The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Kit and Theo have been a lot of things to each other: childhood best friends, romantic partners, and now exes. They broke up four years ago after a trans-Atlantic fight en route to the food and wine tour of their dreams. In a twist of fate, they now find themselves on the same tour—this time as exes trying to prove just how much they’ve moved on.
A lot can change in four years. Kit is a pastry chef at a top restaurant in Paris and Theo is a sommelier in training. What hasn’t changed is their mutual love of good food, good banter, and good sex. Theo proposes a hookup competition, and the pair try to sleep their way across France, Spain, and Italy. But each European city feels more romantic than the last, and Kit and Theo find it impossible to push their true feelings aside.
The newest by Casey McQuiston (Red, White, and Royal Blue, One Last Stop) is a luscious, second-chance romance worth savoring.
Reviewed by Emma Radosevich, collection development librarian, Whatcom County Library System
(Originally published in Bellingham Alive November 2024 issue.)