It was slow in places, I did enjoy the overall theme of the book though and the characters were very likeable and I loved the humour throughout the book. I will defintely be seeing what else the author has written as I would love to see if they are all romatic comedy books which are lighthearted.

Really enjoyable read. Good characters and a Good story. Well worth a read. Think others will enjoy.

One of Italy’s most acclaimed romance author attempts to win the international market. I’m not sure if this book was just badly translated or if these stories are specifically commissioned for the international audiences regardless of the author’s true inspiration, but I could not find the same spark I usually find in her Italian books.

Set in Milan, we are introduced to Lavinia, who feels she needs to make up to her family for the fact her older sister left home after a row. Lavinia iis studying economics, though this was not her choice. Their last project will be a collaboration with computer engineering department of a rival college. Lavinia feels this is a bad idea as she is very much a loner, and when the student assigned to her, Sebastiano, is even more hostile.

These two are complete opposites in interests and character, but Lavina decides to change his mind about her - I have no idea why - so she chooses the worst strategy ever. She stalks him! I'm afraid I switched off at this point as the premise did not appeal, especially as Lavinia seems very immature so this novel would probably suit a YA reader.

The author is not a native English speaker, which came across in some of her sentence structure and vocabulary which sometimes jarred, so that might have contributed to the 'young' impression.

An ok story but a little predictable. n easy going read with likeable characters.

This was a cute easy romance set in Milan.I liked Lavinia but found her to be a bit of a doormat she did whatever anyone else wanted including the economics degree he Father insisted on.When she finds out her final assignment is a joint one with the Sebastiano a computer engineer from another college she is Horrified and what makes it worse is he says he is not doing it as he does not need the extra credits.She harasses him until he changes his mind.I enjoyed watching these two get to know her this is perfect for a lazy weekend a really sweet read

Lavinia Ferrari doesn’t really know what she wants to do with her life and finds it easier to just do everything her parents tell her even though she’s approaching 24. She’s in the final year of her economics degree and just wants finish well even though its scary thinking about what’s next. That means trying to get her weird nerdy project partner, Seb, to work with her even though he just doesn’t want to know. She needs the credits so won’t give up despite his attempts to brush her off. Lav suddenly finds she’s not so friendly and can stand up for herself, which starts translating into the rest of her life. It took a little while to get into the author’s style of writing, perhaps as she is Italian, but I really warmed to the growing relationship between Lav and Seb and was cheering them on to the end. Definitely going to read Anna’s previous books.

I like this book well enough. I enjoyed the characters and the setting. Averally it was a pretty average read for me.

One thing I found was how sweet this story was. You know Lavinia and Seb are going to get together, it's the nature of the book, but how they get there is one of the best parts. Seb is irritating enough that you almost hate him, but at the same time, you can't help falling in love with him right along with Lavinia. There were some moments when all I wanted to do was reach into the novel and shove the two of them together. It's an adorable story, and I love how well the characters developed over the course of the novel.

This story is a simple and predictable love story. I really liked it.

I could tell right away that something would happen with Lavinia and Seb. Her aversion to him was too strong at the beginning, leaving her open to changing her mind about him.

What I didn’t like was how my feelings about Lav and Seb changed through the book. First, Seb was frustrating because he was so hard to get through to. But when Lav starts to pretty much harass him, I thought she looked pretty foolish. As they say, “you’ll catch more flies with honey than vinegar,” and I think Lav should have given him some space rather than nosing into Seb’s life.

I was also confused at the beginning because the story is set in Italy, but the characters use a lot of British language and jargon. The only indication that it is set in Milan was the name of the streets and schools. I think more Italian influences should have been added in the dialogue to reinforce the setting.

I recommend this cute romantic comedy if you want some light reading this winter.

You are never stuck for a good read with an Anna Premoli novel and her latest title, Stuck With You is her best book yet!

Economics student Lavinia Ferrari is in her fifth year of studies at Bocconi University. Lavinia would do absolutely anything to get good grades, so when she is introduced to a new project to gain some extra credits she is intrigued. However, she soon realises that there is a catch: this project will require her to team up with students from the Computer Engineering course – and Lavinia is adamant that she wants absolutely nothing to do with them. But Lavinia soon realises that she has no other choice. Thinking that she has got no other option open to her, Lavinia decides to go along with things and is dismayed even further when she is paired with Seb Marconi, who is not exactly interested in the project.

