The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris is a heartwarming story about the magic of love, taking chances, and the power of desserts to warm and charm.

Edith Lane decides to risk it all and follow an obscure advertisement to Paris where she longs to reinvent herself. Once she arrives in France, she finds herself working in a quaint bakery in Compiegne where she discovers her heart and her power. The bakery holds many secrets and mysteries that Edith begins to unravel as she embarks on her new adventure working in the charming shop. The history of the mysterious bakery on rue de Paris comes alive and with it the special magic it holds for freedom, love, and memories.

This book was an enchanting read that transported me to France. It had love, heartbreak, a bit of magic, and mystery that was as delectable as its mouth watering desserts. I feel that it could be a Hallmark movie or the perfect read for fans of the book Chocolat. I wish there was more magic featured in the story because it captured my interest and I still have so many questions.

If you enjoy irresistible magical realism stories, I would recommend The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris.

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris is my first Evie Woods book. I was drawn to the story from the beginning and thoroughly enjoyed this book.

TMBORDP is the story of Edith, a young Irish woman looking to take a risk and change things in her life. She applies for a job to help run a bakery in France and to her surprise, gets the job. She moves to Paris only to find out that the bakery is not in Paris proper. She finds the said bakery and has mixed feelings about taking the job. She soon makes friends in the small town, meets Hugo, a dreamy photographer from Paris, and begins to like her job. Many mysterious things happen that would make most people hit the road, but Edith decides to embrace all that happens at the bakery and live her life to the fullest.

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris has some Hallmark movie vibes, but I really took them in.

I loved Woods' writing style, the characters, and the setting. The story is a feel-good story that kept me turning pages.

I highly recommend The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris. Now I can't wait to read Woods' other books!

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a cozy read that has some aspects of mystery and romance strewn in. I liked Edith & Hugo and felt that the chemistry was cute and it was nice to watch them mature and grow into themselves throughout the story.

The other characters were all fun and had such a good background, especially Genevieve. I wish we had a bit more of the history of Pierre & Genevieve to feel a bit more connected to them.

There were some punctuation issues and the story was extremely slow the first 25%, but it did get really interesting. The other issue I had was with Edith, I thought she was much older at the start because of how they spoke about her but she was only 29. That aspect might need reworked to make her not seem old... as 29 isn't old.

Overall if you're looking for a cozy, nice story that touches on growing into who you are, this is for you!

I really loved this book, Evie Woods is quickly becoming a go to author for me! No hesitation, if she wrote it I know it’ll be great! Love the mystery and romance of this one! I really enjoy books that transport me to beautiful places! I’ve never been to France but now I almost feel like I have!!

I wasn't impressed with this book, it was because of the way the main character was written. At first at first I thought she was much older as she was repeatedly called middle-aged and then I came to find out that she's only twenty-nine. If twenty-nine is middle age what does that make me at fifty-eight? Almost dead? After the whole age thing threw me off she started acting very immature…After two dates, she believes she's found her soulmate and is getting googly-eyed with him. Then she finds out he's not what she thought he was or who she thought he was, so typical.

This book was so slow and predictable. I got it from NetGalley thinking it was a new release and it isn't a new book it's a re-release of the author’s earlier work and you can tell from the writing style. I will say I like the new cover better. This has me second-guessing the author’s other book on my to-read pile, The Lost Bookshop.

I wish there was more in the earlier timeline with Monsieur Moreau. I loved the few recipes that we got and again I wish there were more of them. I found that there were just too many plotlines and overall I felt the book missed many opportunities and I found it very cliched.

I really loved this book, I read the original a while back amd I think this one really lives up and gives the same feel for it!