Thank you so much NetGalley for letting me read French Holiday by Sarah Ready! I will be adding more Sarah Ready books to my TBR! I loved her writing style. It was fun, hilarious and lovable! I loved all the characters in the story. I could picture myself in all of them. I loved that I could paint an amazing picture and actually felt like I was on a holiday with Marry. The connection between Noah and Marry ... oh my goodness I could feel it in my bones! Its a fabulous holiday read! Thank you again :)

What a FUN book! This is the quintessential romantic comedy that played out like a movie while reading.

What I loved about this book:
- Really great banter between the two main characters
-The setting! An old chateau in the french countyside. Mentions of wine, cheese and bread!
-Many humorous moments throughout the story that made me laugh out loud. (The lobster)
-Plenty of sweet romantic moments that build throughout the story
- I enjoyed the side characters and thought they added to the overall story
-Overall theme of unrequired love

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, One Bed, Unrequired Love

There is nothing I did not enjoy about this book. I immediately started looking into her other books and plan to read them asap. If you are a lover of Rom-Com’s this one is not to be missed.

Firstly, I read most of this novel in one sitting alone. Now, I understand when readers say they flew through a book because that’s what happened to me. I’m a slow reader so that says a lot. I can’t put this book down because I want to know what happens next, where the story will go, or how the characters will react in the next chapter.

Moreover, Annecy, France is now part of my travel destinations (if I ever get to them in the future, hopefully). As I was reading, it felt like I was there with them feeling the breeze of the wind through my hair and walking the uneven cobblestone paths. Also, every time they introduce food in the chapters, it makes my mouth water. I have a list of food I want to try if I’m going to have a chance to visit France.

But, Merry and Noah melted my heart. I truly enjoyed how they started as kind-of-enemies, then became friends. Plus, their banter and antics had me laughing. It was peak romcom! Also, the novel is shrouded with mystery, too. When I got to the plot twist it was really satisfying. I’ll surely look forward to more of Sarah Ready’s novel because this one left an impression.

Furthermore, this novel is about different kinds of love. It’s about finding one’s self and what you truly treasure in life. It makes you ask yourself if what you have right now is what you have always wanted or maybe there’s so much more in life. And, believe me, there’s so much more. Maybe, we’re still afraid to take that leap and start living. But, at some point, I’m hoping we can be Merry who took the leap and started living the life she wanted, a happy one.

This novel made me feel like I was traveling without leaving the comfort of my home. I was in France in no time. Also, I want to thank NetGalley and Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC for the eARC of the French Holiday in exchange for an honest review.

So I listened to the audio and had to get the ebook just so I could annotate it. French Holiday is a sweet & swoony read and it has the perfect enemies to lovers relationship. I quite enjoyed all the banter and the storyline kept me hooked throughout. The cute relation between the MCs had me rooting for them right from the start.

Overall it’s a sweet romance with fun, likeable characters and any lol moments. I certainly recommend this book to all romance lovers.

Loved this one!! I read the Josh and Gemma books and adored them so I had high expectations for this one. Same wacky scenarios, hilarious writing and feel good moments. Highly recommend!!

I really loved this! I loved the French setting, the characters, everything. Merry and Noah were terrific, both separately and together, and I liked Camille and Perry and the evolution of their relationship as well. The French setting was truly another character in the novel and I wanted to go have a glass of wine and some cheese at my own French chateau. The author did an amazing job of bringing the setting to life. This is a perfect beach read!

This is my first first time reading this author work and it won’t be the last. I loved this novel and it was an absolute pleasure to read from start to finish. The story is heartwarming and romantic and although we know how all romance novels generally end it’s the wonderful in between parts to get to the finish. The location is stunning, with beautiful French countryside, vineyards, picnics, delicious food and all set against a charming run down French mansion, with only one bed! The writing is very good and some of the scenes are hilarious and I liked the mystery sub plot which added extra depth to the story. The main characters, Merry and Noah, are good together and have great chemistry. It was lovely following their enemies to lovers relationship, their interactions and the pair gradually getting to know and fall for each other.

Thank you to the publisher for the eARC via Netgalley

After four years of friendship, Merry will finally be telling Leo, her best friend, that she is in love with him. Or she would if her sister Angela didn’t call her to ask for help. Leo goes along and meets Angela. The next day Merry is given the news that Leo and Angela will get married. Fast? Definitely.

After suffering through the wedding, having to fire more than fifty colleagues, resigning from work, and learning that she will be an aunt, Merry decides to fly away to France, to her godmother’s castle.

All seemed dreamy until she arrived. The castle is old and needs a lot of work, Noah - Leo’s best friend and someone Merry doesn’t get along with - is also staying there, and there is only one bed in the castle!

This book is funny and mysterious - I loved it! We have all the romance and steam we would like and more depth with a mystery about Noah’s work. I can’t tell you how many times I laughed with these two!

The writing is fluid and easy to read, the characters are interesting and likable, and the plot is captivating.

4.5*

Merry watched her sister marry the man she loves. She then decides she is going to travel to France for 3 months. 1 small Chateau and 1 travel filmmaker and some sparks. Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read this book in exchange for my honest feedback!

