French Holiday is easy to read and has a lot of laughable situations with very good descriptions of places, people, and feelings. The story has a good plot that keeps the reader entertained and guessing what will happen next. A good romantic comedy with a touch of mystery.
I thank Ms. Ready, her publisher, and NetGalley for this ARC.

I really loved this book! it has a bit of a mystery aspect to the romance which I was a huge fan of. I loved the main character Merry and loved how she came back from the situation of Leo falling in love and proposing to her sister so fast (traumatic). I thought the plot was great as it has a few different plot lines I really enjoyed! I especially loved when we thought that Noah was a murderer. At moments I had the thought of maybe this is a bit random...but in the end it all came together nicely!

I will definitely be recommending this to all my friends who love to read romance. I give it a rating of 4/5 starts!

Thanks to Swift & Lewis publishing, Netgalley and the author for an ARC of this book - I am leaving this unbiased review voluntarily.

This book was so much fun to read. Firstly, I'm a bit of a Francophile so all the descriptions of regional France were just so good - especially the food. Yum.

I loved the backstory of Merry and Noah and the way that they go from being strangers to enemies to lovers - it's a bit of a slow burn but totally worth it. And this book is FUNNY. Just wait til you get to Louis the Lobster.

Lighthearted and swoony, touching in parts and very sweet.

A fun enemy to friends romance. I liked seeing Merry and Noah's relationship grow and develop in unexpected ways. Although unplanned, it became the trip to remember

Merry has been in love with Leo for years, unrequited, until he meets her sister Angela, falls in love with her at first sight, and marries her. Leo's best friend, Noah, can see Merry loves Leo, and has a low opinion of her. Merry's godmother convinces her to travel to France and check out the chateau she got at a great price, and when Merry arrives, who should be there renting it for the summer? Noah!

This is a great romance, so much comedy and the setting is fabulous. I enjoyed every bit of it and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys romances with a side of comedy and a bit of mystery.

Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

If you're looking for a romance novel that you can binge-read, this is it. Recently, I have been reading and reviewing several books, and I think I would recommend them to different people, but this is the type of story that would appeal to a wider range of readers. Merry is our main character, and we first meet her when her best friend (whom she's been in love with for years) is marrying her sister. Noah, the love interest, is also at the wedding because he's friends with the groom, but at first he seems to dislike Merry, or at least that's what she thinks.

Besides this emotional and family crisis, Merry ends up quitting her job after having to let go many of her coworkers and friends, when she basically decides to hit pause on her life and go to France to a castle her godmother bought and stay there for three months. Well, guess who's there? Of course, Noah is because he's a travel author and he's there for work, and they both decide that they can peacefully coexist. I wanted to clarify that part because it's not really a "forced proximity" kind of thing, but a mutual agreement based on the fact that they're both adults and can act as such.

I think what I liked the most about this novel was the fact that it was self-aware of how tropey it could become, so in a way, the author took advantage of all these tropes and combined them in this funny and absurd story. And I mean, we have enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, a love triangle...we have everything, and yet, it wasn't cheesy at all. Okay, maybe a little, but the good kind of cheesy.

One thing that I've noticed in two novels I read recently is that the sex scenes are encapsuled in a single chapter, which makes it easier for readers who don't like them to simply skip the whole chapter. I think this is super smart because it caters to different types of readers, without having anyone miss out on key plot points.

I adored Josh and Gemma Make A Baby so I was excited to read French Holiday by Sarah Ready. And I’m happy to report, it is just as good. I loved Merry. I found her to be delightful and Noah to be charming. A lot of fun, a castle in France, and you’ll hope this holiday never ends!

Thanks to the publisher and #NetGalley for providing a free win exchange for an honest review.

As someone who is trying to get more into romance, this book was unfortunately just not it. There are quite a few plot holes and unrealistic situations throughout the entirety of the book. I don't want to give any spoilers, but if you know, they you truly know. I expected a lot out of this.

