A wonderful read!
This novel drew me in from the very first page and kept me hooked until the end. The characters were vibrant and relatable, the writing was engaging, and the story had just the right balance of heart and humor. Highly recommend!
Many thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

Theo and Magdalen are forced to take stock of their lives and their potential for a relationship as they navigate a wedding party in Italy. Can they get past their past hurts in order to claim what's been deep below the surface all along? You'll have to read to find out!

The pacing of this story was super! It went really fast. I love a story set at a wedding, and one in Italy is even better!

I am generally more of a fan of cinnamon roll heroes, so the hero in this case didn’t really work for me. He was more on the gruff side. I often had a hard time really rooting for this couple. The miscommunication was a bit frustrating, and it had more drama than I tend to enjoy. Family drama, specifically, is stressful for me. (I read to get AWAY from family drama, haha!). At least this provided an escape in a beautiful country!

I'd like to thank Forever (Grand Central Publishing) and Netgalley for the eARC of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.

This book started off insanely strong but about 18% of the way through became something entirely different. Also not sure what the point was of being in Italy.. served no purpose

I’ll Look For You Everywhere by Cameron Capello. If you like books that take care place of Italy, gossipy families, angst, and spice then you will love this book.

This book takes places in Italy and getting to explore it with the characters was pretty amazing. The plot and story line were good. I enjoyed the characters and their complexities. I loved Capello’s writing style.
Magdalen and Theo, are home to attend Magdalen’s sister wedding. Both have been away for a while and have come back different people. They are both different but are getting to know each other and falling in love. This is not your typical love story because at the end of the book they don’t get their HEA which is so much like real life. Thank you to MacMillan and NetGalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for my honest thoughts and opinions.

All the Summer vibes!

Like a trip to Italy? Say less! This book genuinely gives off all the summer vibes, and the characters are fascinating, but I did not like the plot. I found the characters relatable at times and enjoyed their vulnerability, but other than that, it fell flat for me. The miscommunication sizzled out at some points, and it was never resolved. Overall, it is a great quick read, but I don't think this book is for me.

Unfortunately, I found the writing in the book pretty bad. I kept thinking maybe the plot would improve or surprise me, but it didn’t. That being said, I did like Thei and Magdalen and they’re what kept me reading this novel. I also loved that it was set in Italy.

Honestly, I should have passed on this once I saw the Colleen Hoover comparisons. I'm a little shocked this was even published.

I don't know what I was expecting with this so maybe it's unfair to call it a let-down, but not a single line of this book entertained me, or resonated with me, or made me want to keep reading. First of all, there's no plot. None. This is a book about hookups in Italy. It’s basically a mix of casual sex, talking about it, and then throwing a few cheap insults at each other for the ~drama~ of it all. Honestly, I was hoping for a classic romance, not some messy attempt at a deep story that reads like bad wattpad fanfiction. The MMC is the stereotypical bad boy with daddy issues who treats the FMC like trash, and no one seems to care?? This guy needs serious therapy, and to be as far away from women as the planet will geographically allows, not another woman to chase. The FMC is just as cliché—a shy, traumatized girl with zero confidence. Their supposed chemistry? Didn’t buy it for a second. The Italian stereotypes were uninspired and borderline insulting (I'm not even Italian), and there was no consistency re: setting or time.

This book was toxic and juvenile and so, so badly written, and I'm really sorry but I don't have a single good thing to say about it. I'm will not post this review to my social media platforms because even I'm not that mean.

I have tried reading this book numerous times, but I just cannot get into it. The cover is beautiful tho!

I really wanted to love this book and I did at the beginning but then it was pretty hard to get through it. The premise was promising, and I was here for the tension. But after a while, it just felt like way too much. If the characters had just talked to each other, they could've figured things out so much sooner. Instead, they spent forever pining, and when the big reveal finally happened, it felt anticlimactic. He made it seem like some unforgivable secret, but she forgave him instantly. And her own revelation? It barely affected him, and honestly, it didn’t even explain why she was the way she was.

I also struggled with their romance, it didn’t always feel right, and some of the dialogue was so cringy and then he ended up being super toxic. The MFC's insecurities got frustrating, especially when she freaked out over small things. By the end, it felt like all she did was lose her virginity and get her heart broken. And him? He just left to deal with his own issues. I swear it felt like he was more into the chase than actually being with her. Then that ending what was that? Too much angst for no reason.

Overall it kept me engaged at the beginning but then it lost me half way through. Defintiely a book I probably wouldn't recommend.

A fun romance book that takes place in Italy. With lots of angst, it was a fun read, but it was just that, a fun filler book.

Wow, this book was longer than I expected, for not much to be happening. I loved the ideas of the tropes, settings, and premise behind these two. But I couldn’t get over the characters. They weren’t like able, and throughout the entire story I was just waiting for the reasons why I was supposed to be ok with not liking them. It didn’t come until the last 10% of the book. It just made Magdalen look naive and Theo look like a jerk.

