Unless you’ve already read Love & Gelato you probably have no idea what I’m talking about, so let me write you a brief summary about the unexpected journey Lina embarks on in the pages of this novel :Īfter losing her mother, Lina feels like her life would never be the same. Honestly, I couldn’t stop smiling the entire day as I listened to the 8+ hours of this book, though there were moments I got frustrated at Lina for traipsing around Italy when the answers were probably sitting in her lap! As I listened to each word through my headphones, all the heaviness I had been feeling evaporated, and warmth filled my body. Lina, the protagonist, became a person I knew rather than a fictional character who only lives within the pages of a book. I have never finished an audiobook so quickly! From the minute I began listening to Love & Gelato, I felt myself teleport into the world that Jenny Evans Welch had created. It had been on my list for the last few months, and after reading the synopsis, I thought it would be the perfect book to fit the mood I was in. As I went through my to-read list, Love & Gelato‘s cover caught my eye. She reads the journal over the next few weeks and refuses to talk to Howard before she has finished.“You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they sat, it’s for the same two things… Love and gelato.” ― Jenna Evans WelchĪfter spending the last couple of weeks reading Historical Fiction, I felt like it was time for me to read something lighter. Then she dives into the magical world of secret romances, art, hidden places, and a young Hadley’s life. But one day, she is given a journal that her mother kept when she lived there. She is not in the mood for Italy’s sunshine and beautiful landscapes. So when she has to spend the summer in Tuscany, Italy with her father who wasn’t even around for sixteen years, all she wants to do is go home. She always knew that Howard meant something special to her mother, but didn’t expect that. She is also surprised by the fact that Howard was her father.

After Hadley’s death, Lina’s grandmother sends her off to live with Howard in Italy, saying that this was Hadley’s wish. Her mother always told her stories of her time in Florence where her friend Howard lived. Scroll down!Ĭarolina Emerson aka Lina faces the death of her mother Hadley. Read this Love and Gelato book summary to experience a cute love story. The other books Love & Luck and Love & Olives continue the same story. It is the first in the series of three books. Love and Gelato is a contemporary, fiction romance book written by Jenna Evans Welch.