia isn't having the same luck... Seb is making it quite clear that he's not interested in the project, or Lavinia, fuelling her frustration.

She has no choice – they're stuck in this, and besides, she won't receive her extra credits unless they work together. Lavinia must come up with a way to convince the guy who drives her crazy to put the work in... but how?

Review

Stuck with You is the latest novel by Anna Premoli and features the story of Lavinia and Sebastiano. Lavinia is in her final year of studying a master’s degree in economics, as part her final year credits she has to take part in an inter-university start-up project meaning she will be paired to work with someone in the computer sciences department at another university across town. Lavinia is paired with Sebastiano and it’s safe to say they have a very frosty start. Reclusive genius Sebastiano is reluctant to take part in the project and gives Lavinia a terrible time racing round Milan trying to convince him to work with her. Eventually she manages thaw Sebastiano out enough to complete the project. Then it gets complicated as both Lavinia and Sebastiano realise they might have more than a business relationship developing.

It took me awhile to get my head round the idea that this book is set in Italy, to me it had a very American vibe to it the way the characters acted and the way the university was described. There is nothing really mentioned in the book to tie it to Milan except maybe the use of motorbikes but even then it could be set anywhere.

I also felt that both Lavinia and Sebastiano acted much younger than they are supposed to be. The whole attitudes of both characters and their behaviours seemed like they were teenagers experiencing their first crush then students in their twenties. They bickered with each other all the time, followed each other round, stalking theirs social media accounts it all seemed a bit childish considering these two are supposed to be studying for masters degrees.

Lavinia and Sebastiano couldn’t be two more different people.  Lavinia is an easy going conscious student who is constantly smiling and aims to make everyone like her. Sebastiano is a computer genius whose already been hounded by programmers in the Silicon Valley, he keeps himself to himself and has a critical attitudes to everything. Lavinia is a social media addict posting selfies daily whereas Sebastiano loathes social media and its invasion of privacy.

However one thing is certain these two have bucket loads of chemistry between them and reading this develop into something more was a joy to read. I loved all the arguments they had over seemingly everything, the way the held each other’s hands slightly more than necessary and I was longing for them to admit their feelings for each other.

This is lovely light-hearted romance with some quirky characters and funny moments. It was a joy to read even though it’s perhaps more suitable to a younger reader than myself.

Thank you to Aria for sending me a copy to review and for inviting me to be part of this blog tour.