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    <body><![CDATA[Bon Appetit is the second book in the French Twist series, and continues the adventures of Lexi. In this book she travels to a city right outside Paris and attends a cooking school there while working in the family bakery of her previous boss from Seattle, Luc. It was nice reading this again after h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38623430">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Bon Appetit officially releases September 16 so if this review whets your appetite you are in for a literary--and culinary treat. I do not know many novels which make your mouth literally water for the delectable French pastries the leading lady creates, but how could it be otherwise when full recip...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30946886">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was really Comical. It's about a girl who moves from america to france to become a professional pastry chef. She has a lot of big choices to make like stay in france or go back to america. This book also has a couple of good recipes as well.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was cute and moved quickly. I'm interested to read the next and final book to see where Lexi ends up in life!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book could have been so much better.  It seemed to be to much we went here, we did this, and not enough character development.  The story ended up being really boring with no real outcome to the character's struggles.  I know there is another book in the series and this one could have read like...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36419193">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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