Collect Up The Seine Without A Paddle (The Travel Mishaps Of Caity Shaw, #2) Articulated By Eliza Watson Issued As Textbook
in the series of zany adventures Caity Shaw gets into while working as a tour planner, This time, set in Paris, Caity juggles calamity in her tour, being a babysitter, and her feelings for Declan, Delicious little peeks into a different culture, Fun read. This is the second book in The Travel Mishaps of Caity Shaw series and is, if possible, even better than the first.
It just makes such deliciously compulsive reading and is a perfect comfort read when youre feeling a little down, Eliza Watsons writing style is so easygoing and personal, with the first person approach to this novel, it feels like youre the main characters confidant and have a ringside seat to all her shenanigans in this latest book.
Caity, the main character in question, is naturally upbeat and sweet but shes not long out of an abusive relationship and is trying to reestablish her identity after being told for so long that everything about her was wrong.
The hardest part to this venture that she doesnt really know who she is as a person, but shes building bridges with her family and is working on her genealogy to see if finding her roots helps her figure out who she is.
Caity began the search for her grandmothers past in the first book of the series, Flying by the Seat of my Knickers, but this book doesnt have a huge amount of development on that front but I was delighted to learn that the next book is due out in Julyso theres a promise of more already!
The beauty of this book is the character development, Caity is gaining a little more selfconfidence now shes having some little wins in her new job.
With this selfconfidence, however, shes starting to chip away at the walls she had to build around herself to survive her abuse relationship and the breakup its painful to read but very cathartic.
The pace of this book sets the tone for what I think we can expect from the rest of the series, the pace at which our heroine is getting her life back together suggests that we have a few more books ahead of us before we can reach what I hope pray, beg, possibly bribe will be a final happy ending.
This all sounds heavy and depressing but this book is wonderfully fun, humorous and lighthearted, Caity is working her second ever job as an event planner/coordinator and though shes finding her feet in this industry, you can never predict whats going to happen next! The author herself is an event planner and you can feel the authenticity of a lot of the issues the main characters face, theres something about knowing that all these hilarious disasters are probably loosely based on real life events that makes them extra funny!
The one thing to realise about this series, so far at least, is that it isnt really a romance sure, there are some fuzzy feelings, but its just about a woman rebuilding her life and how she learns to cope under pressure all over again.
I would recommend this book for fans of travel and light humour, its so easy and comforting to read that I would put this on a list of holiday reads.
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This is thend book of the series, While not my normal genre, I've enjoyed reading it!
The characters are very likable and well developed, We learn more about each as the author teases us
with a beginning romance,
Very enjoyable indeed! This is an enjoyable series that shows what it is like if you travel somewhere, don't know the culture or language very well, yet nevertheless try your best to fit in, and in the case of Caity Shaw, heroine of this series, do your job as fledgling event planner.
In this story, Caity finds herself in Paris, along with Declan, who is a possible romantic interest, and the two of them must shepherd a group of funeral directors through a conference.
Caity and Declan also each have personal issues to work through, before they can move on, and in this story, they both get closer to doing that.
It is a light, fun read, and I will definitely be back for more, Really a cute story, but I did not read book one, Since I have it on my kindle, I may still read, An almost stand alone story, which I prefer, I personally think any writer worth their ink should be able to add a hint or two to bring us up to speed story wise from the prior book.
This is only one of several reasons I do not like series,
The story is fun, and full of Paris, Since I know the city well, I was along for the ride, May or may not continue, If I decide to go to book three, I guess I best do book one, This story second in a series that should be read in order celebrates the awe and wonderful of travel, even when the trip ends up not as expected.
This is a charming chicklit series that speaks to the lessons we learn in ours, I enjoyed this part of Caitys journey and look forward to the next installment, The virtual visit to Paris both on and off the beaten path was a bonus,I requested this book thinking it was a romantic story wrapped around a trip to Paris, It was based in Paris and several landmarks were visited but this was not a light romantic read, It struggled between a survival recovery book and a romance and failed at both for me, It felt light at times, I'd start to enjoy the characters, then it would suddenly go into victim survival therapy, Preachy therapy, the I'm telling you how to feel and act kind, Then she got aggressive towards people who didn't behave how she thought they should at one point wanting to hit a person That happened towards the end and threw the book for me.
Was that to be a sign of her new mature strength after an oppressed relationship No, I had not read the first book and was lost to the back story of her previous relationship that was referenced often when the fear she felt exploded out.
Her reaction was serious so I can only imagine it was intense and ugly,
In the end the story was jumbled, the characters started out strong then spiraled into chaos, The direction lost the story fell flat, I gave it two because I think a good editor could pull this back together, maybe, Caity's adventures in Paris are funny and heartwarming and yet I feel so sorry for her, She is struggling to rebuild her life and confidence that was destroyed by her ex boyfriend Andy, The main problem is that she has never told anyone about what happened,
In this book Caity's confidence is starting to grow, and she's developing one serious crush on her colleague Declan, but unless she starts letting people in she will never move on from Andy and start making new friends.
Lovely sweet story, Second in a series
The first is "Flying By the Seat of My Knickers, " It's all about how Caity first became an event planner in Dublin, Both books are wonderful! I can't wait to start on the third, which I'm doing right now!,