One Italian Summer

This book left me with mixed feelings. I loved the imagery of being in Italy. We visit many different towns, eat lots of delicious food, and spend time admiring the beauty and this is felt in the pages. After discovering that Hotel Poseidon is a real place upon finishing the book, I found that the photos on Google are exactly what I was picturing when I was reading, which was pretty magical. I did expect it to be a bit more emotional than it was. At times I felt it was more of a love story between Adam and Katy rather than a love story between Katy and her mother. I didn't particularly feel chemistry between Katy and Adam and at the very end it seemed like Katy and Eric's relationship was resolved too easily, yet unrealistic. The ending as a whole felt very rushed.  I enjoyed the magical-realism of Carol coming to life, but I found it obvious that Katy was really in the past, and the fact that she didn't realize it, along with the idea that this was some sort of twist in the book felt poorly executed and did not pack the emotional punch I had expected.