We follow Merry, she is hopelessly in unrequited love with her best friend Leo. Leo has fallen for her beautiful and talented sister. The two get engaged rather quickly (within a week quickly) and Merry is the maid of honor. At the wedding she meets Noah, the charming, good looking and successful other best friend of Leo. Noah and Merry hate one another. This is all too much for poor Merry and at the wedding she talks to her Godmother about needing to leave town ASAP. Just so happens that Merry's Godmother purchased a chateau in France and offers it to Merry. She packs her things and leaves as soon as she can for a well rested sabbatical. When she arrives she notices that there is someone else at the chateau. Who is that someone you ask? None other than Noah.

I feel like this story so much opportunity to be a good one. I am a little frustrated at the lack of character development and essentially y the suspended reality that Ready makes us wade through in an attempt to tell this romance. Without saying too much there is a bit of a twist and the way Merry reacts is not of a person who cares about their life. Too much suspended reality has to take place for me to get into this story and there wasn't much depth.

French Holiday by Sarah Ready

My rating:
4/5
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Merry is in love with her best friend Leo, who is getting married to Merry’s sister, Angela. When an opportunity arises for Merry to stay at a French Castle for 3 months to try to move on and to have a fresh start, she gets on a plane and goes. When she arrives, she quickly realizes that she is not alone and is sharing the Castle with Leo’s best friend, Noah. They both agree to stay and from there, their individual journeys to find closure bring them closer than they ever imagined.

Okay this book was so cute! The perfect mix of Something Borrowed, 27 Dresses and Emily in Paris! I was instantly drawn to this story. At times it was very cheesy and far fetched but I really liked it! Noah made me swoooooon and I loved the banter between Noah and Merry. It was definitely a slow burn; at times I was like COME ON KISS ALREADY 😂. I think the story ended perfectly and it all came together. It even has a little bit of a mystery thrown into the mix!

I would highly recommend this one. This was my first book by the author and it definitely will not be my last! Thanks @netgalley for the ARC! This one is available to read now so add to your TBR!

Fun romantic escapist book! I really enjoyed this one

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for this review copy

Rounded up from ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
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French Holiday is a cute, light read that would be perfect for a beach or pool. It transported me to Anncey, France (please Google photos, it’s a real and stunning place!) with its gorgeous descriptions of the scenery, town, and food. I want to go there now!

I really liked Noah and his brooding self (I love a brooding hero trope). I would happily live in a crumbling chateau with him and let him cook me food from scratch on a 19th century stove. I liked Merry better at the end of the book but did not enjoy the start when she is in love with her sister’s now-husband (her friend for years). She blossomed in France, and thank goodness for her zany godmother, Jupiter, for letting her stay at her property.

The book also features laugh-out-loud moments, including Louis the Lobster and slapstick comedy resulting in hasty exits or quick clean-ups.

I’d recommend it if you want a beach read, rom-com that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

Much thanks to NetGalley and Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC for this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

Summary:
♥️ Instant hate to lovers
♥️ Forced Proximity
♥️ French countryside setting
♥️ One Bed
♥️ Romance with a little mystery
♥️ Slow burn

Review:
This was such a witty, fun read! I enjoyed Merry and Noah's relationship, with its hostility and tension. I also thought the setting was perfect for this story. I wasn't expecting the mystery included in the storyline, but it was a wonderful addition!

I definitely recommend this!

The perfect sunny day read. This book will whisk you away to France, you will want to eat cheese and drink wine from the bottle as you fall in love with Merry. Not only did I laugh out loud while I read this but I stayed up reading long past my bedtime as I just had to know the ending. This book had it all, enemies to lovers, comedy and mystery. Definitely one to read this summer.

I absolutely adored this book!! Merry needs an "escape plan" so she takes her godmother's offer up on staying at her French chateau. What she didn't expect was for the chateau to be crumbling and her enemy to also be staying there. This book was more than just a romantic comedy. It had some very emotional moments and the slow burn romance was *chefs kiss*. I would definitely recommend this to all romance lovers!

