Flirting in italian by lauren henderson5/28/2023 ![]() ![]() The ending hints at the possibility of further drama.-Sharon Grover, Hedberg Public Library, Janesville, WI The sequel doesn't really stand on its own, but girls who enjoyed the thrilling excitement of the first novel will doubtless want to know the outcome of the romance. Adult figures are flat, and the portrayal of the teen characters is stereotypical-particularly the Italian boys. After a great deal of teen angst and backbiting, as well as subplots that come out of nowhere, Violet discovers her ancestry, and love ultimately triumphs. A romantic development between the main character and Luca began in the first book, causing some confusion in this sequel, because "something" happened to thwart the course of their true love. ![]() In search of this information, Violet is spending the summer with three other teenage girls, theoretically learning about Italian culture and language but, in fact, learning more about Italian boys. Gr 8 Up-Violet continues the journey she began in Flirting in Italian (Delacorte, 2012), hoping to discover why she looks nothing like either of her parents and exactly like the portrait of an 18th-century Italian noblewoman. ![]()
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