Review: Paris Hangover

At a quaint restaurant in Venice, CA six gals met over cheese and wine to live vicariously through Klein, the heroine in Paris Hangover. It is a memoir of a woman who, on a whim, packs up her stuffy New York life and moves to Paris- a "follow your dream" tale, if you will.

Through humor and self-deprecation, Kirsten Lobe makes this dream so real and tangible, emphasizing that the endeavor is never an easy feat, but the journey itself is worth every tear. Her courage, strength, excessive champagne consumption, her idyllic descriptions of Paris that are like a painting with words, her sometimes painful mishaps and clumsiness, the sex!!.. and the tales of the disappointing venture to find a man with a heart, all create such a thrilling read.

We adore the sexy story, witty writing, and its exciting pace. We only scoffed at the lack of French to English translations that often occurred during crucial moments and also the presence of publication errors that sometimes added as a bit of distraction (double words, misspellings, etc).

Ladies ladies, Paris Hangover is a MUST READ!! This is the second time I read it and it felt like the first. Although, half of "the first" occurred when my friend read it aloud to me and a few girls on a car ride to Vegas several years back...she had to stop when reaching the part when Klein is at the opera and then later in a grove with a man and a bottle of wine...Two chapters I advice you read alone ;)

Bisous,

Danielle