I had read Samantha Tonge’s first book ‘Doubting Abbey’ in January and really enjoyed it. This novel is about the same characters, but can easily be read and enjoyed as a standalone.
In this book Gemma and Edward visit Paris to gain some work experience in a restaurant. Paris is described absolutely spectacularly and in great detail, it sounds such a beautiful place. Disneyland Paris is also described with lots of vibrancy and gets the fun, delightful feeling you get when you visit the parks yourself. It brings back lots of memories.
The main storyline is the book, which I won’t ruin for you, I must say is off-the-wall, which was completely unexpected. It’s crazy, but in a totally good way, making this book a read that is a lot of fun.
Gemma is the same loveable character, even when she is not totally happy, her bubbliness and fun outlook on life shines through. Of course her personality leads to many comedy moments, my favourite being her frequent use of ‘Au Naturel’ thinking it means of course, which obviously surprises unsuspecting strangers. You cannot help but love her.
In this book, we have 3 gorgeous males to feast our imaginations on. Edward of course, Joe and Blade. They are all very different and I have a little bit of a book crush on the all, but especially Joe. There is something mysterious about him, and as we get to know him he gets more and more loveable. The other characters were all fantastic, especially Hugo, he was quite the old romantic.
This book is really funny, and makes me smile reading at all the antics that Gemma gets up to, I don’t know how one person can get caught up in so much, hilarious. Mix that with the descriptive style that Samantha writes in and you get the perfect escape for a weekend read.
Published by: Carina
Gratefully received from the Publisher for review.
