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Book Review | Dating da Vinci by Malena Lott
Rating
5 stars – chick lit at its finest – with a handsome Italian thrown in for good measure!
When Ramona becomes a widow at the age of 34 her world comes crashing down around her, and the only thing that keeps her getting out of bed in the morning are her two young sons. That is until Leonardo Da Vinci walks into her life. Not the real Leonardo obviously, but a 25 year old Italian student who has come to make a new life for himself in America.
As Ramona sets out to teach Da Vinci the skills he needs to succeed in this foreign country she finds that she too is learning something; that life can go on after you lose your soul mate.
In this light-hearted and humorous novel, Lott covers the sensitive subject of bereavement and how it affects Ramona as she loses her soul mate and her children’s father. The affect on the young boys as they go to great lengths to make their mom smile again. And on Judith, the mother-in-law who is torn between protecting her beloved son’s memory and helping Ramona find love and happiness again.
Dating da Vinci is a fantastic chick lit novel, just perfect for the beach (which is where I read it). Lott does a fabulous job of creating believable and likeable characters in Ramona and da Vinci, her two sons Bradley and William and her best friend Anh. Oh and Cortland; for where would a chick lit novel be without the ‘other’ love interest? Should Ramona choose fun in the form of the gorgeous Italian who brags about her to his college friends and reminds her how to smile, or settle down with the reliable but handsome doctor who shares her love for words? I suggest you read dating da Vinci and find out!
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