3.5 stars. It is the 1960’s and Scott Stoddard, twenty-three, is on a ship bound for Europe and a high quality education. While he is excited by the glamour of Europe, he also has to shoulder the high expectations of his upper middle class parents. Almost immediately, he meets and falls in love with an older, highly sophisticated and extremely wealthy countess. His European adventures and his courtship with the beautiful countess shape the course of his life. This novel excels at descriptions of clothes, restaurants, food, cities and everything European. The romance between the two felt clinical to me and I wasn’t exactly rooting for them, which somewhat colored my opinion of the book. Regardless, the nicely flowing plot and exquisite depictions of upper class living made me keep reading until the end. I received a complimentary copy of this book through the Bookish First program in exchange for an honest review.