I would love to spend a few weeks at the chateau in this book. A single mom takes her son to get to know his dad, who owns the chateau. There are a few surprises that crop up in the book and I thought it was a good summer read.

I didn't particularly enjoy this book. I felt like the premise was flimsy and no one behaved like real people. It was very easy to read and the setting was lovely but I didn't connect with anyone.

Catherine Isaac presents a novel that is both love story and life transition. Her main character Jess is a woman who carries heavy baggage, having to raise her ten year old son by herself when her former boyfriend and father of her child left her.
But when Jess decides to spend a summer in France, she has to face her past love who now owns a hotel in a beautifully restored castle. Jess is however, hiding a secret, and she needs Adam to bond with his son before the summer is over for much bigger reasons than just being a father to him.
Isaac surprises the reader with an unpredictable resolution, including the real reasons for Adam's abandonment. Definitely a worthy read for fans of second chances and new beginnings.

There were things about this I enjoyed. It was very emotional and touched on several topics that affect relationships. However, in the end I felt it feel a little short.

Ten years after leaving Adam--her not-ready-to-be-a-dad boyfriend--Jess realizes that their son William needs his father. So she’s reluctantly promised her mom, who’s devastated by an incurable disease, that she’ll take William to spend the summer at the French château Adam’s turned into a hotel. Grab the tissues for Isaac’s heartbreaking love story of secrets and forgiveness.

When I read that this book was set during a five-week vacation in the French countryside, I couldn't wait to read it. Unfortunately, that's where my excitement for this story ended.

The story of Jess, her son William, and William's estranged father, Adam, was a simple one. Things hadn't worked out for the parents, William only seeing his father occasionally. Jess decides one summer to vacation for five weeks at Adam's chateau to encourage the father-son relationship. However, there is a small twist. Jess's mother is suffering from Huntington's disease and even though very few people know it, (slight spoiler here) Jess has tested positive for the genetic marker for the same disease. If you're already predicting what might happen between Adam and Jess, your prediction is probably correct.

I found this book to be a quick, easy read making it a good summer read. It's a book that is easy to read by the pool or on the beach as it does not require deep focus to understand what is going on. I found the plot and the characters very predictable which was disappointing. Only halfway through I could already see what was coming for both the characters and their relationships. I hate it when that happens. I prefer a story that keeps me wondering what is going to happen next. Even though it was predictable, the story was interesting enough for me to continue to read.

I expected YOU ME EVERYTHING to be a light "vacation" read. It turned out to be so much more. Even though the reader pretty much guesses what's behind Jess' summer plans, the story is enjoyable from start to finish. The family dynamics, romance, and gorgeous scenery at a French chateau combine for a very satisfying read. I enjoyed the interactions between Jess and her son, her friends, her parents, and Adam. Although there are some pretty sad/heavy moments, they helped make the ending feel deserved. There were a few scenes in the middle that I felt could've been cut - some of the day-to-day on vacation, especially with her friends' kids and their antics. But overall, YOU ME EVERYTHING surpassed my expectations and I look forward to reading Isaac's next novel!

I was instantly engaged in this story. I liked Jessica’s voice, I loved her smart precocious son William and was utterly taken by her mother in the end stages of Huntington’s Chorea and the devotion of her father to her care. The dialogue was smart and well-paced and I was onboard, eager for the ferry crossing and car trip to a chateau in France that William’s dad Adam had rehabilitated and ran as a hotel.

And that’s where the book took a turn. Adam had been clear from the beginning that he wasn’t dad material and for ten years he had done his fatherly duties only on school vacations, and when Jess and William first arrived, he didn’t display the fatherly affection that her mother Susan, who had insisted on the trip, had hoped for. After he told William they would spend the day together, he scheduled a business trip and with no explanation, left William sitting outside the cottage door, eagerly anticipating his dad’s arrival - unforgivable! Then all of a sudden Adam becomes Mr D’Arcy, very sexy and handsome, says all the right things, and is suddenly a soccer dad, literally. I’ve always operated under the belief that “the leopard doesn’t change his spots” and found the 180 turn-around simply unbelievable.

I got bogged down a little in the “unrequited love” segment with Jess flouncing around, losing her temper and raging at William, and I skimmed through that section because the outcome was so predictable. I thought the big reveal of the positive gene came too late in the book to be really effective, and her friends Natasha and Becky fell flat for me. I realize it sounds like I didn’t like the book, but I did. Apart from the gravity of a neurodegenerative disease, this was like a beach read which I’m always up for, and I appreciated that the ending was plausible, not a sappy happy-ever-after wrap-up. Would I read Catherine Isaac again? You bet!!

This is a poignant yet hopeful story of a single mom faced with an unthinkable future, who then tries to make her family whole. Despite the story of one family, the author explores the tragedies of genetic diseases and the imponderables of genetic testing.

Lovely, enjoyable book about a young woman who is a single mom, dealing with the discovery that she has inherited an incurable disease. Her former partner is a selfish rat who was with another woman while she labored and delivered her baby -- or was he???? Knowing her eventual fate, she determines that her former partner needs to learn to love their child, and it surprises both of them when they realize they have never really fallen out of love.

This is a great book to tuck in your beach bag. With this tale you will escape to France for a summer at a luxurious manor/resort with our super responsible heroine and her son. This trip is supposed to give her son and her free-spirited ex a chance to build a relationship. Can the ex step up and be the father he needs to be? Do people change or do our perceptions and tolerance and understanding of them change? Can love get a second chance? Best read in a sunbeam with a glass of rose!

A bittersweet love story with an exotic setting. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

Single mom Jess has traveled across the U.K. with her young son William so he can spend time with his father, Adam, who lives at a villa that he helped rebuild. Having only sporadic contact with him in the past since their relationship broke down when William was a baby, Jess is determined for a father and son bond to form.

Although very readable, I didn't feel that emotional pull to the characters. I felt for Jess in dealing with her mother's illness, but I didn't find all of the characters totally likeable.

I received a copy of this book from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Jess and Adam have a child together, William, but he doesn't see his father very often. Now Jess is on her way to Dordogne so that the two of them can reunite and form a father-son bond that is much needed. This story was very heartwarming!

Thank you for sending a copy.
I didn't finish the book, to be honest, I was expecting something different.