Yet again I read book two in a series before I've read book one (oops). however I found this novel still just as wonderful and the story can be read as a standalone but I would like to go read book one to get that deeper connection with the main character. 

First off, I am totally in love with the cover design of this book (probably the main reason I requested  this book)! The characters in this book were well written. Amy, was complicated, a complete mess, chocolate devotee, and honestly lovable/hate-able in some ways. She was a bit childish but I felt that worked for her character. Will, was just as childish, a jerk, and all around selfish to me. i felt these type roles worked for the book as the characters really drove the story along.

I enjoyed the world building in this novel as the author really set the scene. Paris was an ideal spot! The author did a beautiful portrayal of one of my most desired spots to go to. The different locations in Paris were well described. You almost felt like you were there.

Overall, I enjoyed the ending, a bit of I saw it coming but with most novels like this you know whats going to happen. Although i'm glad it went the way it did because like I said before this made it work!

4/5 stars

If you love Paris, have ever visited, lived there or just hoped one day you could, this book is for you! This is the sequel to The Paris Effect, but this book can definitely stand alone. I'm going to go back and read the first book anyway. The author gives you a complete background of The Paris Effect, so I was never lost or left wondering who a character was from the beginning. There's a lot of laugh out loud moments, there's a lot of moments when I couldn't possibly know what the main character (Amy) was going to do. I felt her emotions deeply. This is a wonderful book! I enjoyed every minute of it and I look forward to reading more from this author! More than five stars!
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley. Thank you so much, Netgalley!
I had also applied to the author of the book for a read and review ARC.
I received the author's ARC also! Thank you, Karen Burns!
All opinions are my own.

Paris Ever After’s characters are younger, and the story moves quickly swinging from one crisis to the next. As is often the case with romance stories involving younger characters falling love, everyone seems to have a secret they are hiding from everyone else. As these secrets are revealed, decisions must be made quickly and seemingly without much thought – the impetuosity of youth. There’s not much time to slow down and just enjoy Paris and the romance Amy discovers there, but Paris Ever After is an enjoyable quick read, reminiscent of a rom-com flick from the ‘90s.

This review appeared in The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) on May 27, 2018.

Couldn’t put it down……

I really liked this book. When I started reading it, I found it hard to put down. In fact, there might have been a little house cleaning that got neglected (don’t tell my husband). I didn’t have the chance to read the prior book, The Paris Effect, but the author did a great job wrapping up that part of Amy’s life. I am still planning on going back and reading though just because of how much I liked this book. My heart went out to Amy and all she was going through, especially when she found out the real reason her husband was in Paris. Secrets seemed to be a running theme in the book and when they came out, they put a real twist into the story. The book is filled with stunning visuals, interesting characters and an addictive plot. I would definitely recommend reading it.

Thank you NetGalley for my ARC.

This was such a cute book! It was a great way to escape for a couple of hours!

I was excited to read this book after winning a copy of The Paris Effect, but unfortunately this book was as disappointing as that one and I did not finish it. I did not like the writing or the story.

Paris Ever After is a fun read. The first person's voice that Ms Burns has created for Amy is warm and down-to-earth, it sounds like someone you might know telling her story. It is easy to get into the rhythm of the narration that is interjected with wry humour and you can read it in one sitting and you definitely want to read it quickly because the story is such a page-turner.

You know how when you're reading and you're REALLY into a story, the pages just fly by, and what seemed like a long book initially ends up not being long enough? OH yeah, I LOVE that feeling...and yet, sometimes it's harder to grasp than others. Now hold on, I know what you're thinking...this is all leading into a review, so it MUST mean I didn't enjoy my time between the epages...ah, but see, that making that assumption without reading on would make you mal mort (loosely translated...dead wrong).

