Problematic Summer Romance
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Problematic Summer Romance

by Ali Hazelwood

2025•Romance•402 pages

Taste attributes: romancecomedytried & testedlightrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringlove conquers alldeep rivalryfish out of water/culture clash

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Boxlist takeContained and straightforward: a realistic romance novel, familiar rather than fresh. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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3.5 / 5

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About This Book

What is wrong meets what feels right in this romance set in Italy by the New York Times bestselling author of Deep End. Maya Killgore is twenty-three and still in the process of figuring out her life. Conor Harkness is thirty-eight, and Maya cannot stop thinking about him.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

RomanceComedyLove conquers allDeep rivalryFish out of water/culture clash

Subjects

RomanceContemporarySummerContemporary RomanceAdult

Details

Author
Ali Hazelwood
Published
2025
Pages
402
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