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The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris
- Narrated by: Penelope Rawlins
- Length: 12 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction
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Summary
As dawn breaks over the Pont Neuf, and the cobbled alleyways of Paris come to life, Anna Trent is already awake and at work; mixing and stirring the finest, smoothest, richest chocolate; made entirely by hand, it is sold to the grandes dames of Paris.
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- Suzyplums
- 14-07-13
What a really great book
If you could sum up The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris in three words, what would they be?
Love conquers all
What did you like best about this story?
I loved the way the four main people mix so well together
Also loved the recipes at the end
What does Penelope Rawlins bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
She brings everyone to life.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Oh yes
Any additional comments?
Love this writer and reader
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- Gillian Bromilow
- 16-05-15
For all chocoholics and incurable romantics
A simple,beautifully evocative story of Paris, the French people, love, loss, courage, adventure and chocolate. For all chocoholic romantics.
3 people found this helpful
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- julie raku
- 13-05-15
Lovely
Easy listening, chick lit that made house painting enjoyable
Enjoyed the narrator and all her different voices
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- Jojo loebig
- 24-04-15
Brilliant
Would you listen to The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris again? Why?
Yes! Its such a sweet story and i loved it, especially the food descriptions, I'm such a foodie and i am surprised i didn't put on ten stone just listening to it!
What other book might you compare The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris to, and why?
The cup cake cafe by same author :)
What about Penelope Rawlins’s performance did you like?
All of it! She made the story come to life.
Some of her male voices were funny but it added to the story for me :)
I will definitely be
Listening to more of her work.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes! I listened to it every day and was sad when it ended!
Any additional comments?
Give it a go, its such a lovely book and a good escape, plus its full of yummy inspiring meals, it has made me want to cook a lot more!
3 people found this helpful
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- ❤ Lynsey Goddard ❤
- 26-06-14
Made me hungry...
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this book for an easy uncomplicated read, when you just want to lose yourself in chocolate and humour.
What did you like best about this story?
I liked the story, as you immersed yourself in Paris, the vivid descriptions, culture, imagining how the food tastes, the smells, the sense of style, the romanticism of Paris an adoring Parisian fantasy. It made me feel like I was walking the cobbled streets.
Which character – as performed by Penelope Rawlins – was your favourite?
Anna Trent the central character was entertaining, and you can identify and sympathise with her easily.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I laughed with Anna and Laurant cried for Claire and Thierry, it was a bitter sweet romance novel.
Any additional comments?
I have just discovered Jenny Colgan, this is the 2nd book I've read after Meet me at the Cupcake Cafe, and looking forward to listening to more.
3 people found this helpful
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- Kindle Customer
- 07-06-18
Hard going
I found this story quite depressing which is a shame as I usually enjoy this author. The main character annoyed mel The romantic hero was wet. The character I did like …….. Hmmm will not spoil by sayingl
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- DragonSlayer
- 17-03-14
Ruined by the performance
The story is very good. The reader is also very good - up to a point. She cannot do a male French accent and that spoils the performance. A male actor speaking the male parts would be an infinite improvement. If I wanted to use my imagination I would have read the book. I've opted to listen to it and I expect a professional performance.
3 people found this helpful
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- Lie Back & Listen
- 20-04-13
Oh dear yet more recipes…
Meet Me At The Cupcake Café was a sweet heart warming story with believable characters so I initially I did not mind all the interspaced recipes. Christmas At the Cupcake was disappointing & didn’t really take the characters on & the recipes became annoying. This latest offering The Loveliest Chocolate Shop seems to have been written just for the sake of interjecting recipes & the story was so disjointed it took me several weeks of *going back to it* to finish. If I want to listen to a ‘Cookbook’ I will buy a Cookbook not a novel. Before purchasing the next Jenny Colgan offering I will scan through a hard copy first to check it does not contain recipes! Very disappointing & awarded 1 star as there is not a facility to award nil stars.
5 people found this helpful
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- Rory
- 13-04-13
Awful !
Terrible book. I was going to stop reading Jenny's books after her last slow, dull one with predictable story lines. But I thought I would give this one a try. But it was full of illness and death ! The whole dull story was pervaded with it.
The blurb is full of chocolate and romance and businesses etc but the reality is morose and dull and hardly any story. I read books to escape death and illness in real life and don't want to have to keep reading about it - which seems to be the current trend for books of this genre.
I've had enough now and won't read any more of Jenny's books.
7 people found this helpful
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- Stephanie Guest
- 09-03-22
An enjoyable read overall.
Paris is a beautiful backdrop for any story. of course its a bit silly that the lead takes over the main job in the Parisian chocolate shop at short notice and not one of the experiences staff but it works for the story. The two stories running together worked well.