The Paris Connection by Lorraine Brown starts off with a charming concept - a travel snafu causing Hannah to be separated from her boyfriend and left to spend time in Paris with a handsome Frenchman. Don't you hate it when that happens? (I'll say that my misadventures on a train have never been so delightful.)

It's a cute and fun story that whisks readers away to the City of Lights.

Many thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for sharing this book with me. All thoughts are my own.

This book had potential with going to Paris and meeting new people along the way. But it was the characters that had me annoyed at times. Both of these characters are way too flawed and messy at times that I had stop multiple times. I keep on going and I just could not get into it.

This was a cute romcom. It was a quick read and I spent a nice afternoon with the book.
Hannah and her boyfriend Si have been in Venice, but they need to take a train to Amsterdam to go to his sister’s wedding. Hannah moves to a quieter seat during the night, only to wake up to find that the train split during the night and she’s almost in Paris while Si and her luggage and purse on on their way to Amsterdam.
Hannah meets a fellow traveler named Leo, from Paris, who was also bound for Amsterdam. Hannah thinks he’s rude but knows no one and has very little money. Leo wants to show her the highlights of Paris and they spend the day together getting closer and closer, and confiding things they’ve never admitted before.
Hannah still needs to get to the wedding, but finds she’s not the same girl who left Venice, Leo helped change her. What will Hannah do about Si, and what about Leo?
I enjoyed this one, it’s perfect for an afternoon’s escape. 3.5 stars.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own

Such a fun and cute romance. I had really fun with it and would definitely recommend it for a feel good story

I absolutely loved The Paris Connection! I was expecting a nice rom-com but this definitely had more depth to the story. Hannah was totally relatable and Leo mysterious yet comforting.. Their day in Paris made me want to go back to Paris myself. My only complaint is that I need to know what happens after the train station. Please revive them for a sequel.

This was a quick and easy read but i have a hard time rating books highly when i dislike the main characters. All three main characters were overall unpleasant - I did enjoy the storyline of the book and the travel aspect which saved it for me. I would give the author another shot but this one fell flat for me.

What more do we need than romance and Paris? I absolutely loved this title. The cover is what drew me in, and the characters is what kept me going. I loved how Leo challenged Hannah is so many ways. This is a quick "read in a day" romance that'll make you want to hop on a train and get lost in Paris.

Hannah and her boyfriend Si get separated on a train when it splits itself between a Paris destination and an Amsterdam destination. Without her luggage or a cell phone, Hannah gallivants around Paris with Leo, as she starts to question her path in life. When new details about her boyfriend slowly reveal themselves as she desperately tries to make it to Amsterdam for a wedding, Hannah must make decisions that could alter the course of her life for forever.

If you want a book that will transport you to the streets of Paris, look no further than The Paris Connection. I absolutely adored the scenery that played out through the pages of this book, making me miss Paris so much. The plot was super original, where everything took place over a 24 hour time period.

While I immediately connected with the setting of the book, I did struggle to connect with the characters. With the entire plot stretching over just one day, I felt like a lot happened, but then at the same time, not a lot happens. If you want to be taken away to Paris, this definitely will speak to you, but if you prefer books that are either character or plot driven, this might not be the book for you.

I came into this one blind, and wasn’t too sure it did it for me. I was not feeling the main characters at all, but that could just be me. I love however the Paris feel of the book! Makes me want to hop on a plane and go sightseeing in Paris!

Add a star if you are a Francophile like I am, as I enjoyed this light romance set in Paris. Hannah and her boyfriend, Simon, are headed to his sister’s wedding in Amsterdam after spending a few days in Venice. Unbeknownst to Hannah, who switched seats to find a car with less noise, the train to Amsterdam separates, with half going to Paris. When Hannah wakes up to her reality, she is stranded without her luggage, her phone stolen, and with very little money, in the Paris train station. When she meets Leo, another stranded passenger who is Parisian, he leads her on a day long whirlwind tour of that beautiful city. Planting doubt in her mind about her relationship, Hannah starts to understand more about herself and her choices. I liked it, and thank Netgalley for the ARC.

I really loved this book! Such a sweet, genuine story. There are no steamy romance scenes, just an authentic strangers to friends to lovers plot line. I thought Simon was a prick, so happily welcomed Leo aboard Hannah’s journey. Plus, the fact it takes place in Paris made my wanderlust heart sing.

This was a cute and light book that really was easy to read. However, the story just did not connect with me the way that I wanted it to. This is a story about Hannah who is exploring and figure out who she is as a new single woman, while also meeting and falling for Leo. I feel like this book have chosen one route- either it was a romance or a female empowerment book because the way that it was written just felt like they didn't fully do either justice.

