Book Review - One Greek Summer by Kate Frost

 The Amazon Purchase link below is an Amazon Affiliate link.

Amazon UK

Title: One Greek Summer

Author: Kate Frost

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Boldwood Books

Publication Date: 9th March 2022

Rating: 4 Stars

Taking a chance on love is just the beginning…

All NEW from bestselling author Kate Frost.

When Harlow Sands arrives on an idyllic Greek island to work on a big budget movie, it should be the opportunity of a lifetime. But her uncertainty over the direction of her life and the high expectations of Maeve Fennimore-Bell, her domineering Hollywood producer mum, threatens to ruin her summer on beautiful Skopelos

Location manager Tyler Reed has his fair share of demons. His and Harlow’s lives have been entwined for over a decade and now forced to work together, their complicated past begins to unravel.

Harlow is desperate to break free and make her own way in the world, but with a fractured family, a long-hidden secret and a need to belong, can her happy-ever-after be found during one Greek summer?

Escape to the beautiful Greek isles with bestseller Kate Frost for the perfect uplifting, feel-good romantic read.

I had completely forgotten until it was mentioned quite early on in the book that Mamma Mia had been in part filmed on Skopelos.  So to be reading a book featuring another film being produced on the same island was fabulous for me. 

As I'm a huge fan of Greek lslands, movies, romance, armchair travel, and well everything else that was featured in this story. 

So I really did enjoy Harlow's story, which has some surprising amounts of depth to it, compared to the gloriously sunny cover. It touches on all manner of big and relevant issues, which are dealt with sensitively.  But in addition there is Adonis. 

Even his name summons up Greek godlike looks, and he is incredibly good looking, and comes across as quite hard to get to know initially but once he warmed up, well I want an Adonis of my own! 

This is all about Harlow trying to improve her relationship with her mother, and trying to find out what she want to do with her life to make her happy. And where it turns out in some ways surprised me as I didn't see it coming, it also made complete and utter sense to the story, and to the characters, so really worked for me. 

I really was transported to Skopelos, and a taste of how you are a location assistant on a big film, on a Greek Island.  From the climate, to the food and the feeling of family life in Greece, I thoroughly enjoyed my time reading this book.   What a joy it was. 

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.