However, the bright spot for me was introducing me to 2 new book narrators. I enjoyed Cam Wylder’s performance as Theo as he was able to share a nuanced performance. Grace Blyth’s performance as Magdalen did capture her naivety and growth in self discovery well.

Thanks to Forever for an ARC and Hachette Audio for an ALC in exchange for my honest reviews.

“I wish for seashells to capture that sound, that beautiful laugh, so when I hold it up to my ear, I can hear him instead of the sea”

There was a lot that I loved about this book. The writing style was stunning, there were many lines in this book that were so beautifully crafted. I also loved the pacing. I continuously wanted to pick this book up when I wasn’t reading it. I liked most of the characters, especially Magdalen and her father. I SOBBED at the ending that was heartbreaking. I didn’t need normal people pt.2 IM WEAK.

The romance unfortunately just didn’t work for me. It was hard to believe these two characters were in love when from the beginning there was a sexual note to every thought and feeling. The way Theo talked about Magdalen almost solely in a sexual way made it so hard to root for the couple or to believe they are truly in love and destined to be together. He was also so unnecessarily cruel and mean to her at times I truly could not understand how Magdalen forgave him time and time again. I understand he was dealing with things but it felt like punishment that she had to endure it and it made it difficult for me to want them to fix things.

Overall I would 100% read more from Cameron Capello and would love to see where her writing journey takes her I just wish this beautiful prose translated to more within the romance aspect.

Although as a whole I enjoyed the book, I did find the back and fourth of Theo's anger and insecurity as well as Magdalens very frustrating thought the book. It was almost too much at times. I'm glad I hung in there but definately struggled at times.
Thank you Netgalley for my ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I loved what this book is supposed to be, however, there was a little too much drama for me. Sometimes I didn't want to root for the characters because it was so weighed down with hate and zero communication.

This book was gut wrenching (complimentary)!!! It was so beautifully written and it had so much depth to it. I loved seeing the way that Theo and Magdalen grew separately and how they grew together as they fell in love. I was so immersed in the Italian summer aesthetic that I just never wanted to leave. It devoured it! It was a beautiful book and I loved every second of it.

Thank you NetGalley and publisher for this ARC!

✨REVIEW
I’ll Look for You Everywhere
By Cameron Capello

I was so excited to read this one. It has so many of my favourite tropes; best friend’s brother, forbidden, set in Italy, and family wedding. But it fell flat on everything, there was no plot at all, the characters were not strong, the writing was not great, and it felt like an underdeveloped Wattpad story from the early 2000’s. I tried listening to the audio book as well, and even with wonderful voice actors I couldn’t get into it as well. I DNF and it wasn’t for me.

Thank you to forever for the free book in exchange for an honest review.

Sadly, this book was not for me. The writing was flowery and poetic, and I really liked that aspect, but I just could not get into the story. Maggie was young, but Theo was not, and somehow, he was more immature than she was. There were a lot of typical virginal FMC / playboy MMC with secret trauma situations, but I didn’t find any of the characters particularly likable, so that made it difficult to see past the trope. I wasn’t really rooting for anyone. They all just seemed a little miserable. Theo was honestly mean a lot of the time and gave me emotional whiplash, which I think was the point, but it just didn’t work for me.

I think the author did a good job of writing unlikeable characters. I wanted them all to find peace and healing, so I suppose I was rooting for them in a way, but I also didn’t really care? Theo was an asshole to Magdalen, and she was extremely quick to jump to conclusions when he wasn’t doing anything wrong and to forgive him when he was. They just seemed to be struggling a ton (understandable, given their tragic pasts) but we didn’t get the satisfaction of seeing them grow and develop.

There was an overall feeling of melancholy throughout the entire story, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it would have been nice to have some levity at some points. It made it a bit difficult to finish.

I also wasn’t a huge fan of the pacing. It seemed like we got hints of what the main characters were dealing with throughout the book, and then as soon as there was a revelation, it was over. And I didn’t love the ending, though I suppose it was maybe the most realistic ending for these characters. But I do wish we got something a bit more satisfying.

Overall, I don’t agree with the reviews that say this is just about hooking up in Italy. Because there wasn’t actually very much hooking up. There were a couple of spicy scenes, but nothing crazy.

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC.

Well, this... is a book. I finished it, and I'm fairly certain I shouldn't have, but alas. There is no plot, no subplot, no anything other than some really inconsistent inner self-loathing monologues and uh, well there is some banging in Italy but it takes forever for even that to occur. Though there is banging professors before that point.. The whole thing needs more work than I really care to think of, and can every character go to therapy? Like intensive therapy.

BTW - what ocean in Italy is there? I may not be the best at geography. But ocean? Italy? Not words to combine.

So, do with that what you want.

Thanks to NetGalley for this.... read... .I truly appreciate the opportunity to review it.

DNF @ 25% - I could not get into the story. I had the impression that this was a childhood friends to lovers, but they were just acquaintances?
I didn't care for where this book was going.

Don't mind me, just leaving a review to keep my NetGalley ratio decent. If you're reading this Brieana--HI!