London Belongs to Us

by Sarra Manning

[Joséphine]

Intial thoughts: This was fun. Should've laid out a map beside me and traced the night though. The setting in this books is nearly as important as the story and the characters themselves. This becomes clear right from the beginning as each chapter introduces the place in which the following actions unfold. for someone who lives in or has been to London, there's a lot of sentimental value that such a reader might attach to the book. I'm sure I would've felt that if London Belongs to Us had been set in a different city.

In any case, books that are set in a time span of less than 24 hours or even just over the course of one night tend to offer a lot of light entertainment for me. London Belongs to Us didn't disappoint on that front. Also, the inclusion of French phases here and there, courtesy of the French cousins feared in the book showed me that I can still understand the basics.

I'm feeling rather inspired to revise my French and possible pursue lessons at the B3 niveau. I'll just need to look to London Belongs to Us to keep me on track. Ironic, I know since one of them Jean-Luc, needed to speak more English and less French. But what can I say? Fictional characters sometimes leave quite an impact ;)