Title: Honeymoon in Paris

Author: Jojo Moyes

Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance

Publisher: Penguin Books

Format: Paperback

Pages: 60

Rating: 5/5 stars

Synopsis (Goodreads):

For fans of Jojo Moyes’ Me Before You, who can’t wait for her new novel The Girl You Left Behind – out in September – here is an irresistible ebook-only prequel novella, Honeymoon in Paris.

At the heart of Jojo Moyes’ heartbreaking new novel, The Girl You Left Behind, are two haunting love stories – that of Sophie and Edouard Lefevre in France during the First World War, and, nearly a century later, Liv Halston and her husband David.

Honeymoon in Paris takes place several years before the events to come in The Girl You Left Behind when both couples have just married. Sophie, a provincial girl, is swept up in the glamour of Belle poque Paris but discovers that loving a feted artist like Edouard brings undreamt of complications. Following in Sophie’s footsteps a hundred years later, Liv, after a whirlwind romance, finds her Parisian honeymoon is not quite the romantic getaway she had been hoping for…

This enthralling self-contained story will have you falling in love with Liv and Sophie, and with Paris then and now, and it is the perfect appetizer for the The Girl You Left Behind, a spellbinding story of love, devotion and passion in the hardest of times.

Review:

So this novella was at the end of the book, The Girl you Left Behind, and it is about the two main women at the start of their marriages. But almost a century apart!

Sophie has married Edourd, and she needs to adjust from being a shopgirl to being his wife. She also has to wrap her head around his friendships with other women, and learns that she has no need to be jealous of who came before her.

Liv is in Paris with David and they are learning what is important to each other in their marriage. When David takes a business meeting during their honeymoon, Liv needs to decide if she is ok being second to her husband’s work.

Both stories have important messages about relationships, but what I got out of it is you have to be willing to be a partner in your relationship. Understand that work is important, but understand too that the person you have chosen to spend the rest of your life with is also important. This cute novella shows a glimpse at the ‘before’ part of the Girl you Left Behind, and I definitely recommend it!

Happy reading!