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When in Rome by Sarah Adams

28 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Classism, Dementia, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Alcohol

juliaaaaaa's review

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I LOVED THIS BOOK!! i was smiling all the time, they are just so cute. noah is such a cutie potato and i loved the side characters, especially mabel.

if you wanna read a cute and fluffy romance, i definitely recommend this one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Dementia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, and Cursing

abbypeekreads's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, and Dementia

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

emilywemily6's review

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I adored this book! When everything else I tried reading/listening to wasn’t working for me, this book was always making me excited to read. The burn was sooooo slow, but it was such a sweet and sexy closed door romance. I loved how I grew to understand both characters better throughout the story, and I enjoyed the dual perspectives. The ending wrapped up super quickly and too neatly for me, but other than that I loved everything about this book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Alcohol, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Gaslighting and Infidelity

bessadams's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content

oceanwriter's review

funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It’s summer! There’s something about the warmer weather that draws me into romcoms though it’s not my go-to genre. When in Rome has been catching my eye for a couple of months now. Admittedly, I was very disappointed the book wasn’t actually set in Rome, Italy, but it grew on me.

Hardcore Audrey Hepburn fan Amelia ‘Rae’ Rose needs a break from her life in the limelight. Taking a lesson from Princess Ann in Roman Holiday, she sneaks away for a trip to Rome… Sort of. The next best (and drivable) destination is Rome, Kentucky. During this trip she meets Noah, a small-town baker running his grandmother’s pie shop.

Being a fan of Audrey Hepburn myself, I quite enjoyed the references to her and her films. Of course, Roman Holiday is the focus (it’s nice to see this one get a little more credit!). Personally, I would not call this a modern take on the film. Loosely inspired at best. And while yes, I did enjoy the Audrey Hepburn discussions at first, they wore thin by the end. In the age of fandom culture, I didn’t buy Amelia’s fangirling as being any sort of wow factor to anyone. Then again, this is coming from someone who’s been unapologetically a geeky classics fan her entire life.

The book was cute, but definitely not a writing style I seek out. I have another one of Sarah Adam’s books so I still plan on reading more despite it not being my preference. I was looking for a lighthearted and fluffy read and this fit the bill. Ultimately and preferences aside, this was what I was looking to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent, Dementia, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual content and Infidelity

brittsbooknook's review

funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

This was a funny, light read. It was a little too insta-love/lust for me but the awkward funny moments made up for that. The way they meet is hilarious.

"I'm not going to murder you if that's what your thinking?"..."Why would you say that? Now I really think your going to murder me."

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol

marmellowreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Dementia

kfmcf's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I really liked the premise of this book but wish it had had a bit more substance to it. There was a lot of focus given to the sisters (most likely because they're being set up for the sequels) and I think that distracted from Noah's time on the page. He felt very flat. Amelia was fine, she had a bit more to her, but I was still left wanting a bit more.

My main wish with this book is that we were able to get to know the town itself as a character. This series is about finding romance there and I didn't feel like it really mattered? I'm hoping the sequel will expand on that (though tbh I'm not excited for it to be Annie because she was annoying in this book. The swearing thing? Why.)

All in all this book was fine. There was some nice moments but it was a bit repetitive and felt predictable beyond the comfort of contemporary predictability 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Dementia and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Infidelity, and Stalking

annahamburger's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Abandonment, Grief, Dementia, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Drug use