Summer is a good time to read a good novel. On the beach, under an umbrella in the garden or under a tree in a park, nothing like recharging your batteries than landing in a quiet place with a book that leads us to a thousand and one adventures. Tempted? All you have to do is discover our favorite summer books and choose your favorite. Good reading !
Anti-honeymoon by Christina Lauren
Olive Torres considers himself a black cat. She goes on with ruptures, layoffs and mishaps of all kinds, unlike her twin sister Ami who seems to be successful. Perfect job, perfect fiancé … even for his wedding, Ami was lucky by winning a competition that finances the entire wedding and the honeymoon. An event that Olive particularly apprehends. And she is far from imagining how this event will be synonymous with disaster: hideous dress that cracks during the ceremony, reunion with Ethan, the brother of his sister's fiancé and incidentally his worst enemy, and, the highlight of the party, food poisoning of guests and the bride and groom. Only Olive and Ethan escape unscathed and are offered by the newlyweds to take their place for the honeymoon in Maui. Ethan and Olive decide on a temporary truce during these 10 days when they will have to play the couple in love and will discover themselves as they did not imagine.
The perfect novel to decompress this summer: fun characters, an exotic decor, a colorful love story (and adventures!). We let ourselves be taken in by the atypical charm of Olive, a bit blundering and which indeed seems to attract all catastrophes. We also like to discover the very strong link between the two twins, their complicity even in hard times. In short, an ideal reading to slip into your beach bag.
Anti-honeymoon by Christina Lauren
Editions Hugo & Cie
356 pages, € 17
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Dependent contrast by Sophie Kinsella
After her mother's discomfort, the discreet Fixie finds herself having to manage the family store with her brother Jake and her sister Nicole. Problem: the latter have desires of grandeur and want to completely transform the store to make it either a luxury grocery store or a super trendy yoga center. Added to this is the return of Fixie's former youthful love, the handsome Ryan, and his impromptu meeting with an attractive stranger. In short, Fixie's life is upside down. It remains to be seen how to deal with these accumulating problems …
We fall for the sparkling and gaffy Fixie, whose biggest fault is to take everything to heart … which earned her many worries over the pages. Between family quarrels, stories of heart and jealousy, the young woman has a lot to do. Fortunately, his determination and his good heart will be of great help to him to face the trials. A nice comedy, ideal as a summer reading.
Dependent contrast by Sophie Kinsella
Belfond editions
456 pages, 20 €
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He was twice by Franck Thilliez
2008. In the small town of Sagas disappears without a trace Julie, 17 years old. A drama that shatters his father, Gabriel, lieutenant of the gendarmerie, who embarks on a frantic quest to find out what happened to his only daughter. A quest that leads him to the Hôtel de la Falaise, where he stays overnight … before waking up the next day in 2020 and having forgotten the last 12 years. Then begins for this ex cop an investigation to find his life and his memory but also the truth on the disappearance of his daughter.
A new novel by Franck Thilliez that keeps us going and offers us many twists and turns, including the key to the mystery of Unfinished manuscript, his novel published in 2018. We quickly get attached to his hero, this father in search of revenge and answers who will discover monstrous traffic. If you like dark and twisted thrillers, you will love it!
He was twice by Franck Thilliez
Editions Fleuve
528 pages, € 22.90
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Sisters by Adèle Bréau
Each summer Mathilde, Violette and Louise meet at La Garrigue, a building that their parents once bought in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. But this year, the holidays have a special taste, the brothers meet in their childhood home for the first time since the drama of the previous year. And the living room promises to be explosive. Between small tensions, unspoken, unexpected revelations, everything is there to make this reunion forever change their lives.
After his trilogy initiated by The big court, and The smell of glue in a pot published last year, Adèle continues to explore her personalities and family stories with finesse. Mathilde, Violette and Louise upset us, they are each a part of us with their contradictions, their hopes, and their doubts. If you like family sagas and you want to get away from Provence, then you will love Sisters.