See, when locked in the e-passages, I found myself getting bogged down by the details. It wasn't so much the fact that the author takes us on a walking tour of France (très beau), or that the French language is sprinkled throughout the text (hello, it IS set there after all!), but there were things I felt I should have already known or understood better from the start. Being the second in the series, I think I would have cared more for the characters earlier on if I'd read the first. For example, Margaret is such a source of strength for Amy, but in my time with her, I saw more of the stereotypical French attitude than motherly affection...true she was going through some MAJOR things, but still. I mean, some books work better as standalone titles, while others need their compadres to prop them up a little; that's nothing to frown at, just another reason to READ MORE! So, let's get down to business....

As I read, I was rooting for Amy to stay in France even though it seemed things were getting tougher by the moment...it seemed her heart was there even if everything else was screaming for escape...and while I wouldn't have taken the leap of faith she did without making William sing first (he said he had news but kept hedging, spill it son!), she did so with her whole heart. I literally wanted to knock the head off of William's scummy shoulders after he finally gave her the big news, or rather she pried it from him (and his suitcase!)...but he'll get what's coming to him eventually; karma likes a challenge. Meanwhile, Manu played a most unexpected role between the start and the finish...I honestly didn't see that transition coming...and Herve, well, let's just say I was surprised, but I wasn't (something didn't quite add up with all those business ventures). I wish I could say I loved Margaret, but the side I saw of her wasn't very likable, nor was that of someone else that I won't mention by name because it will spoil the surprise, but I did actually appreciate the presence of Kat, however "distant" it was. She seemed like someone to know, and yet another reason to perhaps read that first book.

After having finished my read through, and taking a step away from the epages, I can more fully appreciate the story as a whole. It was filled with secrets, revelations, final goodbyes, and new beginnings...all of which add up to a surprisingly good read. See? Aren't you glad you kept reading past my intro? A great addition to your Women's Fiction collection or weekend reading list...though I do suggest perhaps taking in The Paris Effect first.

Paris Ever After is the sequel of The Paris Effect. I did not have the chance to read the first book before Paris Ever After, so I was reading it as a stand-alone. The author explains very well throughout book to tell the readers what happened in the first book or what events had happened. I felt like I have read The Paris Effect and did not miss anything.

Burns is a excellent tour guide for Paris. She does not only mentions the famous attraction like Notre Dame, Eiffel Tower, etc. She includes facts and data (I have not done any research on their accuracy) that most American tourists do not know. I love how she also includes the French culture in the book, from greeting to coffee choices.

I like how all the secrets slowly reveal in this fast-pacing book. None of the characters is perfect. They all have flaws. Some of them are even unlikable, but somehow those characters are the most interest ones in the book. I really enjoyed this book, and would recommend this book to those who want to have a vacation in Paris.

3.5 out of 5 Stars
Received a free eCopy from France Book Tours and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

So good for that strong message: 1. Getting your act together. 2. Making a place for yourself. 3. Finding that solid ground to stand on.

Funny, poignant, Paris Ever After was epiphany filled.

Having not read the first book and not even realizing this was the second book until later–on I still don't think I missed/or am missing much.

I liked and didn't like this book. I got bored quite amany times, did a handful of skim reading. But that it is how it is for me and this particular subset of this genre. So I loved the message and felt for the girl. Did relate to the protagonist as well in major bits but felt uninterested too.

Special thanks to NetGalley and the Publishers for this review copy.

