This was a quick and easy read! Christina has learned she has several uncommon autoimmune conditions and has embarked on the trip of a lifetime to go to Paris.

She's joined by a British stranger names Colin who soon becomes a friend. As they spend more time together the feelings between them deepen.

I'm so happy that Christina has someone like Colin to help her in life as she has lots to face with these conditions.

I absolutely loved this book! I was drawn into it mostly due to the Paris topic. But this was so much more! It had great disability and mental health representation, the background of Paris was used perfectly (which I so often miss with books set in Paris) and the story was just really beautiful and heartwarming. The only thing I wish didn't happen was the insta-love, which is just one of my least favourite tropes. But overall it was a great read!

Rating: 4 stars ⭐️
Tropes: instant connection 👫
enemies to lovers 💋
fake marriage 💍
one bed 🛏
closed door romance🚪

This story has chronic illness representation.

CW: Medical episodes, harassment

A romantic novel that gave a voice to those that struggle with illness and insecurity, while truly fulfilling the “when you know, you know” aspect of a romance.

What I liked the most: The author's overall writing, heartfelt message, disability representation, and Collin, always Collin.

This is the first book I have read by Brooke Gilbert and I absolutely loved reading The Paris Soulmate. It had the perfect mix of romance with a happily ever after.

I must be the only one that did not love this one. I found it hard to read in third person. Maybe I am just on Rom Com overload so I would not distract others from giving it a try. I would definately not rule out reading other books by Brooke Gilbert. I may have to pick this one up again in the future.

This was a fun and cute story by a new-to-me author. The story was sweet and really captured my attention from the start and kept my interest all the way through. With a wonderful, endearing cast of characters, the story really gave me all the feels and the author did a nice job of bringing everything to life. Christine's struggle with her autoimmune diseases made her a realistic and relatable character, and I could really feel the struggles she was facing. The descriptions of Paris and all the places really made me feel as I was right there with her seeing everything for myself.
I really enjoyed the story and look forward to reading more books by this author.
Thank you to Netgalley and StoryOrigin for providing a complimentary copy. This is my voluntary and honest review.

Brooke Gilbert pours her heart and soul into her debut book, The Paris Soulmate. Christine, the female main character (like Gilbert), suffers from several autoimmune diseases. Her diagnoses mean she must follow a strict diet, eliminate all known triggers, and limit her physical activities in hopes of staying functional. Convinced falling in love with her would be too much for someone else, Christine, makes peace with being alone. That is until she takes a solo trip to Paris and meets, Colin.

As someone with family members who suffer from autoimmune diseases, I understand the gravity of a character like Christine. Christine, not only represents a population that is often overlooked, she provides and opportunity to education the public. Someone may present physically healthy, but be suffering immensely.

Special thanks to BooksGoSocial and Netgalley for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

*As a Christian who enjoys reading romances, it can be difficult to find sweet, clean stories. This was a nice surprise as it was not marketed as such.

“You really need to start seeing yourself as other people see you. I promise, it’s a pretty great view."

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The Paris Soulmate is a very sweet book that deals with two tropes I am usually skeptical about: the instant love trope and the MMC being payed to be around the MFC trope. I usually have a hard time getting over the deceit and the lies that are the main ingredients of this kind of stories. And I usually need to feel the characters feelings grow slowily and steadily in time. So, at first, I was afraid I could not fully like this story. But you know what? I actually liked it a lot! With the use of an absolutely intriguing writing style and very well written dialogues, the author got me hooked from page one! She stroke all the right cords and simply brought out my hopeless romantic personality. I mean, the love story between Colin and Christine is just sooooo sweeeeet! Their banter is on fire, and their romantic connection is just as strong. Christine is so fragile and yet so strong and independent. Colin is cocky and yet so protective. They both want the same thing: someone to challenge them, someone to see them for them... all of them. So, they are just so perfect for each other! I dare you to read this book and not fall in love with the idea of falling in love (and with Colin, honestly). Because of/ thanks to this book, it will surely take me some time before I go back to being completely cynical.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I’m disappointed. I thought this was going to be a cute, fun read. I don’t know why, but it just fell flat for me. I think it pales in comparison to other books of this genre that I’ve read. If you need a book to read because you simply have no other books, then this one is for you. Otherwise, I’d pass. I couldn’t bring myself to finish the whole book, I mostly skimmed the last of it and counted that as finishing it.

