The French Adventure
Lucy Coleman
Rating: 4 stars
Packed full of French flavour and idyllic settings this is a romantic, heart-warming and unputdownable new novel about life and love, perfect for anyone who loves Milly Johnson, Lucy Diamond and Debbie Johnson.
Suddenly unemployed and single, Anna escapes to her parents' beautiful house in France for a much needed recharge - and to work out what she wants to do next with her life now her carefully mapped out plan has gone out the window.
Anna gives herself 6 months to recuperate, all the while helping renovate her parents' adjoining gites into picturesque B&Bs. But working alongside the ruggedly handsome Sam on the renovation project, she didn't expect for life to take an unexpected, if not unwelcome, twist...
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Lucy lives in the Forest of Dean in the UK with her lovely husband and Bengal cat, Ziggy. Her novels have been short-listed in the UK's Festival of Romance and the eFestival of Words Book Awards. Lucy won the 2013 UK Festival of Romance: Innovation in Romantic Fiction award.
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As you know if you read my blog, you'll know that I have an unhealthy book obsession with stories set in France. I don't know why but I just love the descriptions of warm croissants, crisp wine and the sun setting over the fields. Ugh - get me to France now! I hadn't read a book by Lucy Coleman before so didn't know what to expect, but what I read was really well written and I enjoyed it.
This book gives you all the feels. It'll make you want to move to France and start a new life just like Anna. Lucy Coleman has a way of writing where it feels like you're actually there standing beside Anna and you mentally really feel involved in the story. The cover of this novel looks idyllic and the description just made me want to read it. I was so excited when I saw this pop up in my inbox!
The story follows main character Anna, after quitting her job and breaking if off with Karl she jets off to France to help her parents with their new venture into Bed and Breakfast. At first she sees it as just a working holiday but when she gets there she finds that she is really starting to enjoy her time off and away from England. I could have whooped for joy when Anna quit her job. It was so empowering! And I really felt for her when she admitted to her best friend that her relationship wasn't what she wanted or how it should be.
In one way or another I found myself really relating to Anna's character and there's a part of me that just really wishes I had some relatives over in France so that I could do the same thing! There were many parts throughout the story that I just really found myself enjoying and once again found my love of all things French. Lucy Coleman has written this wonderfully and I would definitely be looking into some future books by her.
I enjoyed the characters, the story, the location (of course) and the romances and dramas involved. Overall, a really enjoyable first read of one by Lucy Coleman. Hope to hear more of her work in the future! Thank you to Netgalley and to the publisher for a chance to read this novel, which I have reviewed honestly.
Lucy lives in the Forest of Dean in the UK with her lovely husband and Bengal cat, Ziggy. Her novels have been short-listed in the UK's Festival of Romance and the eFestival of Words Book Awards. Lucy won the 2013 UK Festival of Romance: Innovation in Romantic Fiction award.
Follow Lucy
Website / Twitter
Follow Aria
Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Newsletter
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As you know if you read my blog, you'll know that I have an unhealthy book obsession with stories set in France. I don't know why but I just love the descriptions of warm croissants, crisp wine and the sun setting over the fields. Ugh - get me to France now! I hadn't read a book by Lucy Coleman before so didn't know what to expect, but what I read was really well written and I enjoyed it.
This book gives you all the feels. It'll make you want to move to France and start a new life just like Anna. Lucy Coleman has a way of writing where it feels like you're actually there standing beside Anna and you mentally really feel involved in the story. The cover of this novel looks idyllic and the description just made me want to read it. I was so excited when I saw this pop up in my inbox!
The story follows main character Anna, after quitting her job and breaking if off with Karl she jets off to France to help her parents with their new venture into Bed and Breakfast. At first she sees it as just a working holiday but when she gets there she finds that she is really starting to enjoy her time off and away from England. I could have whooped for joy when Anna quit her job. It was so empowering! And I really felt for her when she admitted to her best friend that her relationship wasn't what she wanted or how it should be.
In one way or another I found myself really relating to Anna's character and there's a part of me that just really wishes I had some relatives over in France so that I could do the same thing! There were many parts throughout the story that I just really found myself enjoying and once again found my love of all things French. Lucy Coleman has written this wonderfully and I would definitely be looking into some future books by her.
I enjoyed the characters, the story, the location (of course) and the romances and dramas involved. Overall, a really enjoyable first read of one by Lucy Coleman. Hope to hear more of her work in the future! Thank you to Netgalley and to the publisher for a chance to read this novel, which I have reviewed honestly.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read and review - so delighted you enjoyed it! x
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