Sisters by Adèle Bréau
JC Lattès editions
350 pages, € 19.90
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Life is a novel by Guillaume Musso
Flora Conway, popular but discreet novelist, lives a real drama: one day in April, her 3 years old daughter, Carrie, disappeared while they were playing hide and seek in their New York apartment. An inexplicable disappearance, the windows and the door being closed and the building's camera having filmed nothing unusual. On the other side of the Atlantic, in Paris, the writer Romain Ozorski, is a broken man. And whoever holds the key to the mystery surrounding the disappearance of little Carrie …
In his new book, Guillaume Musso takes us on a complex relationship, that of the writers and their characters. We start with an account of the disappearance of a child and the pain of a mother, on the brink of rupture, until an unexpected twist that changes the game and reveals another story, a story where the boundaries between fiction and reality seem scrambled. An intriguing novel that lets you read.
Life is a novel by Guillaume Musso
Calmann Lévy editions
304 pages, € 21.90
Available on amazon.fr
These little things that inspire us … by Claire Norton
After discovering her husband's infidelity, Aude takes refuge in the Buttes-Chaumont park. In the same park, Alexandre, accompanied by his dog Hannibal, finds himself faced with a difficult choice that will change his life while Nicolas is worried about his brother who has canceled their meeting. All three immersed in their torments head for a bridge in the park when they find themselves facing a young teenager who threatens to throw herself into the void. At the same time, they try to bring her down and end up accepting a funny pact to calm her down: staying by her side to help her find her mother. Here they are linked by a promise that will turn their lives up to a point that they never imagined.
With his characters flayed by life (Aude the deceived woman, Alex the homosexual who has a hard time assuming responsibility, Nicolas the hypochondriac, Jérôme the overwhelmed father and his daughter Charlene, in search of his origins), the author takes us on a beautiful story of love and friendship. In the course of the pages, we follow each person's upset lives and we discover that some are even more linked than the protagonists imagine. A fluid choral novel that can be read in one go.
These little things that inspire us … by Claire Norton
Robert Laffont editions
456 pages, 20 €
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Kill me if you want from Adam Croft
Nick Connor seems to have a perfect life: author of a successful novel, he has a fulfilling family life alongside his wife Tasha and their little daughter, Ellie, 5 years old. But when the girl is kidnapped on the way to school, the couple flies apart. Besides the kidnapper of Ellie offers a horrible ultimatum to Nick: if he wants to see his child alive, he must kill his wife. Who is this kidnapper and what are his motivations for offering such blackmail? What if appearances are not what they appear? The countdown is on for Nick, who may have to solve the worst …
How far would you go to save your child? This is the question faced by Nick, the father of the family, who seems to hide many things … to the point of being a credible suspect in the eyes of the police. By alternating the points of view of Nick and his wife, Adam Croft invites us to follow the progress of the two main protagonists, their doubts, their questions, while behind the scenes a terrible revenge takes place relentlessly. A domestic thriller that lets you read.
Kill me if you want from Adam Croft
Charleston editions
315 pages, € 8.50
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Like a beat of her from Sylvia Day
Teagan Ransom, a woman painfully injured by life, has finally found her place. Surrounded by her friends and owner of a house that she renovated herself, this ex cosmetic surgeon was able to recover from her depression and give a new meaning to her life. But his brutal meeting with Garrett, his new neighbor, will upset his daily life with a still precarious balance. Who is this man who seems to hide heavy secrets? Why does he persist in wanting to know everything about Teagan, even when she tries to push him away? Will she succumb to their attraction or will she choose to preserve her already badly battered heart?
A surprising novel that does not really reveal itself until the end. It is indeed the last revelation of the author that allows us to really understand all these strange little details that we note throughout the story of Teagan and Garrett, two characters injured by life, who struggle between their consuming passion and their desire for reconstruction.
Like a beat of her from Sylvia Day
Editions I’ve read
248 pages, € 13.90
Available on amazon.fr