Poor Lavinia has to look on in envy as all her friends and fellow students begin to make progress with their partners while she seems permanently stuck in a state of apathy and frustration. Seb makes it perfectly clear from the off that he would rather be a million miles away than working with Lavinia on a project he cannot even muster a sliver of enthusiasm for – and to make things even worse, he has also made it abundantly clear that he has no interest whatsoever in Lavinia!

Lavinia cannot stand by and let Seb get in the way of her academic success. She needs to come up with a plan to convince him to take this project seriously. However, little does she realise that her plan to get Seb on side will yield some very interesting results…

Stuck With You is a great read fans of chick lit are going to love. Fun, feisty and seriously hilarious, Stuck With You is a breezy and pacy page-turner fans of Sophie Kinsella and Lindsey Kelk are going to absolutely adore. With laugh out loud humour, fantastic dialogue, touching romance and a fast-paced narrative, Stuck With You is a wonderful read that should not be missed!

This book was such an easy read!  The characters were great, I loved their interaction and the word play between them really made the book for me.  It is funny in the right places and flowed really well.  It kept me engaged and I read it in a few hours.  Four stars from me - a good story with developed characters - I really enjoyed it!

Really enjoyable read - set within a university so bought back some good memories too.
It is the story of 2 students, Lavinia and Seb at different universities in Milan. A case of opposites attract?

"The external image we show to the outside world is often our most powerful armour – our shield against others."

Lavinia Ferrari, the girl with all smiles who get along with absolutely everyone, a perfect daughter who wouldn't sacrifice to defy her parents with their rules — always ready to pitch in and help out, felt like her life was not going anywhere. She was not entirely sure what she wanted to do with her life while her friends have their own plans, where to go and what company they would like to work with after they finish their degree.

When she and her friends, Giada and Alessandra, signed up a course for a 'Co-operative project with Milan Polytechnic’ to earn a huge extra credits, they didn't expected to be partnered with a bunch of geek IT students.

Knowing that engineers and economists didn't get along particularly well with an old-aged rivalries on how to approach and solve a problem, their professor unluckily chose to partner them, business economist undergrads, to computer engineers who were famed to have an extreme nerdy social life.

There she met Sebastiano Marconi, a perfect embodiment of geek and weird. He was a very "busy" man with quite peculiar chosen hobbies and recreation, a sociopath who seems to dislike her even before they met.

Lavinia should find a way to make him participate in their inter-university start-up project for her to get the additional credits. But could she tear down his wall, make him forget to wear the armour and work out their relationship as partners?

Lavinia has been pretending all her life and I love how it turned out that the only person who could make him out of her shell of comfort was Seb. She found her confidence without thinking if everyone will like her. She realized for the very first time what was it like to be rejected.

Seb on the other hand used his weirdness to reassured himself imposing strict rules because he got easily attached with someone. Outside, he's hard to crack but within he's a very kind person. And it only took a 'Lavinia' for him to be able to open up and finally let go of his feelings.

The story started quite rather smoothly and I love how the characters' first meet up started to build the hype and tension within the story. Lavinia and Seb's chemistry was tangible even from the very beginning. They have this unexpected connection that I felt as a reader where their constant cat-and-dog like arguments were a joy to read.

The relationship between the two main were developed properly without the rush of being in love at first sight. Yes! It's definitely more enjoyable if they have some sort of undeniably hate for each other and as cliche as it sounds, Stuck With You has that element I was looking for. They balanced out each other, Lavinia being shallow and predictable while Seb being uneasy and have some set of rules for himself.

I also love the supporting characters who helped the story to be more engaging. The banters and plausible lines were funny and the fact that every chapter was introduced with unforgettable quotations from the book, The Little Prince referencing to the characters or what could have happen within each chapter, was brilliant alone — Lavinia like the rose who grew thorns and Seb being the fox who needed to be tamed.

I've always been a fan of Anna Premoli and I read almost all of her books and I could say that this is entirely different as I know for sure how the author's personal experience could relate to both Lavinia and Seb's relationship. Though I think this book is more YA-ish, I really enjoyed the story and I would recommend this to everyone who wanted a change of reading atmosphere from a heavy mystery or thriller to a light-hearted and fun read.

***Thank you to Netgalley, Aria and Anna Premoli for providing me an ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review!

I have to start by making you scroll back up to look at that gorgeous cover. I knew from the second I saw both the cover and the blurb that I was going to enjoy this.