I received a complimentary copy from the publisher and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw the title was croissants LOL but worry not the book is not about croissants. The book follows Merry whose sister just married her best friend and the only man she's ever loved, So she escapes to a castle in the French countryside but alas it just doesn't drizzle but it rains when she finds Noah Wright who was the best man at her sister's wedding. This is a perfect cheesy read for lovers of enemies to lovers . Enjoyed it.

I know many readers will say there was plenty that of early predictable parts, but for me, there were a turns I didn't expect. For starters, what a delight to be introduced to Annecy. I had no idea about this part of France and would love to see it in real life. The storyline kept me engaged and I was enthralled throughout. A great summer read :)

Sarah Ready writes really fun romcoms. This one felt very reminiscent of the early to mid-2000s romcom films we know and love. (Think 27 Dresses)

I think the word to describe this book is fun. The characters were fun to read about. The setting was lively, and I laughed a lot reading this. It also has a lot of heart. There’s a subplot of unrequited vs. requited love and finding that against all odds and I really loved that.

It loses a star for me because the ~romantic scene~ was hard to completely skip because there was dialogue throughout. I skimmed as best I could, but I would prefer to be able to skip right over it.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for a review!

This cover and synopsis had me fooled. I apologize but this isn't the book I signed up for.

Thoughts:
• I like cheesy and predictable romance but this was excruciating to read.
• 400+ pages is way too much for a chaotic cheesy romance with just extremely overbearing side characters.
• The storyline and plot were poorly executed which seems to be unrealistic.
•I was bored, bored all the time.
• While I enjoyed her previous works, this was a miss. And, even with the impressive French backdrop, it was not good enough to bring the whole premise striking.


Hence, a 2-star rating because I was not satisfied.

The whole time I was reading this book, I kept thinking the writing style seemed so familiar. Finally, when I added it to my Goodreads, that's when I realized the author also wrote one of my favorite reads of 2022 (Josh and Gemma make a Baby).

That being said, no matter how hard I tried to put it down I just couldn't help myself and I actually finished this book within a weekend! It was such a cheesy and cute read!

I loved the enemies to lovers dynamic between the two main characters and every one bed moment between them (although if I saw rats and cockroaches and.... well let's just say I wouldn't have stayed at the chateau as long as Noah and Merry did).

In the beginning, and several other times throughout the novel, I felt like the frustrated best friend and just wanted to grab Merry and shake some sense into her. Even still, flaws and all, she was the perfect character for this book.

I think the only thing I didn't like about this book was how fast the ending seemed to go and how much the relationship seemed to escalate once the ball started rolling. While it did a good job to parallel the beginning of the book, I just wasn't a fan of it. I also wish the mystery had been introduced a bit sooner or had more time for it. It felt like the mystery itself was just rushed out instead of having more time for the reader to mull it over. We're told the mystery and then basically told it no longer matters and then suddenly it matters again?

I love a cheesy romance as much as the next person, but this book was way too cheesy with WAY too much going on. Unrequited love, enemies to lovers, trip to France, rundown chateau, weird love interest with Pierre, Pierre and Camille's backstory, Noah's backstory, Noah trying to find his parents, Pierre's art exhibit, Leo and Angela's baby, Jupiter's love interest....etc. Like I said, WAY too much going on!

First of all, the random chapter about Merry's work at the beginning absolutely should have been edited out. That was way too tangential and unnecessary.

Next, all of the side plots and disjointed storyline took away from the actual point of the book: the trip to France and the budding relationship between Noah and Merry. Some of the interactions between Merry and other characters had me literally rolling my eyes or complaining to my partner about how unrealistic things were.

Some parts of this book had the potential to make this a really great read: the French setting, the lobster, the romantic castle. But the rest of the problems negated this strong points and left me with no choice but to give a 2 star rating.