The Pairing
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4.0 • 70 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A finely aged wine isn’t the only thing worth waiting for in this steamy second-chance queer romance. Theo and Kit were a match made in bisexual heaven…for a while, at least. After going from best friends to desperately in love, things between them eventually imploded. But when the pair find themselves on the same luxe European food-and-wine tour four years later, they soon discover that the only thing more exciting than revisiting their past is contemplating their possible future. From being chased by goats while biking together through Chianti to bantering about their respective sexual conquests across the continent, the connection between Theo and Kit only gets more sparky and undeniable as the novel unfolds. We loved seeing things from Theo’s POV in the first half of the book and Kit’s in the second, with the two sides creating a full portrait of a romance that definitely deserves a second helping.
Customer Reviews
Delectable
One of those books you put down so it lasts longer. The story, the setting, the characters, the food and wine and scenery are all so gorgeously-written and indulgent and sensual *sigh* No worries if you don’t have a vacation planned this year, this book will take you places. Yum!
Boring!
Read the first 100 pages and could care less about the two major characters Theo and Kit. Worst than a movie made for cable TV.
Euromantics
Characters romanticizing life in Europe plus personal growth- yes please and thank you. Gives me an overwhelming desire to crawl into the world this book creates and never leave.