Thank you St. Martin's Griffin and NetGalley for the eARC of The Pairing.  All opinions in this review are my own.

I thought I was going to absolutely love this one and I am so sad that I didn't.  I loved the concept of two friends turned into a relationship breaking up right before their European food and wine tour only to be reunited when they end up on the same tour trying to use their vouchers before they expire.  I was expecting detailed descriptions of food, wine, and travel, but unfortunately that's not what I got.  Extremely early on in the book, Theo and Kit become friends again and make a bet of who can sleep with the most people.  This was so frustrating to read because they clearly were still in love with each other and just needed to actually talk about their feelings with each other.  The book did get better after it switched to Kit's point of view and you realize how much he has missed Theo.  The ending was really sweet too.  I just wish the first half was more like the second half.