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The blurb:
Anouk LaRue used to be a romantic, but since she had her
heart well and truly broken her love life has dissolved into nothing more than
daydreams of the perfect man. Retreating to her extraordinary Little Antique
Shop has always been a way to escape, because who could feel alone in a shop
bursting with memories and beautiful objects…
Until Tristan Black bursts into an auction and throws her
ordered world into a spin.
Following your heart is a little like getting lost in Paris
– sometimes confusing and always exciting! Except learning to trust her
instincts is not something Anouk is ready to do when it comes to romance, but
the city of love has other ideas…
My Opinion:
*Book provided by the publisher on
NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
Where to start…
It’s kind of hard to write this review, because I
adore Rebecca Raisin’s books and I really wanted to love this book, but I didn’t.
Let me start at the beginning…
The story follows Anouk LaRue who owns an antique shop
and wants to protect French heritage. I struggled with her. She is a very
intense and complicated character and I just didn’t find a connection to her,
which made it hard to follow her story. I know she had a tough past, but
somehow it just didn’t click.
Tristan Black is a handsome American, who completely
seems her off her feet. The actual romance between the two characters is what
actually bound me to the story.
With a mystery of a robbery and her family and other
characters included as well, it got a bit too busy for me. It’s hard to
describe, because they are a lovely bunch of characters, but I felt like they
were included in the story, but then not at times.
This is the second story in
the Little Paris Collection but it can also be read as a stand-alone novel. It’s
a novel that combines romance and mystery. My fave part is definitely the
romance between Tristan and Anouk, they had a lot of chemistry and Rebecca did
a wonderful job describing it. I wasn’t so hooked or grabbed fort he mystery
part, which seems weird but I kind of had an idea already, whch made it less
interesting.
Rebecca’s writing is vivid
and lovely as always and I adored her descriptions of Paris!
Rating:
My possible cast:
Anouk: Margot Robbie
Tristan: Tom Ackerley
