Summer at the Santorini Bookshop – ARC Book Review

A Greek island holiday. A fake-dating pact. A chance at true love?

After losing her job as a book scout, hopeless romantic Evie needs a fresh start. So when she hears that her eccentric grandmother has just taken on a small bookshop in Santorini, Evie jumps at the chance to visit her.

But life on the island is not as idyllic as it first seems. Gran has a tempestuous relationship with her landlord and he’s threatening to take the bookshop away from her. So when Gran asks Evie to fake a romance with her landlord’s Greek God of a grandson, Georgios, to keep the family on side, she reluctantly agrees.

As the sun sets on Evie’s Greek holiday, can she save the bookshop – and fake date her way to love?

I love reading Rebecca Raisin’s books and this is the fifth book I have read written by her!

Evie loses her job as a book scout in Hollywood as her new boss believed that the romance genre is over-hyped and that people need to see more action movies. When Evie heard that her grandmother had opened up a bookshop in Santorini, Evie takes the chance and flies over to Santorini. Evie’s mother and sister are suspicious of the grandmother’s current ninth husband and asks Evie to dig more about grandmother. Meanwhile, Evie’s grandmother and the landlord of Evie’s grandmother’s bookshop are both at wit ends with each other and Evie’s grandmother asks Evie to fake date the landlord’s handsome grandson Georgios. But soon, their fake dating might turn into something more…

I love reading Rebecca Raisin’s book and I would like to take the opportunity to thank Harper Collins for the invitation to review this book. I get lost into her books and feel like the part of the book. This book also made me feel the same way. I instantly liked all the characters even the main characters, Evie and her grandmother. There were some funny parts in the book which will make you laugh out loud. The descriptions in the book make me think of myself being in Santorini and I like how the author managed to draw the reader into the story. The stunning sceneries of Santorini made me imagine myself in Santorini as well. This was actually a good romance book, particularly this is a great book to read during the summer. I give this book five stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.