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Most people start with Love and Gelato, but Love and Olives caught my eye first so I started there :) Even though I read the series out of order, Love and Olives still made complete sense and I never felt confused.

A little bit about the book:
Liv is going into her senior year of high school in just a few months, and her boyfriend is determined to get her into the prestigious college he’s going to, only she has other plans…
Enter Liv’s absentee father who reaches out and tells her she MUST came to Santorini Greece for a project… only he won’t say what the project is.
Dejectedly, Liv goes. She embarks on a journey that brings her new relationships such as Theo, the boy her age who’s determined to film her every waking moment, and has made it abundantly clear that all ties between them will be cut when she returns home. Her father, who left when she was young, but randomly six months ago began sending her post cards, oh and he’s determined to find the real location of the lost city Atlantis. Of course there's Geoffrey, the eccentric co-worker who may or may not have a girlfriend who is more than a figment of his imagination.
While getting to know the wonderful cast of Love & Olives, Liv journeys to help create a documentary on the evidence of Atlantis, while unraveling the truth about her past relationships, and if some new relationships have any chance of lasting.

Let me tell you, this story was real cute!

Liv’s character had a ton of growth throughout the story, and the reader really got to experience it all with her while she learned more about herself and her past, alongside Theo of course.

Oh Theo,
Theo was an awesome character. He really stood by Liv throughout the story while also navigating her family dynamics and opening up about his. He was so kind and caring, and he brought several smiles to my face throughout the book.

The plot of the book itself was not what I expected when I first picked up the book, but I was pleasantly surprised. Connecting the dots of Atlantis alongside Liv was really a treat.

Love & Olives didn’t feel like your typical YA romance. A lot of YA are very surface level, so I thoroughly enjoyed the emotions that Love & Olives evoked. Love & Olives is a very clean read with nothing past kissing, and very little of even that, it also only had one or two curse words in total over the span of 500 pages. I would definitely recommend this book to teens of all ages and even adults. Plus, the cover is adorable.

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