ThE PARIS EFFECT: REVIEW

‘THE PARIS EFFECT’ by K.S.R Burns is a quick and fun read. It isn’t the best book I have read, the end came out of nowhere and there was essentially no build up in the book. I can understand what the author was trying to portray and I had a good time reading, but if there had been a build up it would have been so much better. I give this book a ⅗ stars.
This book isn’t like most books that feature Paris/France. In most book the women are young and chick. In this book the protagonist, Amy is older and has left her husband and life back in America and moved to Paris because of an outbreak between her and her husband. Before her best friend Kat died they had been thinking of going to Paris for a month, when she dies of cancer Amy decides to go to Paris for a week without telling her husband. When he finds out and gets mad Amy decides to stay in Paris. This is when she finds all her good friends and new life, her life changes for the better in Paris.
Let’s get to the spoilery parts now;
I felt like this book had lots of unnecessary details. We could learn more about the present time and the characters but it was always about Amy’s past. In the end it is Amy’s story but there were many more characters, and things that happened that I couldn’t see coming because we didn’t see much of the characters.
Margaret was a mother figure for Amy but she said that Margaret did many things to make her stay but forgets her the moment her own daughter comes into the picture.
And Also I can’t really understand how Amy stayed in Paris in someone else’s home without a real job without questioning how and why these people were letting her stay with them and what there deal was?
I didn’t understand when and how Manu and Amy started liking each other. When she was jealous of Sophie I couldn’t understand what her deal was because up until that point Amy never let on that she liked him in a way other than friendship, The relationship between them was unsatisfying for me because of this.
I would have rather saw their relationship before the end of the book, rather than her creeping after her ex husband for 2 chapters.
Sorry for coming off negative in this review, I actually liked how downbeat it was. As a fantasy reader this was a book I could read in one sitting and enjoy it without thinking about it too much.
*I got this book from Netgalley, so I would like to thank them.

I had not read any of K.S.R. Burns’s books before I received a free copy of Paris Ever After on Netgalley. I did not know this story was part of a series until a bit into the book which is great. I was given the background information that I needed and I was able to enjoy my trip to Paris! This book is relatable - we all want to be our own hero in some way. Most of us also want to travel to Paris as well! This book was well written and I was not able to immediately guess what was going to happen. The suspense yet easiness of the reading made it a great book. This is a perfect beach read :)

Paris Ever After" was a nice, happy book to read, with some clichés, some predictable bits, but several likable characters and of course, the Eiffel Tower. I would read more books by K.S.R. Burns, but I won't put them at the top of my list. The writing was good, but sometimes it felt like the story was an out of control car careening down a narrow Paris street, bouncing off one wall and then off the other. Sometimes that can be fun but I found there to be far too many coincidences happening to make Amy’s story seem realistic.

Hello, my name is Alina and I am a Francophile. Long story short - when I came upon this book on NetGalley I requested it (just like any other books about Paris) and was extremely happy when I got approved for ARC. And on a beautiful and warm spring morning I made myself a hot café crème and while munching on delicious french macaroon I started to read this lovely novel.

The story begins on a day of Amy's thirtieth birthday. That's also the day when Amy's life as she knows it starts to fall apart. First, she accidentally finds her estranged husband in a local hotel. The same husband who fathered a child she has been carrying for the last five month since the two had an argument that resulted in Amy's move to Paris. Second, her dear friend and landlord Margaret's long-lost daughter, Sophie, shows up at the door. That should not be a surprise. This is her home, after all. The surprise is that Sophie disappeared two years prior and was assumed to be dead. Now, the prodigal daughter wants Amy out of the mother's heart and home. Third, she feels extremely covetous about Manu, who became her dear friend and employer since her move to the city of lights. Also, Manu is Sophie's ex-lover who remained close friends with Margaret after Sophie's disappearance two years ago. Phew, I think I've covered everything here.

In five days Amy's Parisian uneventful life goes from calm and steady to shattered... yet again. Every turn and decision she makes follows by dreadful discoveries. However, Paris is a magical place, and Amy is about to be reminded of it... yet again...

Paris Ever After is fantastic and quick read, perfect for relaxing and quiet evenings at home with a glass of rose and cheese, you have to do it French style or not do it at all. Amy's happy ending warmed my heart and reminded me that no matter how bad it seems today, life goes on, and it will be better... in Paris.

First of all, a huge thank you to a marvelous author, Karen Burns, a.k.a K.S.R.Burns for writing this remarkable novel. And thank you NetGalley and Velvet Morning Press for an ARC of this book.

Amy goes to Paris, leaving a husband behind without saying a word. The ability and ease with which she did this took my breath away. Can one just walk away from a husband, home, job, and just jet off to Paris to "find oneself".



Anyway Amy does just that. She lands on her feet, finds a beautiful woman who takes her into her home and heart, links up with her friends and has now made a life for herself. She also did not realize when she left Will her husband that she was pregnant. Now she is well advanced in her pregnancy, still not sure what she is going to do, ambivalent about her feelings towards Will and Manu (whom she found in Paris!) protective of her unborn child and basically not sure of anything.

