Wren Roberts was looking forward to taking a holiday on the island of Majorca with his long-time friend, Owen, but didn’t know that they would be joined there by a group of Owen’s rich, snobby friends. But tropes are tropes are tropes as always, it’s what the author does with them that matters, and if the formula happens to work for you (as it did for me here) then you’ll likely enjoy the book.

You generally know what you’re getting with a Morton book – steamy sexytimes, witty banter, engaging characters and a good helping of feels – which is exactly what’s on offer here, and if you’ve read at least some of Lily Morton’s other romances, you’ll recognise the character-types – the snarky, free-spirited one and the more world-weary one who falls completely under his spell but fights it all the way. Lily Morton’s The Cuckoo’s Call is a charming and heartfelt age-gap, opposites-attract romance that looks at what happens to a holiday romance after the holiday is over. Should Wren have been more cautious in riding off into the sunset when he wasn’t sure what lay over the horizon? Rating: B+ He could have coped with all of that, but Mateo himself seems like a different person away from the sunshine island. Mateo’s family aren’t welcoming, and there doesn’t seem to be a place for Wren in Mateo’s world.

It’s a far cry from his harsh upbringing and crummy flat in London.īut as the summer turns to autumn, cracks begin to show. The wealthy and successful older man swept him off his feet, and before he knew it, he’d thrown caution to the wind and was living in Mateo’s waterside apartment in Venice. Wren Roberts thought he’d found his fairy tale when he met Mateo Rossi on holiday in Majorca.

Beautifully Unexpected by Lily Morton