It Started With Paris by Cathy Kelly

     I really expected to be swept away by this book.  First off, it starts in Paris with a proposal made atop the Eiffel Tower!  Instead of the story being about the up-coming nuptials, it lolled on broken hearted, guilt-ridden, bitter men and women who are somehow related to the bride & groom-to-be.  

     It Started With Paris, written by Cathy Kelley, was pleasant... if I'd wanted to read about every day, boring lives!  It was dull and I found myself forgetting who people were, due to so many introduced!  I wasn't sure who I was supposed to care about for a while.  One time, I started an entire chapter over, just to make sure it was about who and what I thought it was about. 

     I love romance and especially in a book that takes place in Europe, but this one was not my cup of tea.  Other than the prologue, there wasn't much romance.  It was nicely written and I loved imagining the shoppes and homes of Brookside and the areas named in the book, but as for the story, it just wasn't good.  And though there is a lot of sadness, anger, frustration, cheating and divorcing going on, there was resolution, solutions and even a few happy couples in the end.  It may have started with Paris, but it ended with my disappointment.  

Oh- one other thing:  "I like this book cover, to the moon and back!"
     Off to the next book!