Rosemary is an excellent female protagonist fraught with issues that many teens face, but also has an issue that makes her also unlike the average teen. She's gotten a plum gig as an exchange student in southern France, but doesn't actually have the talent to support it and stumbles through the program by faking it. The story is riveting because you keep expecting something to finally reveal her big secret, but she's able to dodge several bullets before it's time to pay the piper. Read The French Impressionist in all it's quirky, fun, goodness to see if Rosemary will do the right thing.

I requested this because of the character with disabilities. I myself have disabilities and I don't think there are enough characters with them in books. I have Cerebral Palsy, Hydrocephalus, visual impairments and dysarthria, which is a speech disorder caused by the brain damage I have.

Rebecca Bischoff does a really great job of making the novel The French Impressionist atmospheric.

Rosemary is a character to root for.

Although I'm not very into art, I really champion it as a way for people with disabilities to express themselves.

I highly recommend this book.

Thanks to Rebecca Bischoff and publisher for my eARC in exchange for an honest review.

4.5 stars

This was such a cute and quick read! I loved everything about this story from the characters to the storyline!

I was hooked from the start. The voice and tone of this novel make it easy to connect with the main character. I love the setting, perfect for escapism. Plus, even though Rosemary's problems are unique to her, the conflict with her family is so relatable. I get it. She wants to be heard. To be seen for who she is and be allowed to become her own person. More voices like Rosemary's need to be amplified.

I wanted to like this book. But not.
I don't saying is a bad book, just It wasn't my thing. I didn't catch up with the story, the characters were sort of flat to me.
Maybe in another time I buy it and read it from another perspective, but for this time, no.

The cover immediately enticed me! The book I found very interesting and it really opened my eyes to what exactly it’s like to have a communication disorder. The setting of Nice, France was beautiful and it was described in beautiful detail, however the writing, I felt ,could’ve used more detail and extraordinary metaphorical language. I also found the writing a bit repetitive as well. All in all, I liked this book, but I did feel that there were things the author could improve on.

I loved this book! The full review will be posted soon at kaitgoodwin.com/books! Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity to connect books to their readers!

I appreciated the underrepresented character with a communication disorder being portrayed here, but the writing style and main character didn't quite jive with me.

I expected a different sort of book, which made this one difficult to read and I did not finish it.

Beautiful, ,funny and quirky. I loved it and would recommend it to everyone. The plot was lovely, the prose beautiful and fantastic and the characters strong, engaging and well developed. The book hooked me up from the beginning till the last page. A really beautiful and poignant story.

I stopped reading about 43% into the book.

I decided to stop reading because I didn't want to resent the book anymore than I already did. I had higher hopes than I originally thought when I started and these were immediately dashed. I wanted to like the protag but she's just reads as really *immature? I know she's only 15 but I feel like if she's going to be in another country on her own, she should be a little more mature.

The idea seemed original but the actual story is one I feel I've heard a million times and it wasn't one of the good ones for me.

I give a solid 2/5 stars for the idea, the location, and the book cover

A very weird book. Definitely a page turner but I'm still not sure if I actually liked it.

The idea that a 15-year-old could just pick a new set of parents in another country and no one would think anything of that was beyond bizarre. This book couldn't decide if it wanted to be a romance, suspense, or psychological drama, and wound up being mediocre at best at all three. I was really interested in the speech disorder part of Rosemary's story, but I felt it was not fully explored or explained.

Five stars. I loved the mysteries - what is wrong with Rosie? What is going on with the secret apartment and the creepy neighbours next door? The setting was gorgeous, as were her host parents. Rosie was an intriguing character, and the story was so different to anything else I've ever come across. Loved it.