If I had to describe “The Paris Connection” in one word, it would be cute. This book is not at all spicy or titalating…it is simply a light-hearted love letter to finding yourself, and finding a lover who appreciates that authentic version of yourself. As the title suggests, it is also a love letter to Paris, and the city’s particular romantic qualities that make it the perfect backdrop for a one day adventure, that upends the main character’s entire life.

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Hannah is the type of imperfect heroine, that embodies all of the woes and uncertainties of being on the cusp of entering one’s thirties, and feeling that life is not the neatly ironed out story you had once imagined. She accepts her position at a job she doesn’t love, because it provides financial stability, and as she sees it, is an expected adult sacrifice. She loves her boyfriend, but has worries that they do not know each other completely, and are rushing towards the finish line to fulfill societal requirements…but that is to be expected too, isn’t it? She is convinced that she isn’t actually good enough for Si, and feels she should be grateful that he would want to be with someone like her in the first place, and so she resists rocking the boat by voicing any concerns. If you are reading this review, and none of that resonates with you, then I wholeheartedly envy you! For the rest on us, there is plenty to love in the story of Hannah’s travels towards self-discovery and an understanding of her own worth.

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The shift from intense dislike, to mutual attraction between Hannah and Leo, the man she meets on the train, is believable to a degree I wasn’t expecting it to be. Normally I would question such a fast turn-around, but the seamless interplay between their pasts and shared present, makes it seem surprisingly natural. By the time Leo convinced Hannah to take a look at the Eiffel Tower with him, I was rooting for him to win her over.

Lorraine Brown does a great job of building the suspense around what Si might be hiding from Hannah, and when the bombshell finally dropped, it was not at all what I had been assuming. Hannah’s choices remain open-ended until almost the very end of the book, and the resolution of her questions and concerns about her future are at once sweet, and satisfying. This is a great book to curl up with in front of the fire place, to sip hot chocolate, and nibble on macarons.

'The Paris Connection' started out slow—admittedly, slower than I would have liked—but somehow this made the romance feel all the more worth it when the book started picking up about halfway through. It's strange to call a love story that spans a single day a "slow burn", but it felt paced in a way that it never felt rushed or unrealistic (a trap which one-day romance novels can easily fall into). Insta-love almost never appeals to me, but nothing about this couple's dynamic suggests they're star-crossed lovers destined to meet; they are simply two strangers who are thrown into an unfortunate situation together and try to make the most of the single day they're given. And the end result is lovely.

I really really wanted to like this book. I was very excited to read it. I found that I was not rooting for any characters. I found the main character to be so over the top and just annoying. I didn't feel any chemistry between the new couple. I do not have to like characters, but I do need to feel something and I just didn't with this book. The "issue' was not earth-shattering to me and felt forced. The setting is great and I loved reading about Paris as a setting. I would still recommend this book because I feel that a lot of people will have a better chance at connecting with the story and the romance. I am grateful to have has an opportunity to read the book thanks to #netgalley

This really hit the spot - super hot french romantic interest, lots of depth and background and chemistry between the characters (and not the most seamless one either). Still light and fun, but so refreshed that these characters had their own hang ups and reality they brought to the table.

From losing her boyfriend as the night train split, to finding herself in Paris, this was a lovely story of self discovery with a dash of romance.

The Paris Connection tells the story of a couple on their way to Amsterdam via train when the train separates overnight and Hannah gets stuck in Paris. She, of course, meets a handsome French man to show her around the city for the day as she discovers secrets her boyfriend has been hiding.

I have to be honest, I had higher hopes for this one. It fell a bit flat for me. I don’t like when main characters have so many bad/unlucky things happen to them because it feels over the top and unrealistic.

I never particularly felt drawn to Hannah or Leo and didn’t see their spark until towards the end of the book.

Spoiler: I also didn’t like the actual secret Simon was hiding, it didn’t feel satisfying enough to me.

Overall, this was a cute read and fun if you like Paris. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mindset for it, but this won’t be one that sticks out in my memory.

I love travel. But as a writer and a fan of domestic thrillers, I’m always hyper aware of what could go wrong. Getting lost in a city where I don’t speak the language is one of my worst nightmares. I once traveled to Germany with a friend rather than meeting her in Italy just so I wouldn’t get stranded in an Italian airport on my own.

In Lorraine Brown’s debut novel, The Paris Connection (also published as Uncoupling), her heroine Hannah gets caught up in this very specific nightmare of mine. Luckily for Hannah, she’s starring in a romantic comedy, not a thriller, so her stakes are relatively low and fun. But there’s always a message in romance, and this one had me thinking.

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I really tried to like this book but I ended up dnf'ing, I couldn't connect with the characters and I know when this happens that my reading experience will not be the best so... :/