The French Girl
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3.7
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Lexie Elliott
I Know What You Did Last Summer meets the French countryside in this exhilarating psychological suspense novel about a woman trapped by the bonds of friendship—perfect for fans of The Widow and The Woman in Cabin 10. One of RealSimple's and Cosmopolitan's Best Books of the MonthEveryone has a secret... They were six university students from Oxford—friends and sometimes more than friends—spending an idyllic week together in a French farmhouse. It was supposed to be the perfect summer getaway...until they met Severine, the girl next door. But after a huge altercation on the last night of the holiday, Kate Channing knew nothing would ever be the same. There are some things you can't forgive. And there are some people you can't forget...like Severine, who was never seen again. A decade later, the case is reopened when Severine's body is found behind the farmhouse. Questioned along with her friends, Kate stands to lose everything she's worked so hard to achieve as suspicion mounts all around her. Desperate to resolve her unreliable memories and fearful she will be forever bound to the memory of the woman who still haunts her, Kate finds herself entangled within layers of deception with no one to set her free....
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Author
Lexie Elliott
Pages
320
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2019-03-05
ISBN
0399586970 9780399586972
Ratings
Google: 4
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"3.5⭐<br/><br/>The French Girl is a intriguing & addicting psychological drama. I was hooked within the first 20 pages, and this is something I would probably enjoy watching as a TV show.<br/><br/>I think this book would have worked better for me if it had flashbacks. Maybe it's just because that's what I was expecting, but I was a bit let down by the fact that it focused on the present time. It started getting a bit repetitive in the middle, and I would have enjoyed reading about their week in France instead of just hearing a secondhand account. <br/><br/>I did enjoy the way that the story was set up, and I liked trying to figure out which of the friends (if any) was the murderer. Nobody could be trusted, and that was very fun. <br/><br/>The ending wrapped everything up a bit too neatly in my opinion. I know, I know, I'm never happy - there are always either too many answers, or not enough. I guess I just wanted a bit more mystery in the second half of the book. I'm also not a huge fan of romance in my crime and horror novels, and so much of the second half of the book is focused on a love story.<br/><br/>I started getting frustrated by a recurring aspect of the story around the halfway mark, and that may have spoiled the rest of the story for me. Maybe I just wanted it to be darker. <br/><br/>As a whole, I did enjoy this book. I was immediately drawn into the story, and it was a fun read. I would like to read more by Lexie Elliott. Thank you so much to Berkley Publishing for sending me this book. The French Girl will be out on 2/20. <br/><br/>I recommend this book for fans of The Last Mrs. Parrish, The Wife Between Us, The Perfect Mother, etc."
Emily
"This book kept my attention throughout and was a fast, escapist read. For me there was no exciting plot twist at the end- which would have been nice- but it still ended nicely. I really felt like I knew all the characters- but felt a connection to Kate and was rooting for her all along. The love affair between the French detective and Lara was not believable- but it's fiction, right?!
Overall, it was a great, enjoyable, quick read."
S H
Shanna Horn
"I tried really hard to get into this novel. I am used to a certain style or storytelling so I would take my review with grain of salt as I read to 100 pages and decided it was not for me. "
J Weil
"Really good. Especially for a freshman author."
Jennifer O'Neill
