I fell in love with Jojo Moyes after reading Me Before You. In fact I think I shoved that book into the hands of anyone I came across who hadn't read it yet. So when I had the opportunity to read Honeymoon in Paris as well as its companion novel "The Girl You Left Behind" through Netgalley I sprung at the chance! When I downloaded the book and realized that it was only 75 pages I bumped the books that I was currently reading to slide this quick one into my list. I didn't regret it.
Jojo Moyes is uncomfortably spot on when it comes to describing relationships and emotions every time she takes on a character. This novella is set up in such a way that it reminds the reader that love, marriage, and conflict are universal even though the stories are separated by a century of time. I found myself physically nodding my head as I read through the challenges that each couple faced during their honeymoon period thinking; "Yes! I have thought the same way about my marriage!" It's a beautiful thing, the kind of connection that is created between reader and story when a writer can be so raw and honest in her writing.
So now, I am going to have to clear the bottle neck that I have built for myself so I can dive into "The Girl You Left Behind" as soon as possible.
Goodreads Rating: 5 stars
In Progress: (nook) Super Boys by Brad Ricca
(iBook): The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison
(audio): Shut Up, Quit Whining and Get a Life by Larry Winget
**told you it was a bottleneck**
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