In the most recent chapter of Annie Valentine’s life, we find Ed heading off to Paris as a work exchange program within his music department. A mere four days into Ed’s absence, Annie feels she’s falling apart and begins to realize just how much she relies on her husband and her sister/paid child minder, Dinah.

As Annie is packing up the twins to take Owen to a friend’s house, Annie almost slams into another car when Owen stumbles upon an actual post from Ed’s social media. He’s sitting, rather closely, to a gorgeous woman who is also a colleague.

As Annie’s mind races, she reaches out to her producer Tasmin about an idea for the next season: examining the classics that make up French fashion. She offers to do some fact finding and early shooting in Paris. Making sure Dinah can look after Owen, Annie takes the twins on the trains to France.

Back in the UK, Svetlana is feeling lost and restless after dropping her growing sons off at boarding school. Elena is still finding success in New York City and Annie has a busy career and young children to take care of. In true Svetlana fashion, she calls her doctor to make an appointment for a little nip and tuck. Annie insists she come to Paris and allow Annie the opportunity to make her look years younger by updating Svetlana’s decades old look.

All hell breaks loose in Paris! This is the most serious of all of the books in the series, in my opinion. It looks at priorities and responsibilities and how those can affect people as they grow older. While some settle into their age and look at the future with excitement, others look back at their youth and try to recapture it.

This was another 5 star read for me although I’m still pretty salty about Ed! I love that the author left it open for yet another book! I’ve binge read/listened to the entire Annie Valentine series since Wednesday and have absolutely no regrets!

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I really enjoyed this book and it reminded me that I’ve read another book in this series, not knowing that it was a series, so I’ll have to go back and read them all now. Annie is just gorgeous and so is her family (how cute are her twins names, Max and Minette, the m&m’s). It was a really fun read that made me smile and feel happy. I will be looking for the rest of these books to read.

I read the first book and thoroughly enjoyed it as Annie advanced in her career. This book was more about her evolution with her family as she needed to balance so much that she often lost sight of herself and as a result her relationship with Ed. I was glad that she reclaimed her love of fashion while in Paris as she celebrated the effortless and chic style Parisians have that often looks effortless. With seventy four different pieces coupled with the "grit of an oyster", each Parisian creates their own signature style as she epitomizes in her television series. Svetlana never disappoints with her wealth equal to the GDP of a small country but it certainly was to be celebrated how she turned so much into good especially given her upbringing. This book is a breath of fresh air as it comes alive but at the end, the underlying theme is that of love.

This is a new to me author and the first book of this series I’ve read and I had no trouble as the author provided a rundown of each character’s backstory in the beginning of the book which was super helpful. I will be looking forward to more of this series!
Annie is relatable and funny and I loved the supporting characters as well she makes mistakes, she loves her family and her job. Annie has to figure out a way to revitalize the show that she works on while her husband has been given the opportunity to do a term assignment teaching in Paris. When she decides to join her husband to give her marriage a boost and to save her show at the same time, that’s when the story really picks up. The sights and sounds of Paris. The fashion. The shopping. And of course, her friend, Svetlana,
If you like Sophie Kinsella’s shopaholic series, which I am a huge fan of, you will enjoy this.
Thanks to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for this eArc in exchange for my review.

I read this without having read any of the series (didn’t pay attention when I got it) and it can absolutely be read as a standalone and you won’t feel as if you’ve missed anything, plus you’ll have a great read about adults dealing with adult issues. This was a really fun, honest, emotional, laugh out loud, honest story about life, marriage, career, family, children, friendship and all the highs and lows of all of them. I very much enjoyed this wonderful book and am looking to what forward to what comes next.

There are absolutely no words to describe just how ecstatic I was to see this book announced, but also slightly apprehensive. After all it has been more years than I can count, since the last new book in this series was released and although I know I love it, I was concerned I may not remember much.

But those fears were allayed within moments of opening the book and cheering loudly that there was a full character list and small bit of info about each of them. Which allowed my poor head all it needed to remember more than enough, and to feel right at home from the first few pages.

And given the prologue opened with a classic Annie Valentine chaotic moment, I knew I was going to love it and be totally happy reading this.

It was so great to be back in Annie Valentine's world. although I was concerned that things didn't seem as hunky dory as normal with her and Ed. It was fabulous catching up with Owen, who we have seen grow up over the series, and her four year old twins are amusing.

Things aren't totally smooth in the Annie and Svetlana friendship either, but we get to have whole chapters from Svetlana, and I feel I know her a whole lot more just from this one book, than I have done previously. We are treated to a lot of her background, and its wonderful to read.

Once Annie is in Paris, the book ramps up the comedy and fun, and besides learning a lot of Parisian fashion, and I was completely entranced by the story. I was loving every single second of it.. ok perhaps love is not quite the right word for one instance of Annie's rather iffy parenting, but even that felt very in keeping with her character!

