Wish You Were Italian by Kristin Rae

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Enjoy Wish You Were Italian and the other standalone titles in Bloomsbury's contemporary If Only romance line centered around an impossible problem: you always want what you can't have!

The summer before senior year of high school. It's supposed to be one of the biggest summers of her life, but Pippa is headed to an art program she has no interest in. The one saving grace is it's in Italy. And when the opportunity strikes, she decides to ditch the program and travel Italy accomplishing her show more own list of goals. Things like swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, eating a whole pizza in one sitting...and falling in love with an Italian boy!

As she explores the famous cities of Rome and Pompeii, Pippa finds herself falling for two boys: a local guy she knows is nothing but trouble and a cute American archaeology student who keeps disappearing and reappearing at the strangest moments. Will Pippa find her true love before her parents find out the truth about her summer program?

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ethel55 1,664 reviews

Perfect teen romance to read by the pool/beach this summer. Peppered with beautiful descriptions of Italy, I can almost forgive Pippa's wise beyond her years decision to skip art school for bumming around this awesome country. Lucky for her, she befriends some archaeology students, who add some depth to the places they visit with historical info. And she befriends a nice Italian girl, heading to work at her aunt's restaurant for the summer in Cinque Terre. Pippa suddenly has a job and a hot Italian boy on her hands.

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Jun 13, 2014

emmyson 357 reviews

Cute story! I thoroughly enjoyed this, and desperately want to go to Italy now. Not that I didn't before, but now it's WORSE.

Oct 9, 2024

Yoh 30 reviews

Eh. Quick, easy read and cute, but nothing special

Jan 13, 2016

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