Published on April 26th, 2023
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Fiction
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher via Netgalley
Summary from Goodreads:
One (crumbling) French castle. Two enemies-at-first-sight. The holiday of a lifetime.
Merry DeLuca has a problem - a big problem. Her sister just married her best friend and the only man she's ever loved. Her life is rapidly spiralling down the drain and she doesn't have an escape plan.
So when Merry is offered a three-month holiday living in a romantic castle in the French countryside she leaps at the chance. Merry knows her French holiday will fix everything - there will be mouthwatering pastries, delicious (meaningless) flirtations, and languid strolls through vineyards at sunset. Her holiday will be perfect.
At least, Merry believes that until she arrives and finds Noah Wright - the best man at her sister's wedding and the worst man she's ever known - staying in her castle.
Famous travel documentarian by day and arrogant devil by night, Noah refuses to leave the castle. Which means that Merry and Noah are stuck together in France, in a crumbling castle, in a holiday where nothing goes right. Not for Merry and not for Noah.
So they strike a truce - they'll live as cohabiting friends for three-months, and then they'll amicably part ways, never to see each other again.
But the thing about friendship? Sometimes secrets are uncovered. Mysteries revealed. Hearts laid bare. And friendship can start to feel a lot like caring. A lot like love. It can even make you wish that the holiday never has to end.
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Review
French Holiday is the first Sarah Ready book I've picked up, and it certainly won't bee the last.
Needing to get over her unrequited love for her best friend asap, considering how he just married her sister, Merry accepts her godmother's offer to visit France and live in her chateau. What she doesn't know is that Noah, bff's other friend, just rented that castle in order to complete research and work on his next documentary. The problem? There's only one bed and did I forgot to mention that they also hate each other. Their respective pasts make it difficult for them to trust in love, but slowly they go from enemies to friends to more, opening up and trusting in one another.
While I enjoy a good dual POV from time to time (uhm....Archer's Voice), I felt like reading the story from solely Merry's perspective was pleasantly refreshing. You don't have the chance to know or dive straight away into Noah's feelings or where his mind was at during certain scenes, instead you get to experience the ways in which both main characters slowly begin to open up and become more involved with each other. I also liked the mystery behind the chateau itself and, while I didn't initially like them, the side characters truly grew on me as they became more vulnerable with their emotions.
French Holiday was such a sweet and fun book to read. It had a perfect balance between both love and lust with a nice added dash of mystery. It made for an overall cute, hilarious, and absolutely amazing spring read! If you like reading while on vacation or a good romcom, you'll most likely enjoy this book.
Rating
★★★★
About the Author
Author Sarah Ready writes contemporary romance and romantic comedy. Her books have been described as "euphoric," "heartwarming" and "laugh out loud." Her debut novel The Fall in Love Checklist was hailed as "the unicorn read of 2020." She lives in the Caribbean with her family and water-loving pup.
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