A review by starburst3625
Enemies to French Kisses by Elsie Woods

5.0

I loved the first book in this series, and I loved this one too. (Can’t wait to read all the other friends’ stories!) There is a lot more to this story than you can glean from a book blurb. Marc and Laura both suffer from misunderstanding each other and making assumptions. Laura seems to live in defensive mode with Marc, while he just can’t push past being afraid to move forward. The “marriage” experience opens them up more to each other as their real selves, but it’s ultimately a pretence and gets complicated, especially adding in their work situation. In some ways, I almost felt like it was more Marc’s book. Poor guy was in deep. But that just made him more endearing. I really liked Marc, arrogant shell covering up a soft inside, and Laura, defensive and prickly, focused and driven, but vulnerable and caring too. Some sweet and lovely moments, and a few great kisses. I also so loved the roommate interactions. They bring the humour for sure. And they care for and ground each other. Some fun little hints as to their future romances too. And a few nuggets of Natalie and Olivier…although I hope we get more of the existing couples in the future books. As with the first book, some great tidbits of life and location in France, and cultural differences. This book is clean with no harsh language. It could be read as a standalone just fine, but I can’t see why you’d want to since the roommates are all great!

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.