Sarah Ready is rapidly becoming a favorite author for me. I love how she writes characters in a romantic comedy, yet also manages to bring so much depth to their stories. This book is another example of her fantastic writing style and ability to weave real life complications into romance and make it enjoyable, fun, and memorable. I was feeling a lot of unexpected emotions in this story and loved every moment. The audiobook is so well done and I can't wait to listen to it again.

Frenemies? check

Family secrets? check

French countryside? check

I adored everything about this and truly wish there was more!

If you're a fan of 27 Dresses and Under the Tuscan Sun, you're gonna love this!

Sarah took the best of both and gave us romance, intrigue, self-discovery, and forgiveness while making us laugh and fall in love with all the characters.

I previously loved the Josh & Gemma series so I as excited for this one and I absolute adored it! It had a little bit of everything - romance, humor, intrigue and I loved the French setting! I loved how both main characters were given equal attention to their respective family issues. I would’ve given anything to have Noah’s POV! If you enjoy enemies to lovers, and forced proximity, I recommend this one!

Very fun enemies to lovers, one bed, unrequited love story set in France. I felt like I was at the chateau with them. Although it’s a light hearted romance, it also had its deep moments and family dynamics were real and not fantasized. I was also laughing out loud a few times. Fun read!

First, I want to thank netgalley for this arc. I am not really an audio book lover, but I just adore this one.
It is just such a sweet book. I love apsolutly everything about this book.

Noah and Mary are sooo sweet. This is such an easy 5 stars read.

This book just put a smile on my face.

I didn’t expect to enjoy this book as much as I did, it was to me a great sort of palate cleansing romance novel, the sort you read by the beach or pool, something happy to cheer you up after a particularly sad book. I’d definitely recommend it to fans of the genre, or anyone looking for a lighthearted read that they can get through quickly.

I loved Sarah's Josh & Gemma Make a Baby. Her sequel, not quite as much. However, I already knew FRENCH HOLIDAY was going to be good. Real good.

Merry's best friend, her unrequited love, marries her sister. Oh, look, there's already a story there. Needing a reprieve from her life and heart, Merry decides to stay at a castle owned by her friend. It just so happens, the horrid best man from the wedding is ALSO staying at the castle.

FRENCH HOLIDAY has a lot of Romance, a lot of sizzle, but at the heart it's really a Women's Fiction story. We dive deep into Merry and Noah's backstories. There's not anything wrong with that necessarily, but the first quarter of the story was a slapstick Rom-Com. Then it fell into the depths of serious topics,

I enjoyed watching Merry and Noah grow to love each other. There was a bit of a love triangle and a mystery. The setting of the castle and the story behind it were interesting.

Thank you NetGalley and Swift and Louis Publishing for an e-copy of FRENCH HOLIDAY to review.

I rate FRENCH HOLIDAY four out of five stars.

It’s been a very long time since I opened a book with plot and characters so compelling that I’ve read through the night until dawn. What’s a night sleeping when a story unfolds that leaves you gleefully turning pages to see what will happen next? Merry is a klutzy normal girl with plenty of problems. She’s allergic to lipstick and carmine dyes. And wherever she turns it seems like eyes glide past her to others. She needs a reboot so she quits her job and heads to a castle in France in very pathetic shape only to find already there, her nemesis, a man who disapproves of her at almost every turn. Morose and consumed with research he’s unwilling to discuss, he hardly seems like the man of her dreams. The book vibrates with good humor, crisp dialog, and misunderstandings galore. It’s a book to both savor and share with friends. And a wonderfully tongue in cheek gothic tale to boot.

This was a fun read! I liked it's pacing, use of forced (but agreed upon?) proximity, the setting in the French countryside and the sort of zany personality of the fmc. It kept me entertained throughout and sometimes that's all you can ask for.

I placed it at three stars because the main premise of the book, her sister marries the guy she has been in love with for years, is personally not for me. It wasn't the worst iteration of the trope so I was able to get past it without it being too bothersome. The sister was sort of a horrible person, and as a sister myself, I could never. Also, this book had a lot going on, plot wise, so at times it felt like it was too much, but surprisingly, the author tied it all together in a way that did not disappoint.

This was a gifted copy from NetGalley and I enjoyed both the e-book and audiobook. The narrator, Kelsey Navarro, did a superb job and made an enjoyable book even more so!

Sarah Ready is a new to me author. This book was so enjoyable that I will definitely be reading more of her books. Merry’s sister Angela is marrying the guy that Merry has pined over for four years. After Angela and Leo announced shortly after the honeymoon that they were expecting a baby, Merry calls a family friend for advice and is quickly on her way to stay in the French chateau that they own. Unfortunately she arrives there to find that Noah, the best man at the wedding, is also there and they do not get along. I love how humor and romance were written into the story and did not want to put the book down.

I received a free copy of this book to review through NetGalley.

As someone who’s spent a lot of time in Annecy, I loved that this book was set there (though there are some factual inaccuracies). The premise and setting add a little mystery to what otherwise would have been a straight forward rom com-recommend this one!