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A review by amelianotthepilot
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
5.0
i think this will be my favorite book of the year. its unabashedly queer. its about travel. its about love. its about good food.
this book has everything: a euro tour, childhood best friends to lovers to exes to lovers, second try romance but in the pretties places in Europe all ✨ paired ✨ with wine and food.
Theo and Kit were supposed to go on a Euro food and wine tour together four years ago but on the flight there, they break up. Four years later, and four years without talking, they coincidentally end up on the same Euro food and wine tour. Their vouchers were expiring and they both separately decided to go solo on the trip until they show up and see each other on the bus. Since their breakup Kit never returned to the US and instead graduated from a fancy patisserie school and has become labeled a sex god by his classmates. Meanwhile, Theo has started a bartending side hustle and is training to pass the sommelier test. Together they decide to act like adults and continue on the trip with perhaps a little sexy competition. They eat and drink their way through London, Dover, Paris, Bordeaux, Saint Jean De Luz, San Sebastian, Barcelona, Nice, Monaco, Cinqueterre, Pisa, Florence, Chianti, Rome, Napoli, and Palemero.
Some of the hottest and spiciest scenes I've ever read. 10/10 (poly, bi, nonbinary, queer)
this book has everything: a euro tour, childhood best friends to lovers to exes to lovers, second try romance but in the pretties places in Europe all ✨ paired ✨ with wine and food.
Theo and Kit were supposed to go on a Euro food and wine tour together four years ago but on the flight there, they break up. Four years later, and four years without talking, they coincidentally end up on the same Euro food and wine tour. Their vouchers were expiring and they both separately decided to go solo on the trip until they show up and see each other on the bus. Since their breakup Kit never returned to the US and instead graduated from a fancy patisserie school and has become labeled a sex god by his classmates. Meanwhile, Theo has started a bartending side hustle and is training to pass the sommelier test. Together they decide to act like adults and continue on the trip with perhaps a little sexy competition. They eat and drink their way through London, Dover, Paris, Bordeaux, Saint Jean De Luz, San Sebastian, Barcelona, Nice, Monaco, Cinqueterre, Pisa, Florence, Chianti, Rome, Napoli, and Palemero.
Some of the hottest and spiciest scenes I've ever read. 10/10 (poly, bi, nonbinary, queer)