Rome Is Where the Heart Is (From Italy with Love, #1)

by Tilly Tennant

[Emma (SCR)]

This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Thank you to Bookouture for my copy of this book via Netgalley. I have followed Tilly's books pretty much from the start and I adore her writing style so I knew I had to read her latest story.

This story follows Kate as her husband and childhood sweetheart, Matt, dumps her. Once the divorce comes through Kate decides its time she travelled like she always wanted to. Matt didn't like travelling so Kate has loads of places she wants to go and top of her list is Rome.

Kate is a lovely girl that seems to have settled in life. I couldn't work out why she had settled for second best when she was worth so much more but I know from my own life that sometimes these things happen without you even realising it.

I visited Rome a few years ago so I found it extremely easy to picture myself watching Kate from a distance in Rome. Tilly's descriptions were very accurate. It was clear from the off that Kate was not a seasoned traveller. Everything that could go wrong in the firs few days did. There were times when I wanted to shout at her and times when I wanted to hug her and tell her it will all be ok.

At first I was slightly suspicious of Jamie but in the end I really liked him. He was a good friend to Kate throughout her trip and once she returned home.

Alessandro is the perfect Italian specimen. He's hot, he's single, he's funny, he's kind, he's caring and to top it off he wears a uniform. What more could a girl want!

I also really liked Lucetta, Alessandro's sister. She really made me laugh.

This book was fun and good paced but there were also some quite serious and emotional parts to it. As always I am left me craving my next fix of Tilly's writing. Luckily I don't have to wait long as I have just been given a copy of the next book in this series, which is out next month.