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What happens when you fall hard for your fallback? In this luminous love story, a young woman who’s spent years traveling the globe to outrun her own grief faces a momentous decision on her 33rd birthday . . .
A moving story about wanderlust, loss, hope, and the special magic of finding love in unexpected places—at just the right time - for readers of Elena Armas, Emily Henry and Mia Sosa, from the acclaimed author of the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick Furia.
All Stevie Choi ever wanted was a cozy life in suburbia—a loving husband, adorable kids, a dog. That simple dream shattered into a million pieces when she was only seventeen. She’s spent the years since trying to outrun the pain and make something of herself, if only to prove to her estranged family that she’s happy and successful—even though she’s secretly yearning for another chance at love. If only she believed she deserved it . . .
So, Stevie drowns herself in her job, and in the low season, “dates” new countries, leaving her Utah home-base to circle the globe, from Paris to Cairo to Cabo San Lucas, curating a gorgeous Instagram feed—while spending every New Year alone. Then one frigid January day in Rome she meets Cristian. He would be her perfect match—if they weren’t separated by continents and obligations. Unable to say goodbye, they agree that if they’re both single at seventy, they’ll marry each other if only to have a fun companion to travel with . . . But through the years, their friendship grows into something more, and suddenly it’s up to Stevie to choose happiness . . .
Sparkling with hope, All Roads Lead to Rome soulfully examines all the ways a tender heart can be broken—and how faith in the future—and in oneself—can make it whole again . . .
A moving story about wanderlust, loss, hope, and the special magic of finding love in unexpected places—at just the right time - for readers of Elena Armas, Emily Henry and Mia Sosa, from the acclaimed author of the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick Furia.
All Stevie Choi ever wanted was a cozy life in suburbia—a loving husband, adorable kids, a dog. That simple dream shattered into a million pieces when she was only seventeen. She’s spent the years since trying to outrun the pain and make something of herself, if only to prove to her estranged family that she’s happy and successful—even though she’s secretly yearning for another chance at love. If only she believed she deserved it . . .
So, Stevie drowns herself in her job, and in the low season, “dates” new countries, leaving her Utah home-base to circle the globe, from Paris to Cairo to Cabo San Lucas, curating a gorgeous Instagram feed—while spending every New Year alone. Then one frigid January day in Rome she meets Cristian. He would be her perfect match—if they weren’t separated by continents and obligations. Unable to say goodbye, they agree that if they’re both single at seventy, they’ll marry each other if only to have a fun companion to travel with . . . But through the years, their friendship grows into something more, and suddenly it’s up to Stevie to choose happiness . . .
Sparkling with hope, All Roads Lead to Rome soulfully examines all the ways a tender heart can be broken—and how faith in the future—and in oneself—can make it whole again . . .
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“Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC (it's my first one :))
I enjoyed the first half of the book. There is something about meeting someone at weddings (one that isn't the groom or the bride) that I found so sweet. It was an easy read and the first half was quite interesting to get into.
But I seem to have lost the plot or direction of this book. It felt a little bit... all over the place - like it was MESSY. It felt like all the flaws of Stevie were just there and not given any justice at all.
I truly expected more from this book based on the description (which felt a little far from the actual plot).”Meg Campbell
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“Stevie is a woman with a complex family life. Trying to find out how to achieve her dreams while also finding love is a challenge for her. But upon meeting Cristian, she thinks she has a place to start.
This book was an easy read. My favorite character was Cristian, and he felt grounded and reasonable. While Stevie has been through a lot, I grew tired of Stevie’s inability to communicate and her childishness in relationships.
The book dealt with a lot of complex themes, which kept it interesting. However, I don’t feel like it did any of them well. It was a bit all over the place, in that it felt like 4 different books wound up into one messy one. I couldn’t tell if the author wanted it to be a rom-com, a book about grief, a book about following your dreams, a book about a trio of best friends, or a book about a mother-daughter relationship.
My favorite quote was “You need to go to therapy, bebé.”
Thanks for the ARC, Netgalley!”
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“I wish I could take back all the hours I spent with this book”About Yamile Saied Méndez
Yamile (sha-MEE-lay) Saied Méndez is an Argentine-American Pura Belpré gold medal winning author. She lives in Utah with her Puerto Rican husband and their five kids, two adorable dogs, and one majestic cat. An inaugural Walter Dean Myers Grant recipient, she’s also a graduate of Voices of Our Nations (VONA) and the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA Writing for Children’s and Young Adult program. She writes picture books, middle grade, young adult and adult romance fiction. Yamile is a founding member of Las Musas, the first collective of women and nonbinary Latinx authors. Visit her at yamilesmendez.com.
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