This book was a welcome surprise!

It’s not often that a main character or love interest in a US rom-com is Italian - writers seem to not want to portrait this “minority” on behalf of other, more popular ethnicities.

Therefore I loved the fact that the female main character, and Blaze love interest, Charisma, is in fact Italian, because there are a lot of issues that come with that, for example:

- height and height difference (5 foot 3! Standard height for Italians, but much too short in comparison to your average American),
- weight and weight loss in relation to body type (wider hips and thighs are a thing for Italian women, and something we do generally struggle with)
- hair and eyes (brown eyes and dark hair are hardly the stuff of dreams.... except in this book they are!!!)

Therefore, I want to thank the author for portraying Italian girls truthfully and beautifully- it feels good to be seen!