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The Pairing: Special 1st Edition
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LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN–featuring sprayed edges with a stenciled script design. Only available for a limited time and while supplies last.
In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston’s latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they’re over each other―except they’re definitely not.
Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other’s lives once and for all.
Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated as the reigning sex god of his pastry school class and now bakes at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Sure, nothing really compares to what they had, and life stretches out long and lonely ahead of them, but―yeah. It’s in the past.
All that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never happened, good for 48 months after its original date and about to expire. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately.
It’s not until they board the tour bus that they discover they’ve both accidentally had the exact same idea, and now they’re trapped with each other for three weeks of stunning views, luscious flavors, and the most romantic cities of France, Spain, and Italy. It’s fine. There’s nothing left between them. So much nothing that, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is totally game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition?
But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can’t have.
“The summer’s best romance novel.” – Rolling Stone
“Spicy, sexy and absolutely delicious.” – People
“Move over ‘hot girl summer’ – ‘hot bisexual summer’ is ready for its moment and Casey McQuiston’s new novel The Pairing is here to usher it in.” – USA Today
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The Pairing: Special 1st Edition
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Kate –
If you want something similar to RWRB, this is not the right choice.
Amazon Customer –
I absolutely loved this book so much! Such an incredible story!
Katelyn Pommer –
This book was everything I was pretty much expecting it to be. It was an enjoyable, romantic read. I think this book delivered exactly the way it promised to. The characters were both interesting to follow, and the romance was unique and full of life.
I really enjoyed Kit’s character. He honestly is the real MVP in this book. The switch to his POV halfway through was a twist I wasn’t expecting, but I enjoyed it. And I think Kit’s POV is what really redeemed this book for me. Theo was interesting. I didn’t find myself as invested in their POV throughout the first half of this book. I found it at times hard to relate to their struggles especially with the whole NEPO baby thing. But overall, I liked both characters. Kit was just a little more of an enjoyable MC. I thought the emotions really came through the best in the second half. The pacing also took awhile to click for me. I do think the plot worked for the most part, and I enjoyed most of it. Like I said, I really only struggled to get into it in that first 30%.
This book made me long for a European summer vacation so bad though! Honestly just all the wine and food sounded so delicious. Overall, this book was fun and enjoyable. I think this book is definitely worth the read. Perfect way to end the summer vacay!
Rating: 4.5/5
Tara D –
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This special first edition is absolutely stunning!!
Taylor Curran –
The Pairing is such a triumph – a decadent, sexy tour of indulgences and the promise of second chances; I was rapt. McQuiston has always excelled at creating characters who feel like a new best friend in stories full of prose so beautiful you have to stop and highlight and screenshot lines, but nowhere has that been put to better use in their oeuvre than in The Pairing. It’s impossible to not be immediately in love with Kit and Theo, to not be deeply invested in what they’ve left behind and what lies ahead for them. The premise sounds so gauzy and light – two exes who end up on a vacation together after 4 years apart and make a little bet about who can woo the most locals along the way, but it becomes the vehicle for this beautiful exploration of sexuality, identity, the dreams we keep and set free. The book sings – there are these big moments of bacchanal where the food the drink, the scenery are all so much but they put in stark relief moments of quiet introspection, of pining, of being surround by everything but wanting the one thing you can’t have. This book is truly brilliant as it brings the journey of this tour and the journey of Kit and Theo’s relationship together – you’ll want to read past your bedtime and maybe have a cry with the best glass of wine you can possibly find or go sneak away to the French coast to drown yourself in sea foam or pastry – whatever you pick, you’ll certainly be moved.
Arlene Chow –
Sent item exactly as described. Would do business with again.
Eliana S. –
il mio libro preferito dell’anno e il mio libro preferito di cmq, la cui crescita come autore raggiunge il culmine mentre vengono descritti i paesaggi, il cibo, i vini e le bevande europee, e assaporare ogni attimo della vita godendo dei suoi piaceri più semplici. soprattutto quelli fisici (chi non vorrebbe una vacanza di tre settimane in cui si mangia buon cibo, si beve buon vino, e si va a letto con gente del posto?)
theo è il primo personaggio non-binario che mi ha fatto dire “siamo la stessa persona” dopo il mio viaggio nella mia identità di genere. questo non vuol dire che gli altri personaggi non siano ben scritti o non siano altrettanto amabili (darei un rene per avere un altro libro sui calum o su dakota e montana o su fabrizio o su- ci siamo capiti), ma theo ha e avrà per sempre un posto speciale nel mio cuore.
questo libro è stupendo, meraviglioso, sublime, un’opera d’arte.
non vedo l’ora di ricevere anche la copia fisica.
Miriel –
The Pairing is a summer story, a second chance romance, an ode to food and wine and travel and love.
Theo and Kit have been friends since childhood–a friendship that grew into love, romance, a relationship. A relationship that abruptly ended on a plane on the way to their dream vacation, a food and wine tour in France, Italy and Spain. Four years later they’re somehow on the same trip, having used their vouchers before they expire, and find themselves thrown into each other’s orbit, seat-mates on the bus from the very first day.
How do they navigate the feelings that simmer below the surface– the anger, the longing, the yearning, the confusion, the attraction? Avoidance is a challenge, ignoring each other nearly impossible. So they declare a truce of sorts, diverting their brewing tension into a competition that brings them even closer to each other as the trip progresses.
The first person narrative is engaging, intense, and very personal. Whose version is the accurate one of this story? Of these memories?
Theo and Kit are layered characters, characters who slowly unwind the tightly controlled layers of themselves as they spend more and more time together. They’re challenging, flawed, messy, entrancing, vivid. We learn— and they learn— so much about each other as they traverse the big cities, the small towns, the stunning vistas, glorious art, heady wine and spirits, and mouth-watering culinary treasures.
I couldn’t help googling art, locations, food, while I was reading this book. There is such a lush richness that imbues the book. It’s a meal itself, in courses, with a story that lingers long after you close the book.
The romance sizzles. It’s such a deep exploration of self, of love, of happiness, of contentment, of vulnerability. All with a backdrop of such richness, a vivid background that dazzles and envelops the characters, allowing them to expand and grow as the story progresses.
Such a rich and satisfying book. Lush, layered, vivid. Definitely a happy ever after and a visual, sensual, emotional journey.
I so want to travel after reading this!
My thanks for the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC. This is my honest opinion.