Somewhere Only We Know

This was a cute take on Roman Holiday!

It's like a K-Pop Roman Holiday if that's what you're into! Alternating first-person POVs and overall short chapters help make this a quick read, perfect for summer. I was much more interested in Lucky as a character than I was in Jack - while they're both based on fairly classic romantic comedy tropes, I thought Lucky had more depth and was more developed as a character than Jack. I also didn't really buy his redemption or whatever you want to call it, since he never really confesses and doesn't seem to have any plans to until his hand is forced by his boss's text messages, which is pretty gross, all things considered. The spoiler-tagged situation here kind of soured me on the whole thing, but I think the storyline recovers pretty well and I'm happy with where everyone ends up (though really, Jack's whole family ~CONFLICT~ could've been resolved in a five-minute conversation a long time ago). This book was charming and I can see it making a great movie. Definitely worth a few hours of your time!

(2019 summer romance bingo: show business, though could also work for “takes place in multiple countries” or possibly “road trip.”)