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Problematic Summer Romance

By: Ali Hazelwood
Narrated by: Elizabeth Lamont, Eric Nolan
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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.

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Engaging Banter • Beautiful Setting • Exceptional Female Narration • Emotional Depth • Witty Humor • Authentic Chemistry
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I have a bit of an Ali Hazelwood obsession anyway, so of course I loved this book! First of all, idk what it is about those Scottish type accents, but I find them hot as hell. So this book having Hark as the MMC and Eric Nolan voicing him was PERFECT. We got a cameo from Scarlet and Erik from Deep End. And since this book is connected to Not In Love we got to see Rue and Eli’s wedding. Ali Hazelwood always writes FMCs I find a little too relatable, this book was no different. All in all it was a super fun book that was really hard to stop listening to.

I love Eric Nolan’s voice a little too much.

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Always love Ali’s Books and I absolutely love the voice acting in this book fantastic

Ali you fantastic woman

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Fun, engaging story. I loved the present/past structure. The female narrator was wonderful. The male was poor audio quality and he seemed to loose the correct voices/accents. Would still recommend.

Hazelwood at her best!

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I think this there is not book she can write that I would hate. I adored this book. It was so sweet and it made me feel like I was in Italy.

So sweet

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I was blown away by the female narrator! I immediately went to see what other books she has done, and I was shocked that there’s only one other under her name. I hope she gets a lot more work after this book.

Amazing Female Narrator

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The young lead girl was annoyingly high maintenance at times. A chatterbox I had trouble believing could hold an older man’s interest for so long. But the author managed to bring it all together.

It was a slow build -up , but worth the wait, excellent ending, fairly witty throughout

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Love the banter and voice actors. Story is one of the best so far. I need more

By far favorite Ali book

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New narrative and character development style than her previous books, but still so well written (and read!). Only “complaint” is that it isn’t infinitely long. ☺︎

Phenomenal, as usual.

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There. It’s all in the tittle. OMG I read slowburn but damn this man! The only reason I don’t DNF it’s the narrator. He is one of my favorites.

I’ve never wanted to bring a character to life just to strangle them as much as with Connor!

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Since this is an audio, let me start by saying; what great performances. Truly, if there is a character with an accent it should always be read in audiobook. Both actors did a beautiful job, the intonation clearly portraying the YEARNING but also the amusement and emotion.
As for the story, it worked SO WELL. The pace was great, the character chemistry delightful, the longing and frustration and slow burn of it all worked wonderfully. Of course the setting was marvellous, you can feel Ali’s love for Sicily and, having been to Italy before and knowing how amazing it can be, I can only wish to be teleported to the isle as soon as possible.
I am, by no means, a fan of age gap. However, in Ali we trust, and once again she gave us a green flag of a book boyfriend who made me feel safe in knowing he is no creep. We love to see a devoted, in his knees for her, kind of MMC.
Sometimes it just happens, you fall in love and the other person is not age appropriate or there is some imbalance issue going on. Probably most times. Sure, it might work out but that doesn’t mean we have to overlook the ~problematic~ side to such a relationship, but it is something that can be worked on if both parties are open about it and communicate. And hey, they do.
Truth be told, the age gap did nothing to make their falling in love better or worse: it was just the premise that gave enough conflict for the plot to be entertaining, and for great banter as well. Geriatric jokes, here we go! It is discussed at length but it doesn’t take away from the fact that you, too, fall kin love with the characters and their connection.
So, yeah, in Ali we trust.

In Ali we trust

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