Fast forward and she discovers Will has come to Paris looking for her. At the same time she is thrown out of her home in Paris with the return of a long lost daughter who does not want her anywhere around her mother. Will seems strangely reluctant to have any conversations with her, keeps putting it off even meeting her and though she thought he was back to ask her to return (on bended knee) it does not seem to be quite so straightforward.

I found all the characters very charming in very different ways. I found Amy to be the least charming of the lot. She sounds like a spoilt brat who expected things to fall into place, the way she wanted it to. I however loved the descriptiveness of the entire story, the Paris setting, the lives and details of the few Parisiens who dotted this novel.

Goodreads review posted on 19/4/2018. Review on my blog towards the end of May 2018.

I just didn’t get on with this book at all I’m afraid. I found it disappointing.
Characters were all very flat. There was for me a hint of the grotesque about the atmosphere created by the strange, slightly menacing people Amy has surrounded herself with. It seemed stifling to me, and yet Amy is allegedly happy and carefree.
Amy and Will were unconvincing as ever having been in love, let alone married. They both come over as self-centred and immature. They seem to spend the entire novel avoiding communicating with each other, which they’ve been doing the entire time they’ve been apart apparently, and both scenarios are hard to accept.
Certain lack-of-practicalities jarred – Amy still seems to be using the phone she arrived with from the States, which must be working out very expensive, and her residential status is completely baffling.
The plot was rather complicated, and far-fetched. I know fiction is all about coincidences, suspended belief and unlikely events, but I wasn't up to the task this time.
There are some lovely descriptions of Paris here and there, and some rays of sunshine in witty dialogue but not enough to win me over.

Can Amy’s rocky start in Paris turn into a happy ever after? Amy didn’t realize how stale her life was until she jetted off to Paris without telling a soul—not even her husband—and had the adventure of a lifetime. Now as she tries to establish herself in the City of Light, she finds that despite a fun (and quirky) group of friends and the ability to indulge in French pastries whenever she wants, reinventing her life is much harder than she imagined.

Then on Amy’s thirtieth birthday, two unexpected visitors leave her wondering if she will soon be saying au revoir to Paris and the new life she’s struggled to build. Her estranged husband, Will, shows up—but is he interested in reconciliation or separation? And a young woman who arrives on Amy’s doorstep unleashes chaos that could push Amy out into the street.

As Amy’s Parisian dream starts to fall apart, she must decide: return to the stability of Will and Phoenix (if that’s even still an option) or forge her way forward in Paris? Amid secrets and surprises, set in enchanting gardens, cozy cafés, and glittering Parisian streets, Amy must choose between two very different worlds. And each has a claim on her heart.

My Thoughts: In our first look at Amy Brodie in Paris Ever After, she is still reeling from the death of her best friend Kat. The death that sent her flying off to Paris on a trip that she and Kat had planned, but was derailed by her death. But then, after just a few weeks, Amy returned to Phoenix…to a bitter fight with William that catapulted her back to Paris. On her second day, she meets an older woman named Margaret, who offers a room, and in a short time she begins to feel at home.

Her life is now full of beautiful café lunches; soirees at Margaret’s, with her two friends Herve and Nanu; and a new pregnancy with baby daughter Catherine. Just before she left Phoenix that last time, William gave her a parting gift. He does not know, however, and now she faces a dilemma.

Can she share her news with him and see if there is anything left of the marriage? What will her future hold: Paris or Phoenix?

A lovely book full of scenes that I loved, some characters that were wonderful, and others that were not. Secrets come out and an unexpected reunion between Margaret and someone she thought she had lost would upend Amy’s plans. Where will she belong now? As the story drew to an end, I was hoping for a sequel so that I could spend more time with these characters. 5 stars.

