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A review by lisamshardlow
Last Christmas in Paris by Heather Webb, Hazel Gaynor
5.0
Evie says goodbye to her brother Will and his best friend, Tom. Both Tom and Will sign up to become soldiers during World War One and are sent to the Front in France. The story is told as a series of letters sent between the characters. As the war was promised to be over by Christmas, they all dream of Christmas in Paris.
Oh my god, I absolutely LOVED this book! I really enjoy epistolary (letter/diary/journal format) novels anyway, and I will read anything written that way, so I knew even before starting this that I would love it. I just didn’t realise how emotional it would also be. I absolutely loved the friendship and love that blossomed between Evie and Tom; their letters are just so beautiful. I couldn’t stop reading - I just wanted to know what was going to happen next! I kept thinking, "I’ll just read one more letter," and there I was hours later, still reading. It was heartbreaking but joyful at the same time.
I don’t think there was anything that I didn’t love about this book, except that certain crucial things didn’t happen until it was almost too late! But even then, it wasn’t really something that I didn’t like about it.
This story gets 5 out of 5 stars and then some! I thoroughly enjoyed Last Christmas in Paris from start to finish.
I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves historical fiction, romance, feminism, war stories, friendship, and Christmases in Paris.
Oh my god, I absolutely LOVED this book! I really enjoy epistolary (letter/diary/journal format) novels anyway, and I will read anything written that way, so I knew even before starting this that I would love it. I just didn’t realise how emotional it would also be. I absolutely loved the friendship and love that blossomed between Evie and Tom; their letters are just so beautiful. I couldn’t stop reading - I just wanted to know what was going to happen next! I kept thinking, "I’ll just read one more letter," and there I was hours later, still reading. It was heartbreaking but joyful at the same time.
I don’t think there was anything that I didn’t love about this book, except that certain crucial things didn’t happen until it was almost too late! But even then, it wasn’t really something that I didn’t like about it.
This story gets 5 out of 5 stars and then some! I thoroughly enjoyed Last Christmas in Paris from start to finish.
I would highly recommend this to anyone who loves historical fiction, romance, feminism, war stories, friendship, and Christmases in Paris.