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The Art of French Kissing [Paperback]

Kristin Harmel (Author)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)


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Book Description

February 25, 2008
How do you say, 'So many men, so little time,' in French?

Well, Emma Sullivan can always figure that out later. The point is -- she's in Paris! Which would be great, except that she's stuck doing public relations for one of the hottest -- and craziest -- rock stars on the planet. Making things worse is Gabriel Francoeur, the sexy and stubborn reporter who refuses to believe her when she tells him that her client was just playing Go Fish in that hotel room with all those scantily-clad girls....


But Emma will always have Paris. The City of Light, of romance, of high fashion and of unfathomable varieties of cheese. If a girl can't reinvent herself here, there's no hope! It's time to leave the old Emma Sullivan behind and become someone courageous, exciting, successful. The type of girl who, when faced with a reporter who won't stop asking questions, knows just what to do. After all, they don't call it French kissing for nothing!

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Harmel's (The Blonde Theory) formulaic continental romance too often falls short of funny. When media professional Emma Sullivan is dumped by her fiancé the same week she's laid off from Boy Bandz records, she quickly accepts an offer from Poppy, an old friend from Europe, who hires her to handle press for the English-language launch of Guillaume Riche, a French TV star turned sexy singer. So Emma jets off to Paris, and Poppy is soon giving Emma lessons in dating French men. Meanwhile, Guillaume turns out to be an eccentric pill, causing havoc for Emma by pulling public stunts that run contrary to the saintly do-gooder image Poppy has been carefully crafting. Most of the media accept Emma's spin on Guillaume's eccentricities, but one very attractive reporter is annoyingly persistent about finding the real facts and, eventually, romancing Emma. While descriptive passages show Harmel's knowledge of Paris, the Guillaume conflict feels manufactured, and Emma's romantic disasters are too predictable to be truly comic. (Feb.)
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"Kristin Harmel is a charming, gifted and hilarious storyteller. Paris never sparkled so bright as it does in the pages of THE ART OF FRENCH KISSING." (Laura Caldwell, author of The Year of Living Famously )

Product Details

  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: 5 Spot (February 25, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0446581437
  • ISBN-13: 978-0446581431
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 1 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,193,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Chick lit without humor or depth, June 3, 2008
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I love chick lit. And I plow through a lot of it. There are some wonderful, hilarious, touching, and memorable "chick lit" novels on the market, but this just isn't one of them. It's fine, but not brilliant. The characters are relatively likeable, but not thoroughly memorable. Unfortunately, the story is mediocre, with the "surprise" at the end wholly unsurprising. Harmel's descriptions of Paris are well-done, however. I enjoyed all the inside scoop on restaurants, historical points of interest, and vivid settings in which to indulge if I ever visit. But a travel guide does not a novel make. Harmel is almost preachy at the end of the book and doesn't trust the intelligence of her readers to figure out what her main character learns about herself. I was almost insulted by the "About the Author" page at the end in which she has to explain the moral of the story to the reader. I wish I liked this more. There aren't enough fun and funny chick lit novels out there. Maybe Harmel can do better next time.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars It's really awful...really, November 13, 2010
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The story would appeal to anyone who enjoys watching TeenNick. Writing not worthy of a middle school student. Use of repeated phrases (he drove away "without looking back" and crying described as "tears pricking the backs of my eyes" used at least 3 times each) and cliches ("I thought I would die", "I sank to the ground", "she stopped dead in her tracks", "I swallowed hard", "waiting for the other shoe to drop") actually add life to the rest of the mundane writing. The word 'really' creeps into most conversations and descriptions: "I'm really sorry." "I really like working with you," "It was really warm," "it was not really my problem." Lastly, most descriptions are limited to clothes, locations, and name dropping. If you are not familar with Orlando or Paris, do not expect to get any sense of them from this book. Orlando is nothing more than Isleworth, home of Tiger Woods; Thornton Park,a place with a restaurant that is "nicer than Ruth Chris"; and Winter Park. Paris is little more than the Eiffel Tower and the Louve where you can eat crepes, chicken cordon bleu, and other French sounding food while drinking French wine of course.

If you enjoy good writing, do not buy this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down!, February 18, 2009
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I bought this book to read on vacation and I couldn't put it down! And when I was done, I wanted to read it a second time! It's a cute story that made me laugh out loud. Definitely a good "girly" read.
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