Lavinia Ferrari is a yes woman. She’s out to please, to keep the peace, in particular in relation to her parents, two ambitious individuals who are taking the fact that her sister has decided not to take it any more out on her. I have to say I loved her family, who were about as pushy as pushy could be, but in a definite ‘not taking no for an answer’ way. As a result Lavina, our protagonist, is thrown into Economics, which she navigates with her two friends, Giada and Alessandra.

I suppose this is the part I should really talk about Lavinia. It took me some time to warm to her, as I found her to be a tad ‘me’ inclined, and constantly reminding us just how much she was always out to please others. I find when you’re constantly told how great a character is, how selfless etc, you start to find yourself edging in another direction. I also found her to be a tad over dramatic on many things, but that could most definitely be me. Saying that I found she grew on me as the book went on, possibly thanks to the amazing Seb, the partner she’s paired with for a project that is regularly sold as being more of a social experiment than a business endevour.

Being married to a computer scientist, and, to be honest being a bit of a nerd myself, I enjoyed their interactions, given that Seb has issues with everyday social norms, and I loved his quotes and tee-short slogans (I’d worked a fair few of them out too!). I adored his family when we met them and smiled and nodded along on many occasions at their excitement at Lavinia’s appearance. For me the second half of the book was where it came into its own and I suddenly warmed to and really enjoyed Lavinia, as warm (or icy in some cases!), witty banter was exchanged between the two (in particular their text messaging was excellent!)

The romance in the book, the heat, was perfection and I read the whole thing in one night which says it all really! It’s not a fast paced book, and is dialogue heavy, but then that’s generally what I go for. All in all a very enjoyable read. Thanks so much to Aria for this book in return for an honest review.

Rating: 4/5

Recommend this to younger readers (it might be a good YA crossover for mature teens).

I’m sorry to say, I struggled with this book and trying to enjoy it.

This is a great book with a wonderful story and well developed characters. The story flowed very well and was very enjoyable. This book will keep you reading long into the night and you will not want to put this book down until you finish. This was such a great read and full of surprises. I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader’s copy of this book. The free book held no determination on my personal review.

I have to admit, I was pleasantly surprised with 'Stuck With You' by Anna Premoli! Some of the reviews I had read before I began reading the book myself weren't the greatest. However, I ensured I kept my mind open whilst forming my own opinion on the book. 

Set in Italy with students, 'Stuck With You' follows the story of an Italian economics student who has to step over into the dark side and pair up with a computer engineering student on a new project. It sounds pretty simple really doesn't it? Unfortunately for Lavinia, the first day of her pairing didn't exactly go to plan. Let's just say that the guy she was paired up with refused to use his manners, meaning that Lavinia saw read. Not the greatest way to kick things off is it?

Now, seeing as Lavinia is the type of person who prefers to be liked, she wasn't going to stand for Seb's ignorance and rudeness - even if it did bug her to the point of getting in his face!

The romance part of the storyline, I have to say, was pretty predictable. It was lovely to see two people come together in a very unlikely way, don't get me wrong, but I could see it a mile off. It probably doesn't help that I'm not the most romantic person on the planet, but y'know.

Aside from that, the storyline kept me entertained whilst also being a well needed break from other heavier novels I have read previously. 'Stuck With You' wasn't too overpowering which meant that I found it quite an easy read....and no not in a bad way. Okay, no, it didn't blow me away, but I didn't dislike it either. It was pleasant, nicely written and a refreshing change.

Thanks Aria.

First of all, I must admit I did not have any expectations for this book. The cover looked cute and the description intrigued me. I think it was a good thing I did not have any expectations because I’m positive I’d be disappointed.

It was really hard for me to get into this book. Like really hard. I had to take several breaks from it because I kept reading the same page over and over. Maybe it was the writing style? Maybe it was the characters? Honestly, I have no idea. I just didn’t connect with it.

Another issue of mine with this book was the damn characters. I couldn’t stand Lavinia. She was so annoying and I hated how she acted throughout most of the book. I understand that’d she want to please everyone around her (I can relate to this) and it did feel good when she stood up against her parents. But she still made me cringe A LOT.

One thing I did like about this book, however, was the fact that it was set in Italy. I haven’t read many fictional books where the setting isn’t in the US. So that change was nice.

I also liked the concept of two different worlds colliding (Lavinia studying Economy and Seb taking computer engineering courses). I love the hate-to-love trope in general, but in this book I just couldn’t make myself root for Lavinia and Seb. Lavinia was too annoying and Seb tried too hard to seem edgy.