So this was a romance, but almost not a romance in a way. Almost a bit more women’s fiction. But in the end it turned out to be a romance for sure and I enjoyed it! Now that I am older myself, 48 years old at the moment, I guess I have to start looking at romances with older characters, right? While it is harder for me to connect with characters who are mothers or have been married, because I have had neither of those things, there were still a lot of things about Maggie that I did connect with. One, her feelings about her body/self, etc. Another was her writing. While I am not a published author other than one novella I self-published last year, there were things about her writing methods and reasons that just really resonated with me. One thing that I really liked was how she tried to never use the one thing a lot of romances seem to have “The Great Misunderstanding”. I always hate how those can be used when it is such an easy misunderstanding to overcome but an author turns it into a big crazy drama. But the way this whole thing comes in toward the end of the story is perfect. Very tongue in cheek in a way, but I loved it!

Not only was the story good in that sense, it had a lot of great characters as well. And the setting, wow! I can honestly say, that I haven’t actually ever been someone who thought they MUST go to Paris some day. There are lots of places I want to visit, but Paris was never high on the top of my list. But now, oh my gosh, the food they talked about? Well suffice it to say that I am going to have to find a French restaurant or bakery nearby and try a couple things, specifically the tartiflette and the kouign-amann. They sounded delicious!

In the end I really really liked so much about this story, and I can see myself reading more by this author in the future!

Review first published on Lisa Loves Literature.