Love Requires Chocolate - An ARC Review

Love Requires Chocolate

ARC Review by All Things Book Wise

Rating: ✨4 stars ✨

Review Updated: 11/09/2024

There's plenty of romance in this cute, light read against the backdrop of Paris (city of love, city of light, city of delicious patisserie!)

And just look at that cover...its gorgeous!!

Whitney Curry is spending her summer abroad in Paris, so she can improve her theater skills and create a project that would impress even her inspiration and idol, Josephine Baker. Only, France isn't as welcoming as she thought and she keeps getting lost. In comes a handsome and grumpy French tutor, better known as Thierry Magnon. And so the two explore the real Paris, all while working together to help Whitney film her project. We all know what happens next...

This book was so much fun! I've always wanted to go to Paris and I'm learning French right now, so I loved getting to explore the city through the main character's eyes (and that way not having to embarrass myself with my probably horrible French accent :)). Also, I adored the chocolate shop and all the chocolate!

The romance was a lot of fun as well - a cute grumpy x sunshine that I loved seeing develop between Whitney and Thierry!

But while I love a good romance, I also wanted a little more from the book. I would have liked to see more focus on her project, because I felt like once the romance was introduced, everything else just wasn't as important. I also would have liked a little bit more background on Josephine Baker. (I know I know, there's a wonderful invention called Google...)

I enjoyed the bits of information sprinkled throughout the book about Josephine Baker, but some more background about who she was would have been great for someone who didn't know too much about her before this book *cough cough* like me.

Final Thoughts: I definitely enjoyed reading this book! It was a light and quick read, and I can't wait for more from the author!

Thank you to NetGalley and Joy Revolution for the ARC of this book. All thoughts are my own.