One Italian Summer

Consider this book solid travel fluff and not much else. The main character's relationship with her mom felt extremely unhealthy from the word go and the romance was messy in a bad, cringe kind of way. The magic elements were also weird and I'm not sure I'm the type of person who likes contemporary fiction diddling around with magic. That said, I do love Italy as a setting and that was the biggest saving grace for me here. I do have to assume this book is basically Eat, Pray, Love, but I've never read that one (and never will).