{"id":93167,"date":"2024-07-16T13:58:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&p=93167"},"modified":"2024-07-16T13:58:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T13:58:25","slug":"5-chick-lit-reads-you-wont-be-able-put-down","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/5-chick-lit-reads-you-wont-be-able-put-down\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Chick Lit Reads You Won’t Be Able to Put Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Attention, I\u2019m diving straight into my topic without a prologue or introduction: I love reading on the beach. Yes, I know, it\u2019s not a major revelation. It\u2019s the same for many French people. Some are addicted to detective novels<\/a> (if that\u2019s the case, here\u2019s the best thriller of the last 20 years).<\/p>\n

Others prefer literary classics. As for me, I\u2019m a big fan of “chick lit” or “chick literature”: romantic comedies written by women for women. It\u2019s like the literary equivalent of romantic comedies in cinema.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a little guilty pleasure I\u2019m totally addicted to. First, because these romantic stories<\/a>, even if they\u2019re not groundbreaking, keep you hooked. Plus, these easily digestible romance novels are perfect for the beach, where noise and distractions often make reading harder. Every sunny vacation, I slip one or two chick lit books into my suitcase.<\/p>\n

Are you also looking for fun and easy beach reads<\/a>? Here are 5 romance novels I loved that, once opened, you won\u2019t be able to put down, I guarantee it.<\/p>\n

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In just a few books, Emily Henry has established herself as a heavyweight in chick lit. Unfortunately, France is lagging behind, with only 2 of the American author\u2019s 5 novels currently available in French. Book Lovers, my favorite so far, hasn\u2019t been translated yet. I read all my chick lit in English, which I prefer, so I still got to discover it. And it really hooked me: it\u2019s funny, moving, full of suspense (yes, even though I knew how it would end, I was totally engrossed in the story).<\/p>\n

So, if you also like reading in English, go for it. If you\u2019re only comfortable in French, you can discover Emily Henry\u2019s work through her second novel: People We Meet on Vacation. Despite the English title, it\u2019s available in French.<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t be fooled by the title, which has nothing to do with the story. In some editions, it\u2019s even renamed You and Me on Vacation, a title that fits the plot better. It follows Poppy and Alex, two best friends who have gone on vacation together every summer for ten years. They have nothing in common, yet they get along like a house on fire… until a nasty argument separates them.<\/p>\n

At the start of the book, we find them estranged but ready for a new summer adventure. You quickly get caught up in the plot, turning page after page to find out what separated them and if Poppy and Alex will admit they\u2019re actually in love. It\u2019s not Emily Henry\u2019s best novel in our opinion, but it\u2019s still very entertaining. It\u2019s a great beach read.<\/p>\n

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An international bestseller, The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas has also become a phenomenon on TikTok. And I quickly understood why it\u2019s so popular. It\u2019s so entertaining that I devoured it in a few days. It follows the adventures of Catalina Mart\u00edn, Lina for short, a bubbly Spaniard who fled to New York after a romantic disappointment.<\/p>\n

So, when she has to return home for her sister\u2019s wedding, where her ex will be with his new fianc\u00e9e, Lina invents an American boyfriend. A small lie that quickly spirals out of control. Forced to produce this imaginary boyfriend in front of her family, the young woman desperately accepts the help of her colleague Aaron, whom she actually hates.<\/p>\n

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The Spanish Love Deception follows the well-known \u201cenemies to lovers\u201d trope. Even though they annoy each other, will Lina and Aaron really fall in love while pretending to be the perfect couple? You obviously know the answer from the beginning of the book.<\/p>\n

But, despite a few slow parts at the end, the story totally captivated me. I turned the pages eagerly, laughed, got a little emotional, I admit, and sometimes rolled my eyes, but I couldn\u2019t stop reading because I wanted to know what happened next. I\u2019m now excited to read Elena Armas\u2019s second novel, The American Roommate Experiment.<\/p>\n

Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sophie Kinsella is the queen of chick lit. Since the English author got me hooked on girly novels with Confessions of a Shopaholic, I\u2019ve read many of her books over the years. She\u2019s so prolific that, I admit, some of them blend together in my mind now. However, some stood out more, like Wedding Night. Usually, chick lit books are written from the heroine\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

But here, the chapters alternate between the voices of several characters. We follow Lottie, who, after a breakup with her longtime boyfriend because he refuses to marry her, impulsively marries an old holiday fling she runs into by chance.<\/p>\n

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But we also get the story from Fliss, Lottie\u2019s sister, who knows she\u2019s making a huge mistake. While Lottie flies off for a honeymoon on a Greek island, Fliss does everything she can to prevent her sister from consummating the marriage so it can be easily annulled when she realizes her mistake. The absurd premise becomes hilarious.<\/p>\n

And alternating between chapters where Lottie despairs over not being able to sleep with her new husband and those where Fliss does everything to stop her makes the novel even funnier. The romantic aspect of this romantic comedy is also there and even holds some nice surprises. We also particularly liked Lexi Smart\u2019s Has Memory Loss and Can You Keep a Secret?.<\/p>\n

Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan<\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s been a few years since I read Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by British author Jenny Colgan, but this book left me with a longing to leave the city for a remote corner of Scotland. That\u2019s exactly what the heroine does, much to her dismay.<\/p>\n

Flora, who works in a law firm in London, is forced by her job to return to her small hometown on the Scottish island of Mure. It\u2019s a request from her boss Joel, whom she secretly loves. But she\u2019s not exactly welcome there.<\/p>\n

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Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery isn\u2019t just a romance between the heroine and a brooding hunk; it\u2019s a love story between Flora and the island of Mure. So yes, some might find the story predictable. But like her (and me), others will quickly fall under the spell of this wild island and its charming inhabitants. So much so that you almost dream of being by a Scottish fireplace rather than lounging on the beach.<\/p>\n

The good news is you don\u2019t have to leave Mure at the end of the book because Jenny Colgan turned it into a series.<\/p>\n

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We couldn\u2019t exclude a Colleen Hoover book from our selection, given how the American author churns out bestsellers. If you had to read just one, it would obviously be her novel It Ends with Us, which is being adapted into a movie starring Blake Lively this summer. I started It Ends with Us without knowing what to expect (I didn\u2019t know the story at all).<\/p>\n

The premise starts like a romantic comedy: a somewhat lost heroine meets a handsome guy she quickly falls for. Here, we follow Lily Bloom, a florist in Boston, who falls for the irresistible Ryle, a neurosurgeon madly in love with her.<\/p>\n

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But Lily\u2019s prince charming isn\u2019t so charming. It Ends with Us isn\u2019t a romantic comedy or a classic romance. Possessive, totally obsessed with Lily, and jealous of her ex Atlas, who resurfaces, Ryle soon shows a dark side. This quickly reminds Lily of her painful past, growing up with a father who was violent towards her mother, who let it happen.<\/p>\n

Will Lily let the cycle of domestic violence repeat? Will she choose Ryle or Atlas? The story alternates between the present and the past as we follow Lily battling her demons.<\/p>\n

**5 Livres De Plage Fleur Bleue… Mais Que Vous N’arriverez Absolument Pas \u00c0 L\u00e2cher Cet \u00c9t\u00e9**<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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