The French Honeymoon by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau

 

Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark

On Sale Date: April 15 2025

Pages: 288

I reviewed a digital review copy from the publisher

Taylor Quinn is an American woman who at the start of the book, arrives at her hotel in Paris, alone at the honeymoon suite, without a suitcase. The only thing she has with her are the clothes she has on and stolen cash.

It appears for the reader that Taylor has arrived in Paris alone to spy on and stalk the newly wed couple Cassie and Olivier. What their relation to Taylor is stays unclear untill the middle of the story.

American Cassie and  French Olivier recently ''married' so Olivier could stay in the USA, they don't have a real relationship it seems, it is more a marriage to solve a legal problem. Taylor follows Cassie’s picture perfect Instagram posts, but when she hears an argument between the couple she realises things aren’t what they seem. All three of the characters have their own  agendas, and there are twists to be revealed, that will change all of their lives. And it seem like Taylor is not who she says she is and that her name is not really Taylor too..

The characters and the storyline of The French Honeymoon are anything but likeable. I expected a plot twisting thriller set in Paris, but there wasn't that much thrilling I found in this story. It was quite boring and the storyline fell flat on many points. What I also though was that the relationship between Taylor, Cassie and Olvier was quite weird, especially when we find out who Taylor really is, that really was not a good plot twist and also nothing that kept it interesting.

This was just a book I expexted more from, but it just didn't live up my expectations.