One Paris Summer

To be fair: this is not a bad book. It isn't the best, but it's not the worst either.

My major problem was the main character. I really couldn't stand Sophie. I always love strong female characters. But Sophie was usually crying or being rescued by someone, and that's something that I hated about her. Also, I couldn't find any other characters that I could feel related to. Although, probably my favorite were Eva and Erick.

The plot wasn't amazing, but it kept me interested. Even when sometimes I wanted to skip some pages because I got bored.

Anyway, if you like romance and Paris, you probably will like this book.

1.5 ??????

I very nearly dnfed this at 40% and probably should have.

Sophie was scared of her shadow and just annoying. I liked the brother, but that was about it. The book did pick up a bit once the romance started but it was too long with lots of unnecessary drama. Writing was good as were the descriptions of France/culture.

I received this book from the author/publisher for the purpose of this review. All comments and opinions are entirely my own.

One Paris Summer is a book with absolute charm and romance, much like it's title suggests. Whisked off to one of the most romantic countries there is, during a teen's most favorite time of year, this book does not fall short of its potential.

The storyline is excellently paced and has enough “surprises” to keep the reader still interested in the summer of Sophie's life. The characters are all charming and well developed and the French phrases throughout the book will give the reader an element of pleasure as they know they are learning a bit of this romantic language.

As for the content of the book, the romance is very very high and has so many kissing scenes I essentially lost count. They range from very deep and detailed to short and sweet and there are 5 or more direct mentions of having sex (some characters speaking about themselves doing this) however there were no actual scenes. The language, when speaking sexually, says “screw(ing)” 2 or 3 times and there is one use of “h*ll” during a fight.

Overall, I actually really enjoyed One Paris Summer for the constant push of valuing family above work and for showing that not all families are perfect, but they are certainly worth fighting for. Despite the high romance aspect, this was a generally clean YA novel, especially when compared to other's I've read, so I will still give it 4 out of 5 stars and do recommend it to my readers older than 14 or 15 years of age.

This review was originally published on Literature Approved (http://literatureapproved.wordpress.com)