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A review by sil_the_lobster
Paper Love by Jae
5.0
This is a stationery geek romance and I thoroughly loved it. It's well written and well paced, just as you'd expect from a Jae novel, but there's one novelty that especially delighted me: it's set in Freiburg, Germany, which is Jae's hometown, as I understand it. Now, I don't mind stories being set elsewhere but as I'm German myself, I'm always happy to every now and then pick up a book that's set in a surrounding I'm familiar with. I've been to Freiburg a couple of times and I saw it all very clearly as I joined Susanne and Anja - the 'Bächle', the Münsterplatz, the weekly market etc., and I loved it!
I hugely enjoyed the stationery geek-outs throughout the book because I'm a stationery geek, too. I love fountain pens and notebooks and I can spend hours and hours in shops like Paper Love, of which there are not enough, sadly. You can tell Jae loves all of this, too, her descriptions and details are spot on and a delight to read.
'Paper Love' is a perfect, easy holiday read that keeps you well entertained until the end - and I mean 'easy read' in the best of senses; it's not shallow or stupid at all. It flows nicely without major angst or nailbiting, although not all's well and sweet. There's misunderstandings and seemingly incompatible mindsets, there's brain vs. heart...in short, just the right amount of salt to make you enjoy the slow-burning romance even more.
Highly recommended. 5 of 5 stars.
I hugely enjoyed the stationery geek-outs throughout the book because I'm a stationery geek, too. I love fountain pens and notebooks and I can spend hours and hours in shops like Paper Love, of which there are not enough, sadly. You can tell Jae loves all of this, too, her descriptions and details are spot on and a delight to read.
'Paper Love' is a perfect, easy holiday read that keeps you well entertained until the end - and I mean 'easy read' in the best of senses; it's not shallow or stupid at all. It flows nicely without major angst or nailbiting, although not all's well and sweet. There's misunderstandings and seemingly incompatible mindsets, there's brain vs. heart...in short, just the right amount of salt to make you enjoy the slow-burning romance even more.
Highly recommended. 5 of 5 stars.