This was like greeting an old friend and picking up exactly where you have left off, even after a considerable amount of time has passed. It is brilliant, I'm over the moon that this series is back and is having a resurgence in popularity too, and above all... please please please please please, can we have some more!

Thank you to Boldwood Books and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

I have enjoyed reading Carmen Reid books for the longest time. I was so excited to get this book.
It lived up to all the hype too of all her other wonderful books.

Five sparkling stars for this stellar book. I howled with laughter. I cried at the heartfelt romance. I oohed and ahhed at the fashion and Paris and the gorgeousness of it all. And most of all I fell in love.

Just brilliant.

Another great Annie Valentine story, this time set in beautiful Paris. Life has taken an unexpected turn, will Annie get through these problems? The twins are great, cute and funny!

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC of Annie in Paris!

I’ve read one of Carmens books before and loved it, however I haven’t read any of the Annie books. At the start there was a reminder of the characters in the previous books so I felt I could start this story without reading the others. Thank you Carmen for this- very thoughtful touch!

I love anything to do with fashion and Paris so this book was one I couldn’t put down. It look me a little longer to read than usual but that was personal reasons nothing to do with the book! I loved the mix of being in Paris and the French Fashion element. It made me want to go out and buy a new wardrobe!

I love Annie and Svetlana too and their relationship, there were several types of friendships/ relationships in the book which I liked and gave the book an extra layer.

There were some laugh out loud moments, some irritating moments (mainly from the husband but it does all make sense!) and some sadder moments you feel for Annie for in Particular. The plot flows effortlessly and you are wanting to read more and more.

What a read Carmen! Get me on that plane to Paris now

This book whisked me away to Paris. You could just feel like you were walking the Persian streets, eating the tasty food and soaking in the environment. The twins in the story are both really funny. However ed was not the best character and didn't come out of the story well for me. Annie deserved better.

Enjoyable as always and I loved the Paris scenes. The twins are hilarious! What I couldn't get past was Ed's behaviour. Annie seems to have overlooked the fact that he was up for having an affair. What if the woman had said 'yes'? Ed didn't come across well in this book and I don't think he redeemed himself. Apart from that, I enjoyed this book. With thanks to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to the Publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

As I hadn’t read the previous books in the series for a while, I wasn’t sure if I’d reemvet what had happened, but it was lovely to see a reminder at the beginning of the book.

After that it felt like I’d only just finished the last book and the story had me engrossed and I loved reading about the lively character.

Throughout the story I laughed at some parts and some made me sad.

I read this in one sitting.

I highly recommend this book.

I did not know this book was part of a series but it didn’t matter because I followed along with no questions. This book was fun! That’s the best word I can describe it. I laughed and enjoyed it wholeheartedly. Now I want to go back and read the others in the series. Thank you Netgalley for the eArc of Annie in Paris!

A delightful story of the messes Annie gets into in Paris and of her friend, Svetlana’s makeover by Annie. Annie is left to rein in the chaos of family and work when her husband leaves for Paris on a teacher semester abroad. Things unravel when she goes to Paris and sees evidence of possible cheating by him and the rollercoaster ride begins.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was pretty decent but not a new favourite by any means. I don't think this book was for me though, so take it with a pinch of salt.

This is part of a series but can easily be read as a stand alone, I have not read the other books and had no trouble following the plot. easy, quick read.

I read the Annie Valentine series as the books came out (10-15 years ago I think) and thoroughly enjoyed them, so was surprised to see a new one in the series and knew I had to get my hands (eyes) on it immediately!
As it's been quite a while I didn't remember where we left off, but it was easy to get straight back in, and you wouldn't need to have read the previous books in the series to start with this, although I would recommend them and it would give you a background to the characters here.
A lovely, light read, and a nice palate cleanser for all the classics I've been diving into!

This is the first book i've read from the Annie Valentine series and I really enjoyed it! It can easily be read as a standalone book as the author helpfully provides a rundown of each character's background at the beginning.

Main character Annie Valentine works for a TV show, sourcing content for their fashion programme. Using experience from her previous employment as a personal shopper and the wealthy contacts she has  built up she works hard to make the series a success. However, as a mum of toddler twins and two older teenagers she is findng it hard to balance her work. To complicate matters more her husband has gone away to Paris for a three month work trip and she is concerned by pictures he shares on his social media accounts of him with a young, glamorous French colleague...

Annie is likeable, funny and prone to getting herself into ridiculous scrapes! This is a fun light read and would appeal to fans of Sophie Kinsella's Shopahaolic series and Bridget Jones.

Another great Annie Valentine book. Found this series while home sick and devoured this book in a few days. Light breezy beach read for the summer. Loved the descriptions of Paris and fashion.