Amanda M. (tapcat16) reviewed on 12/24/2010 + 150 more book reviews

This love story memoir of an American foodie falling for a Frenchman and becoming an expat starts out strong with its visuals of real life day-to-day Paris and the cute love story. However, it starts to suffer partway through due to Elizabeth's tonal change to a pity party. She truly has an amazing life, and I cannot possibly sympathize with her. She starts to sound like a spoiled rotten brat and doesn't really improve. Additionally, for a vegetarian, the extensive descriptions of bloody meat-based dishes were painful to read. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to believe she's such an empathic, romantic person when her life seems to largely revolve around eating innocent animals. Overall, I'd recommend this memoir to meat eating foodies who won't mind a bit of a pity party partway through.

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