You Had Me At Bonjour

by Jennifer Bohnet

New year, Nouveau Jessica!

If you’d asked Jessica a year ago, she would have told you that her life was pretty near perfect. But one year – and one very messy divorce – later, she’s not so sure. Which is how she found herself boarding a plane to the south of France, determined to put her past behind her… preferably via some deliciously chilled rosé.

Meeting a new man was never part of the plan. Yet when she meets Nino, her new neighbour’s impossibly sexy nephew, steering clear of romance seems easier said than done. Suddenly, Jessica finds herself right back where she started: with her heart on the line. But now she’s made a new start, perhaps it’s time for Jessica to throw caution to the wind, take a few risks… and learn to regrette rien!

Readers LOVE You Had Me At Bonjour!

‘This is a fun, easy to read book… I fell in love with her new life in Provence and loved the subtle little snippets of life in France… I was sad to leave!’ Reader review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

‘Enjoyable read… Makes you wish you could run away to Cannes! Hard to put down once you start reading.’ Reader review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

‘This is just one of those feel-good novels… It was fun going on Jessica's belated gap year with her!’ Reader review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

‘There can't be many women who haven't wanted to get away from it all at times, and Jennifer Bohnet's heroine had the courage to do it. I loved the diary format, and Jennifer Bohnet's overall writing style… [An] excellently crafted story that helps us get away from it all in our heads if not in reality. I look forward to her next book very much indeed.’ Reader review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

• ISBN13: 9781472096500
• Publish Date: 25 August 2014
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Carina
• Format: eBook (EPUB)
• Pages: 160
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[Leah]

When Jennifer Bohnet emailed me a few days ago to offer me the opportunity to review her new book You Had Me At Bonjour, I had to tell that I was a little bit ahead of her, because I had already downloaded the book! As soon as I spotted it on Netgalley - I'd been waiting for it to pop up, in fact - I downloaded it, and I couldn't wait to get stuck in after thoroughly enjoying Jennifer's last novel I'm Virtually Yours. The best thing about Jennifer's novels is that they're quite short, and very, very sweet because sometimes you really don't want a 5 hour novel, you want something that can be completed in the time it takes to watch a film, or less. Before anyone starts panicking, though, You Had Me At Bonjour isn't a novella, it's just not a super long novel. It's whatever is between "novel" and "novella" in the dictionary ;)

I was very much looking forward to diving in to You Had Me At Bonjour, and I liked that it eschewed the typical Chick Lit fashion of being about a twenty-something, instead Jessie is a forty-something divorcee who after being left by her husband, decided to take a very late, but much needed gap year in France. I very much admired the fact that she was willing to take a year out of her regular life, and go live in France, along, by herself, in what was her first time living alone, ever. It's a very brave thing to do - something a colleague at work has done, and probably not something I could do myself (not in a foreign country, anyway - it's a different matter if you can speak the language, I suppose).

Jessica's year in France is chronicled in her diary, where she can be as grumpy and honest as she liked - and she was, at times perhaps a bit too much (calling her best friend a cow and a bitch, at the same time, which made me cringe). I also cringed at her text speak, that ommitted all vowels (in this day and age of autocorrect, there's no excuse for text speak!). But for the most part I loved the novel. Jessica has a lovely year in France, and it was lovely to be there on her journey with her as she made new friends, and had new experiences (including a trip to the Monaco GP that had me in jealous fits, even though it was fictional). I really enjoyed getting to know Jessie's neighbours, and it was fascinating to see how her time in France would change her and whether that would be for the better or not. A great read, and I can't wait for Jennifer Bohnet's next offering!This review was originally posted on Girls Love To Read