Thirty Days in Paris by Veronica Henry

 

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...

It has been some time since I have read a Veronica Henry novel and after finishing her recent release Thirty Days in Paris I think I have been missing out!

This novel was chic and charming from start to finish as we journey along with newly separated Juliet as she adjusts to single life after a long and loving marriage. Juliet decides to give herself thirty days in Paris to reinvent herself but also to have a second chance at the life that could have been after having to leave Paris abruptly in her early years.

The story is full of exploring old wounds and hidden secrets but all were explored in such a gentle way and there is the hope of new beginnings and being able to put the past behind to be able to truly move forward with a life that could have been.

The descriptive writing in this novel is incredible, this authors writing style made everything feel so vivid as if I was walking the streets of Paris with Juliet and gazing upon all the breath taking sites the city has to over as well as being tantalised with mouth-watering food too.

The storyline in the first half of the novel jumps forward and back in time so we get to build the full picture as to what happened on Juliet’s first time in Paris and then jumps back to the current day as we see the changes in hr life now that is allowing her to return after so long and this worked perfectly for this book.

 Juliet was a wonderful character who I loved from the start she was so graceful and classy with a soft natured edge to her too and she had such fabulous characters around her too in her old friend Nathalie and the charming Olivier.

A perfect read to escape with this Summer.

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