Author: Isabelle Andover
Publisher: Simon & Fig
Publication Date: June 2015
Genre: Chick-Lit
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Description: When job cuts at Chloe Saddler’s London communications firm result in an unexpected transfer to Paris, she finds herself leaving behind her friends, family, and boyfriend Scott to start a new life in the City of Light. Getting to grips with La Vie Parisienne and keeping a long-distance relationship afloat is not made any easier by the culture shock. Committing the odd French faux pas and inadvertently indulging in a few too many flirtations with her very sexy (and very taken) boss, Jean-Luc, is just the start of it.
Factor in her bridezilla of a sister’s wedding (the hottest event of the year in the Saddler family’s social calendar), an unexpected session of hot, naked yoga, a slightly psychotic stalker, and one incredible kiss at an infamous Montmartre nightspot, and Chloe can say au revoir to her old, safe London life and bonjour to the romance, splendor, and glamour of Paris.
A delightful debut that harks back to the early days of Chick Lit when heroines were flawed, funny, and forever battling for love and happiness. With quirky characters and classic comedic charm, Cocktails at Le Carmen is pure fun from page one.
My Thoughts: Reading Cocktails at Le Carmen and meeting Chloe and Jean-Luc was entertaining and fun. Chloe is the type of character I find easy to relate to and connect with. Having one’s job cut and moved to Paris could cause enormous anxiety and stress in most people, but I admired Chloe’s ability to adjust and acclimate through the times of stress and anxiety, especially when looking for a place to live. Jean-Luc is one of those characters that readers just swoon over. He is the perfect man as evidenced by most of the women in the book are head over heels for him. He does not let that go to his head and is a likable and decent man and I was rooting hard for them to get together.
I enjoyed Ms. Andover’s narrative and descriptions of Paris. If I ever find myself in the City of Light, she would be a great tour guide, having first-hand experience living there.
My Final Verdict: I recommend this book to fans of chick-lit and romantic comedies, who crave happily ever after endings where the hero and heroine ride off into the sunset and the karma bus runs over the villains. I do wish the story went on a bit longer to see Chloe and Jean-Luc back in Paris after her sister’s wedding and meeting his parents. Cocktails at Le Carmen is my first book by Isabelle Andover but will not be my last.
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of Cocktails at Le Carmen from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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