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Love and Gelato

Love and Gelato
by Jenna Evans Welch

Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish that she get to know her father. All Lina wants to do is get back home. But then she is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. It contains secrets that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father—and even herself. (Goodreads)

Jenna Evans Welch's debut novel, Love and Gelato, is a sweet, charming romance. It is written for a young adult audience, but with likeable characters and a beautiful Italian backdrop, even adults will enjoy this book. And for any parents looking for a "clean read" for their teenagers, this is the perfect book.

*Received 4 stars on Goodreads

The Luster of Lost Things

The Luster of Lost Things

By Sophie Chen Keller

This is the kind of story where every word feels like it was perfectly chosen, and every turn of phrase just fits and feels so perfect.  In New York there is a sweet little dessert shop that is infused with magic, and with love, and a young boy who doesn't speak. His only friend is a golden retriever and this boy likes to find lost things for other people. He has never stopped searching for his lost father too, and leaves a light burning for him in the dessert shop. When the most important book ever, which holds the story of his mother and father and all things beautiful in it, becomes lost - it is up to Walter ( and Milton - his dog) to begin a search for that most prized possession.  Along the way he finds new friends, new experiences, and truths about himself that will lead him to what he needs most. If you loved A Man Called Ove, you will probably really enjoy this book. The characters are perfection, the writing and story golden, this truly will stay with you

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Becoming Beauty

Becoming  Beauty

By Sarah E. Boucher

This is a fun, unique take on the story of Beauty and the Beast. When we meet Bella she is a spoiled young lady who is broken in her own way which puts her in a perfect position to stand up to the heart-broken Beast. Sarah Boucher’s take on this story adds another young man, Jack to the mix and while devoid of magical roses and a curse, the connection between Bella and the Beast’s lost love provides a unique way of telling two stories at once.  Bella, Jack, and the Beast must come to understand themselves in order to create the possibility of a happily ever after ending.