Marnie's Reviews > An Autumn in Paris

Another fun and steamy read set alongside our friends from La Boheme.

I just love catching up with Jeanne and the crew from my favourite virtual cafe in Paris, just like those old friends whom you haven’t seen for a while, but fit back into an easy and vibrant conversation with!

Daniela has such a tragic story in her past, and despite a couple of her choices in men, she is a strong and loving mother to her pre-teen son, Liviu and along with Baloo the dog, make up a gorgeous little family. She has great support in Manon, her best friend, and their scene in setting the ghosts of bad boyfriends past to rest is hilarious!! Picture Poopootov cocktails, and yes, they are a thing, because Google said so!!!

Dr Thomas Brousse is Baloo’s new vet, and in an embarrassing first visit, an incident involving the hapless small dog’s claw, Daniela puts more on display than she ever thought possible. While this hot and sexy man’s story isn’t as tragic, love has kicked him to the kerb just as hard, and there’s good reason that he hasn’t considered the possibility to move on, until now....

Told in a dual POV, the plot layout of the book was a little different, but I loved it. Broken into three parts, where we hear from Daniela first, Thomas next, then them both alternatively, I felt like there was more to this story than there has been with previous books in this setting. More rounded, and packed with descriptive writing, it almost like there was more detail in this picture that the author has painted for us.

I only have one issue with this book. I can’t fault the plot, the world building, the character development or the relationships between them. The humour and the steam heat are absolutely spot on as well. I love them. I just feel that early in the book, as the story builds, I’m reading a lot of detail and can visualise the scenes in my head as I’m reading. The heated chemistry between our characters was palpable, and then, in the last fifth of the book, the crux of the story happens, and all is resolved quite quickly, and tidied up in the epilogue. Nothing is missing, except that I’d like to see as much happening around these events as we see around Thomas and Daniela first meeting and getting to know each other. What should be anguishing for our characters was wrapped up quickly and very tidily. It was still a fabulous read, I just wanted, well, more.

Ahhhh, Manon. She is such a great friend and supporter to Daniela, and we heard quite a lot from her in this book. I’m hoping that this could be the set up to Alix Nichol’s next book, ‘cos she has some unresolved issues going on, and that issue has just stepped back into the wonderful setting of La Boheme. I can’t wait. 4 Stars.