Kit and Theo broke up very dramatically years ago on their way to a food and wine tour in Europe. Theo decides to go on that tour alone years later and of course Kit is on the same tour. (This is very realistic to me cause this stuff happens to me). They both have matured and changed a lot in their time apart.
I don’t know if I liked their competition to hook up with the most people cause they were trying to put aside their feelings. But they did talk out a misunderstanding that helped them understand what happened. They both are an amazing sommelier and pastry chef now so not all time lost. The tour sounded great as well!

The description had me at European food and wine tour. Unfortunately second chance romance is always a hard sell for me and lately I’ve been off romance in general so this had a steep uphill climb and just didn’t make it - decided to DNF. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the free ebook and audiobook to review.

I like McQuiston a lot and in theend liked this book but it was a challenge to get into at tbhe beginning because it was lkike too many backstories to get into. but in the end it was good!

I love Casey McQuiston, and all of their previous books, but this book was not my favorite.

The things I did like about it, I liked the relationship growth as friends to lovers. I also really enjoyed the reconnecting after breaking up previously and showing the growth of each when they were apart. I also loved the setting and the travel aspect.

With that being said I don't really think the travel and locations helped the story outside of the food aspect. There were also so many characters and I continously was unsure of who the characters were talking about.

The reason for the break up also was physically painful to read. I hated every second of the explanation and when it was revealed I almost did not finish the book.

I will continue to read Casey McQuiston, this book was just not for me.

I love all of Casey McQuiston's books, but this has to be one of my favorites. I loved the setting and the second chance romance plot. It's a great beachy read.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me.

Officially calling time of death on this one. I tried for months but couldn't bring myself to finish it after making it halfway through.

If you want 300+ pages of two exes having a hookup competition and drinking wine while traveling through Europe and never communicating about what actually matters, this may be a winner for you!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an early copy of the book. This did not affect my review in any way.

I was really excited to read *The Pairing* by Casey McQuiston, but unfortunately, it didn’t live up to my expectations. The premise had so much potential—exploring love in a futuristic setting with a unique twist—but I found the execution lacking. The characters, while likable, didn’t feel fully developed, and I had a hard time connecting with them on an emotional level. The romance felt forced at times, and the pacing was uneven, especially in the middle where things dragged. I also struggled with some of the plot points, which seemed predictable or underdeveloped. Overall, I wanted to love it, but I just didn’t feel the magic I’ve experienced with McQuiston’s previous works.

This was a fantastic and sexy trip through Europe that left me hungry for more than just a good meal and wine pairing.

This book didn't grab me as quickly as other work by the author but it was a good read. Thank you, #NetGalley, for the arch in exchange for my honest review.

Another Casey McQuiston book — charming, funny, sexy. I had so much fun reading this one. Delightful characters and delicious settings, this book made me want to escape to Europe ASAP. Love me some CMQ always!

I loved the wine and food pairings. The travel content was amazing and I felt like I was visiting this places. Need to go to all of them asap.

Beautiful. Heartbreaking. Incredibly romantic. Casey McQuiston did a marvelous job writing this novel.

The characters had such depth and stark differences that they never came off flat. The complexities explored were impressive, well written and beautiful. She did a marvelous job of writing about the human experience as a whole.

I had a hard time putting this book down and the ending was perfect and wrapped everything up so neatly. This one was definitely a punch to the gut, or an arrow to the heart.

This is my favorite McQuiston book so far. I took forever to finish this one because life was busy, but also because I was savoring every damn word. This book was beautiful, heartbreaking, romantic, sexy as hell, and represented the human experience in a way few books do. Thank you, Casey McQuiston. Your words hit me straight in the heart with this one - and the stomach!

The last chapter was the best part. It didn't quite make up for the fact that I didn't like these characters too much for most of the book - and had a hard time believing others were so obsessed with them, too.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the advance electronic copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.

I was very excited to get an ARC of a Casey McQuiston book! I have enjoyed all of their books that I have read so far! This was not an exception. Theo and Kit had quite the complex relationship on several levels, mostly having to do with their history. Their unexpected reunion, on a food and wine tour they were supposed to take together before they broke up just brings it all to a head.

It's hard to say much without spoilers, but it is important to say that this is a VERY SEXY book. More so than any of McQuiston's other books, or perhaps it just seemed so because I also acquired the audiobook--but that's a separate review. Suffice it to say, this book definitely made me want to go on food and wine tour throughout Europe!

I liked the second half of this book way way more than the first half. It felt like Kit liked Theo way more than Theo liked kit. Second chance isn’t my favorite trope and I feel like it’s all because of miscommunication.

So sorry I really wanted to love this one cause I am such a huge Casey McQuiston fan -- but I just couldn't do it. I wasn't interested in the characters at all, and the exciting adventure they should be having in Europe was completely overshadowed by their obsessions for each other. I also found parts of the prose confusing since there was about two billion characters at any given time. Really not for me.

This is the fourth Casey McQuiston book I've read (or tried to read) and I still don't know how I feel about them. I loved Red, White, and Royal Blue; I didn't care for One Last Stop; and enjoyed I Kissed Shara Wheeler; but I could not get through this book. I tried 3-4 times and either fell asleep or found the main characters to be incredibly whiny. I might try it again at some point, but my expectations are low.

I wasn't a fan of this book. The characters were awful to each other and whiny - constantly complaining instead of making changes. They showed a complete lack of character growth. The writing included way too much talk about food and wine that it took away from the plot. And the spiciness was way off the charts, which I wouldn't normally care about, but since I despised the characters, it was hard to handle.

I read this while on vacation in August when I REALLY needed a distraction and it was perfect. Casey McQuiston NEVER missed but I love their range of storytelling and it’s evident the amount of research and work they put into this one. More friends to lovers to enemies to lovers please!!