Book Review - Thirty Days in Paris by Veronica Henry

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Title: Thirty Days in Paris

Author: Veronica Henry

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Orion

Publication Date: 13th April 2023

Rating: 4 Stars

Because Paris is always a good idea...

Years ago, Juliet left a little piece of her heart in Paris - and now, separated from her husband and with her children flying the nest, it's time to get it back!

So she puts on her best red lipstick, books a cosy attic apartment near Notre-Dame and takes the next train out of London.

Arriving at the Gare du Nord, the memories come flooding back: bustling street cafés, cheap wine in candlelit bars and a handsome boy with glittering eyes.

But Juliet has also been keeping a secret for over two decades - and she begins to realise it's impossible to move forwards without first looking back.

Something tells her that the next thirty days might just change everything...

I felt completely transported to Paris throughout this enjoyable story.  I could see the sights, smell the food and with the the odd bits of French peppered throughout, felt as though I could hear Paris too. 

It is very clear that Juliet, and most likely the author loves the City of Romance, and it comes across so well on the page.   And I was intrigued by Juliet's first trip to Paris when she was only 20.  

I enjoyed reading the chapters which were written as Juliet writing her own book about that first trip, and I though I had guessed what happened, but was definitely not quite correct.  And seeing current Juliet reconnect with people she knew first time around while rediscovering herself and meeting new people is wonderful to see. 

I just was really entertained by everything in this story, it was perhaps missing the magic ingredient that made me want to read it non stop but I think that was me not the book, but other than that is is an incredibly good book, and a pleasure to read and discover. 

Thank you to Orion and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.