Ksenia Dziurych Dziurych itibaren Radomierzyce, Polonya
Meh, not so much.
the movie was a piece of crap. try to ignore that fact and read the book!
4.5 stars review posted initially on my blog: The Paris Secret was a fantastic book that I devoured in just a few hours. The writing style was very beautiful and compelling, so I was sucked into the story from the very first pages and I loved it more and more with every turn of the page. This is definitely an unputdownable book! After being dumped by her boyfriend, Maya flies to Paris to get over the painful break up (yes, you read that right: our main character goes in the City of Love all alone, to recover from a broken heart! How’s that for irony?) And she does that all right – but not before getting into a lot of trouble and even facing death a few times. Because as if her situation wasn’t bad enough, in just a few hours after arriving in Paris, she gets involved in a mysterious murder - for which she becomes a suspect - and gets dragged into a story full of conspiracies, history, codes and symbols and secret societies. Everything happens because of a missing crucifix. Dangerous people are after Maya because apparently that crucifix is very important and they think she has it and the only way to get them out of her back is to actually find it. In searching for it, Maya meets Simon Girard, a hot Frenchman with green eyes and a good heart. He helps her find out more about this Moret Crucifix and the Moret Society, and travel all around Paris looking for clues and people who might know more about it. We get to meet new characters who share their amazing stories related to the mysterious society. This is one of the things I loved most about this book: the Da Vinci Code feeling, the mystery, the history of the crucifix and of all those people… The history lover in me was fascinated by all these elements and always wanted to know more! The Paris setting was wonderful! All the places Maya and Simon visited were so nicely described and vivid, that I felt like I was walking around the museums or streets along with the characters. It’s all so beautiful! As for the love story, I liked it, but I felt like things happened a bit too quickly, like there was yet more to discover about it. I would have liked to get to know more about Simon and to see more about the development of his relationship with Maya. Then again, with all the things going on in this book, with all the action and the investigations, a very complicated and twisted love story would have been too much. But I really liked Maya as a character; it was easy to relate to her and to care about her. While reading this book, I felt like I was walking through a magical maze, and each turn, each new 'wall' was revealing another thrilling story and though I had no idea where was the end of it, I was in no hurry to reach it, because I just wanted to see more, to learn more, to discover a new special place, a new story, a new character... The plot was so well thought out and full of history, mystery, suspense, twists and turns… Simply amazing! I can only imagine the amount of research that went into writing this book! All the details are so well crafted and all the tiny pieces so perfectly put together! It was like all the puzzle parts were revealed bit by bit, at the right time, right place. All in all, The Paris Secret is an engaging story, beautifully written, that draws the reader in a suspenseful, exciting and very interesting journey through Paris; the romance combined with intrigues, mystery and history elements in a The Da Vinci Code style promises to keep the reader captivated until the very last page. I would love to see this book made into a movie!
A good book. A little more advanced than a basic finances books, but helpful none the less. Esp. for someone who is partnered and trying to make sure things are covered and taken care of.
First in the new series by Mr. Reasoner. Glad to see books with his name on them. he's written so many under house names that it's a delight that he gets, once again, to use his real name. The town of Redemption didn't like Texans. The sign barring them from town said so. It didn't stop the cowhands from bringing the injured young puncher, Bill Harvey, hurt from turning a stampede caused by rustlers, into town. the only on willing to help was the beautiful Eden Monroe, daughter of the owner of the general store. The law in town didn't want him there and the townspeople seemed to have a distrust simply because he was a Texan. As he recuperated, Bill begins to realize something is not right in the small town. Though things seem prosperous, everyone claims not be making any money. And the marshal and his deputy seem anxious for him to move on. There have been a series of murders in town, all merchants shot in the back, that haven't been solved. The marshal has a silver tongue, but his deputy seems particularly vicious. Bill Harvey is determined to find out what's going on, even if Eden is the only one who seems to care about him. And of course, she is pretty!