If you love Paris and Cheese then you will enjoy this book.

Heartfelt, light hearted, funny and very French. Ella is such a likeable character and this book reminded me why Paris is my favourite place.

This book would make a great holiday read.

I gave this book five stars as I learned so much more about the French variety of cheeses and the ways that the French think about cheese. According to the book there are about 356 different types of cheeses, and the main character, Ella from Australia, sets out to taste a different cheese every day for a year in order to win a bet with her fromagier, Serge, who provides Ella the expertise as well as the cheese. Of course, romance is in the air, with Paris and Frenchmen. Ella is on the rebound from a failed love affair back home in Australia and finds in Paris new interests, romantic and gustatory.

This was such a delightful and fun read! Ella is a very likable character and one can't help but root for her as she explores Paris in search of friendship, love and incredible fromage! This wonderful book made me want to book a flight to France. I can't wait to read more from this author!

The absolute best part of this book is the cheese. I am not even joking. This writer has an incredible talent for using surprising and mouth-watering descriptions to evoke the many, many French varietals. Also, her passion for Paris: its dialect and joie de vivre spark through each and every page. This is an immersive story and as the heroine slowly falls in love with the city again and again, you will feel everything from the sun glistening on the Seine to the eruption of outdoor cafes.

Everything atmospheric and dialogue-driven is pitch perfect. This is a writer who evokes dialect so, so well.


I also truly enjoyed seeing Ella reroute her life and recognize that she has a propensity for some poor choices unworthy of her passion and adaptability.


The only issue I had with this book involved the short page time of one of the two romantic leads. He was such a fascinating character but only made a few cameos and was never truly developed ---so, upon Ella's realization that he was the one, everything moved quickly. This was particularly a shame because the characters were all well-drawn out and his story, especially, seemed so well matched to her own. He's delightful, we just don't see enough of him.


In testament to this book's allure, I did go out and procure some of the varietals mentioned and some French wine while reading which I think might actually be required for the experience.

I just finished this book and I can't stop smiling. It was so cute! Funny and charming and heart-warming. I've been reading so much serious books full of despair lately that this one was just fresh breath of air I really needed. I immensely enjoyed this one.

After horrible break-up, Ella decides to move to Paris for a year to drink wine and eat cheese.

"I practice my French on my lunch. Je t'aime, je t'aime, je t'aime, I repeated over and over again to my cheese sandwich"

With Ella, I walked the streets of Paris, laughed all loud and what is the most important, I discovered so many new types of cheese to eat! I even googled them how they look like and wrote a list of those I really have to try.

I think I am going to get my own physical copy after it's published. This book made me very happy and for that, it deserves five stars.

Paris. Love. Cheese.

That's all you really need to know!

Ella and her boyfriend split when she thinks they are going to get engaged. Heartbroken, she heads to Paris! She challenges herself to try 365 cheeses in a year while trying to figure out her life.

This book is so much fun! I loved reading about Ella's adventures in Paris and dreaming of eating all of the cheese. I had questions about how she could afford all of this (with her savings) but that's only one small detail. Ella has a very strong personality, so I think that's what makes this story work so well.


Thanks NetGalley and Amberjack publishing! 3 1/2

Found this a very enjoyable story. Loved learning about the different fromage. The characters portrayed were just like what a true French persn should be,

This was such an easy story to read because the main character, Ella, is so likeable. The 30-something Australian shrugs off a broken relationship and heads for France for a year of adventure à la Française! And who can ban blame her? Her former boyfriend of almost a decade has decided he needs to "find himself", a statement that comes as quite a shock when she really expects a marriage proposal.
The idea of returning to live with her mum and carrying on in the same old job drives her to pack up her things and apply for a one-year working visa in France. What's the worst that can happen?
Finding a job is not easy, nor is finding somewhere to live. Life in France is much more expensive than she anticipated, especially in Paris. When she finds a room-share in an upmarket part of the city, she feels she has turned a corner. Sharing the apartment with a mother and son is not ideal, especially as the 40-year-old son seems to develop a crush on her. Another move is on the cards, and a new friend at the coffee shop offers her a solution -and a wonderful one at that.
Fortunately, despite a rocky start, the one constant in her life is cheese. and a bet with the owner of the fromagerie sets her a challenge to try all French cheeses during her year-long stay. This is a challenge she readily accepts, after all she's a cheese-a-holic and there can't be more than a hundred or so, can there?
Ella's life begins to revolve around cheese, but steadily she makes friends, finds a French 'boyfriend' and her job prospects multiply. She is living her dream life. Isn't she?

This is a feel-good story, with believable characters and a gorgeous cheese-filled insight into a Parisian lifestyle. There is romance, deception, fun, family, heartache and love - and more cheese than you can imagine. A really enjoyable light read.

Thank you so much for this ARC!

After being on a mystery/thriller binge, reading Fromage a Trois was just delightful!

When starting the first chapter, it seemed, eh a little too predictable, but that quickly changed! The romance, the Parisian lifestyle and of course the cheese was a sweet escape. The last few pages of this book had me smiling (cheesing :)) from ear to ear.

So sweet, light and just an enjoyable read.

Fromage a Trois is a decent, light read about a girl who gives up her predictable life in Australia after her boyfriend breaks up with her to move to Paris for a year. There, she makes friends, gets a job, and tries to eat all types of French cheese in one year. While I love cheese and the descriptions started out making my mouth water, they honestly got a bit nauseating after a time. Who could eat that much cheese?!?! The romance was predictable but enjoyable.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

Thanks to Amberjack Publishing for the ARC!

Ella thought she would spend the rest of her life with Paul. She was ready to get engaged, but he still needed some time to find himself. After the break-up, she remembers how inspired she’d felt in Paris and decides that it's time to move back there and relearn how to live life as a solo adventurer. That's when she finds a new job, new friends and new passions.

It's a very nice read. I've never been to Paris, but this book is so well written that I could actually picture everything in my mind, even though I don't know the city. It's fun and romantic, perfect for fans of happy endings.

Fromage à Trois is the first novel by Victoria Brownlee.

Anyone who loves Paris and who has stood in a French cheese shop and marveled at the seemingly acres of plump fresh cheeses, will be transported to France. Even if you’ve only dreamed about Paris and appreciate the creamy taste of a good goat cheese on your tongue, you will adore this book.
Ella used to be adventurous but after the man that she thought she would settle down with dumps her, she decides to leave Australia and return to the city where she was a different, more courageous person. With the help of Serge, the owner of the local fromagerie, she sets herself a challenge: eat a different kind of cheese every day for the next year.

Anyone who knows anything about me knows that my passion is France and all things French. I love their food, wine, the language, and everything else. Not only did this book feed my love of France, the main character is also from
Melbourne (my home town). The book was sweet and thoughtful and lovely and warm and happy. It’s about a woman who ends a horrid relationship and follows her stomach to Paris. It’s about the life she builds for herself there. The story and characters felt real and genuine as if it could happen in real life - it didn’t seem forced - a little cheesy (it fits in with the book!) but really adorable. The book also has a lot of cheese in - I just wanted to go and buy all the cheeses and stick my face in it. I absolutely loved this book and will be recommending it to anyone who likes Paris or Cheese.