This book broke my heart and put it back together. Colin and Christine are just the sweetest couple! The love they have for each other is just so raw.

Definitely one of my fav books of 2023!

I loved the front over of this book, very cute cover.
Loved this read! It was fast paced but very enjoyable! I loved the characters Chemistry! It was written very well!
This is my first book from this author and will be reading more in the future.
Thankyou to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this ARC.
5/5 stars

I really enjoyed these two characters and their blossoming romance. My only downfall is that I wish there had been some more detail on who they were as individuals as well as who they are together. But this was a truly romantic read. Giving it four stars!

This was such a sweet romance and an enjoyable read! It’s a great debut novel and I’ll definitely be looking for the next books from this author. While the story takes place more or less over a week, the insta-love romance felt natural and believable. It was full of romance, secrets and a deep understanding of chronic diseases/disorders portrayed in a respectful way. This book really captured my heart since the first pages and the descriptions of Paris made me feel like I was right there with the main characters. It’s a fun, sweet, story that I recommend to anyone who is a big romance fan.

The story is told in dual pov and this books has several tropes such as love at first sight, forced proximity and soulmates.
I had a good time reading this book.

Finished ✔️ The Paris Soulmate by Brooke Gilbert

4 ⭐️’s
Kindle Unlimited: Yes

The twists and turns, the laugh out loud moments, the heart warming story, I could not put this down once I started reading.
I absolutely loved this book!
This is amazing in more ways then one!
A lovely gem of a book!
A romantic novel that gave a voice to those that struggle with illness and insecurity, while truly fulfilling the “when you know, you know” aspect of a romance.
What I loved most was the author’s overall writing, heartfelt message, & disability representation.
Yes, I’d recommend

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I really enjoyed reading this book. The character’s development throughout the story was stunning.

Christine and Colin’s story is a true story of very real love. From the auto-immune disorders and the thoughtfulness and love that these characters exhibited towards one another was hands down the best love story.

This book was filled with hopes, dreams, mental health discussions and awareness, autoimmune disorders representation and just a beautiful romance in Paris.

Thank you Brooke and Netgalley for my gifted copy in exchange for an honest review!!


Thank you for the chronic disability representation in this!! This was a really fun premise, and I really appreciated getting Colin’s POV sprinkled throughout. I think understanding Colin’s side of the story from the beginning really helped understand these characters and intentions. I also loved the authors note at the end, and the background for this story.

Read this if you love:
Chronic disabilities representation
City of Love
Instalove
Dual pov
Spotify playlist at the end

The first couple times I tried to read this book, I couldn’t get into it but that’s mainly because it was quite triggering as I also suffer from an autoimmune disease and I know some people love books that spread awareness about things they can relate to… however, I don’t. I read to escape the “real life” and that’s totally a reflection on me and not on the author or the book.

The story was overall very sweet and I’m glad I pushed through the uncomfortableness on my end.

It was a big cheesy and slow at times but what romance novels aren’t?

I have been trying to read romcoms the last while as my anxiety had been a bit more elevated than usual. This is the story of Christine and Colin. Lola is concerned about her bestie travelling to Paris on her own so she secretly hired Colin as a guardian escort to keep her bestie safe with her knowing.

The whirlwind romance practically starting at the beginning and didn’t feel very realistic but I was somewhat ok with it as I was looking for an easy read.

Unfortunately I was disappointed that there was no information from the onset that this was a Christian based romance book. There are many people who are not Christian who don’t feel comfortable reading books that are faith based. The choice should be given to the reader to make prior to reading it. For this reason alone I would urge there to be more transparency. The book feel dishonest and a like bait and switch for this reason. So I can’t recommend it.

I really enjoyed this book! I loved the character development, the writing flowed so well and it had me hooked the entire time!