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katzreads's review
3.0
Pretty weak, but somewhat engaging. This is the 8th book in a series that I hadn't read before. I didn't feel the need to have read (or to read) the earlier (or later) ones. Good travel book.
senevilla's review
4.0
Great book about a girl who goes to France, and becomes more independent. Fun read, but hard to put down! I finished it quickly, just a few hours, because it is such a short novel, but it was worth every second!
liralen's review
2.0
How do you say doormat in French?
I ran across this series on Goodreads and am now determined to Read It All, but it's probably just as well that this was not the first one I picked up.
Nicole, poor thing, has been banished to Paris for a semester by her heartless, unloving parents. The horror! I mean, what teenager would possibly want to spend a semester in Paris? Nicole just can't bear the thought of rude Parisians and culture and gross foods like gelato and Nutella crêpes, whatever they are.
Nicole should really meet up with [b:Becca|18530135|Royally Lost|Angie Stanton|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1380025898s/18530135.jpg|26239799]. I think they'd get along.
The real problem, of course, is that Nicole's douchebro of a boyfriend is back in the States, and she just can't bear to be separated from him. After all, he's just so far above her socially that she can't ever let him go, and if she lets down her guard even a little bit, oh god, he might lose interest...and anyway, they're Meant to Be. They're seniors in high school, and their college plans aren't even a matter of them planning to apply to the same places -- their college plans are that Nate will decide where he wants to apply, and then Nicole will apply to all the same schools.
What. No.
Siiigh.
Anyway, Nicole's in Paris, so you'd think that once she stops whining about not knowing the language (although that's the one thing I have some sympathy about -- if she takes Spanish in school, why didn't her parents suggest, say, Spain?) and starts making friends, albeit very flimsily fleshed-out friends, we'd get a bit of a break from her constant Nate obsession. But no. Nicole does end up seeing things in Paris, and meeting people (very few of whom, oddly enough, are actually French)...but never before she moans about Nate, and how she'd rather be sitting at home thinking about Nate than touring Versailles(!), and Nate would say this if he were here...and Nate would hate that...and Nate...and Nate...
Now, because Nate is a douchebro, obviously the relationship does not survive the semester. (I will give the book props, by the way, for not giving Nicole a.) But because it takes Nicole so long to figure out that she can do better than him, there's no space left in which for her to develop a discernible personality, or interests, of her own. We leave her on her way home, thinking excitedly that maybe she'll take a gap year to travel, but when she did that growth from I don't wannnnnna have cultural experiences!, I have no idea.
More general look at the series here.
I ran across this series on Goodreads and am now determined to Read It All, but it's probably just as well that this was not the first one I picked up.
Nicole, poor thing, has been banished to Paris for a semester by her heartless, unloving parents. The horror! I mean, what teenager would possibly want to spend a semester in Paris? Nicole just can't bear the thought of rude Parisians and culture and gross foods like gelato and Nutella crêpes, whatever they are.
Nicole should really meet up with [b:Becca|18530135|Royally Lost|Angie Stanton|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1380025898s/18530135.jpg|26239799]. I think they'd get along.
The real problem, of course, is that Nicole's douchebro of a boyfriend is back in the States, and she just can't bear to be separated from him. After all, he's just so far above her socially that she can't ever let him go, and if she lets down her guard even a little bit, oh god, he might lose interest...and anyway, they're Meant to Be. They're seniors in high school, and their college plans aren't even a matter of them planning to apply to the same places -- their college plans are that Nate will decide where he wants to apply, and then Nicole will apply to all the same schools.
What. No.
Siiigh.
Anyway, Nicole's in Paris, so you'd think that once she stops whining about not knowing the language (although that's the one thing I have some sympathy about -- if she takes Spanish in school, why didn't her parents suggest, say, Spain?) and starts making friends, albeit very flimsily fleshed-out friends, we'd get a bit of a break from her constant Nate obsession. But no. Nicole does end up seeing things in Paris, and meeting people (very few of whom, oddly enough, are actually French)...but never before she moans about Nate, and how she'd rather be sitting at home thinking about Nate than touring Versailles(!), and Nate would say this if he were here...and Nate would hate that...and Nate...and Nate...
Now, because Nate is a douchebro, obviously the relationship does not survive the semester. (I will give the book props, by the way, for not giving Nicole a
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relationship with Luc beyond flirtation and a kiss or twoMore general look at the series here.
maakbooks's review
2.0
There was so much to dislike about this book and not enough to like. The main character acting like an entitled brat about having such an amazing opportunity to go to France, the way she treated EVERYONE around her like shit, her dumb "relationship" with her boyfriend. All of it was shit. The only times this book didn't make me want to yeet myself off the Eiffel Tower were when French culture came into play.