6/10/13

Imperfect Pairings by Jackie Townsend



  ★★½

GENRE: Fiction
SUBJECT: corporate mergers, Italian vineyards
Setting: San Francisco,  Italy
CHARACTERS: Jack(Giovanni), Jamie
DATE READ: June 5 - June 9
NO. OF PAGES: 320
Off the Shelf (pre-2013)? Source?:   Yes, NetGalley

PLOT:.............................................2.00
CHARACTERIZATION:................2.00
TOPICS:.........................................3.00
STYLE:...........................................2.50
ORIGINALITY:................................2.50
ADDICTIVENESS:........................2.50
OWNERSHIP:................................2.50
THRESHOLD QUALITY:..............3.00
Average............................................................2.50

Jack and Jamie have been in a relationship ever since they met when their companies were in the midst of a merger.  Now Jack's visas have run out  so they get marred while Jack is trying to decide what to do - get a new job in the US or return to Italy and take up the family business - winemaking.

I had a really hard time with this book - the characters kept going back and forth between US and Italy, there was dialogue in Italian that wasn't translated and I kept asking myself throughout - where is this story going.

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