***My e-ARC came from the publisher via NetGalley.

Paris Ever After is the sequel to K.S.R. Burns' book, The Paris Effect. Although I did not read the first book in the series, I still felt that I could easily pick up the story and understand what was going on. The main character, Amy clearly loves Paris and has fulfilled a dream by going there. The descriptions of the gardens and cafes made it easy to imagine being there. They also make me want to visit France even more than before I read the book.
There were a couple of characters, such as Manu, that I felt could have been developed a little more. In turn, I thought there were a few details particularly about Amy's mother that seemed to be thrown in most likely just to connect back to the first book, but they really didn't add to the story or character development.
Overall, I found the pace of the story to be appropriate. The descriptions of the setting were nice, but I do feel there were a few circumstances that seemed a little too coincidental to be believable. Despite some of these concerns, I would recommend this book for a quick weekend or summer read.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Paris Ever After is the sequel to Amy's story. I was very slow to warm up to the main character because she relied on other people to take care of her. She runs away from her husband and then acts indignant and surprised when she's replaced. I did enjoy the sites and food of Paris the author mentions because both are tres magnifique.

I really loved the cover. Honestly the cover is what made me request this book. Also it's about Paris. I dream of traveling there and eating all the cheese and pastries I can stand. And yet this book made Paris boring. It made Paris an afterthought. I didn't even know that was possible, yet here we are. We have an unlikable main character (Amy) who through ridiculous happenstance manages to come out of the end of this book with a perfect life. It just didn't feel realistic to me at all. The secondary characters were not developed at all (we have Amy's landlord Margaret, her boss/friend Manu, and a random stranger who has befriended them from the last book named Hevre). The writing was not working for me at all. Probably because every five seconds Amy is telling you she has to eat something. And mostly it seems to be cheese and chocolate. I don't know, I just found the whole book boring.

"Paris Ever After" follows Amy as she settles into her new life in Paris. Burns gives readers a quick rundown of Amy's life prior to this book, her best friend died, she fled to Paris without telling her husband (his name is Will) and then Will said they were done and she fled back to Paris. Amy is sort of working (she never seems to show up there) for her friend Manu and also I think runs a blog (it's a throwaway line) and mostly spends most of this book trying to work out what to do when her estranged husband comes to Paris looking to meet up with her and a young woman who has ties to Manu and Margaret also appears.

I found Amy childish to the extreme in this book. She is about to turn 30 (and eventually does during the timeline of this book) but acts like she's 3. Will shows up in Paris, but she spends most of the time either hiding from her (she wants him to make an effort to talk to her) and then following him around Paris without him seeing her. I wish I was joking. She acts entitled and doesn't even seem to get the part she has played in their marriage falling apart. I wish that I could say that I at least had sympathy for Will, but nope, he's a jerk in a whole other way. I just find it hard to read books when I don't have anyone to root for. And when you have an unlikable main character you start to wonder why you are even bothering. Unless I am reading a "Gone Girl" type book, I want my romance novels to actually have a heroine I don't want to throttle.

The other characters read as stereotypical French people. Hevre acts spoiled (he's a Baron) though you have to be pretty obtuse to not pick up on the fact that something that way doesn't pass the smell test. I didn't care an iota about Manu. He was just there. Margaret got on my nerves and what Burns did with her character didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I just chalked it up to plot reasons and let it go.

The writing didn't work at all. The book felt like it was scrambling to me to have something interesting to say. Amy barely does a thing besides traipse from scene to scene with people falling all over themselves letting her stay with them. If that's true I need to go to Paris as quick as possible.

The flow didn't work either. You have an overall plot with Amy and Will, but there are two other side plots happening in this book and it takes until the very end to wrap those up as well as Amy and Will.

The book takes place in Paris though Paris barely feels alive in this book. We do have a scene where Amy takes Will around Paris and that is about it. I still didn't get a great sense of Paris or why Amy is so happy living there (besides the fact she managed to just live rent free with people and have everyone concerned about her well-being at all times).

The ending was too pat and not believable at all. I won't get into it here since there would have to be spoilers, but let's just say that Amy's life is perfect. I can't see the author revisiting the character again after this book since I think there's nothing left to say.