Siracusa by Delia Ephron
First Line: I have a snapshot of me standing on Finn’s shoulders when I was twenty-nine, a trick we’d perfected.
Summary: A vacation to Italy sounds like a great idea until you take one with another couple. Lizzie and Michael along with Finn and Taylor plus their daughter, Snow, decide to take a summer vacation. Tensions are high between the couples who each have secrets. As time together puts more and more tension on the group the secrets start to reveal themselves but the biggest shock comes when they start their stay on the small island of Siracusa.
Highlights: The beachy but twisted read makes the book worthwhile. The characters all have issues and you get to see each person’s point of view throughout their trip. It gives more perspective and doesn’t leave you wondering what someone was thinking.
Lowlights: I almost stopped reading this in the first 30 pages. The sentences are very choppy and to the point. There are 4 different character viewpoints. This makes it very hard at the beginning when you are still trying to learn character names and keep them straight. Once you are in the story I was waiting to get to certain characters so that I knew what was happening or how they were feeling.
FYI: A little dark at the end but worth the read.
Being able to work around books is a dream! I read anything but my favorite genres are historical fiction and YA. Give me anything set in Tudor England or teenage fantasy novel and I am set.
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