Review: I want to go to London now.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
When I saw this cover, I knew I was going to love this book.  It was one of those moments where you don’t even need to read the blurb.  You just know this book and you were meant to be.What a beautiful relationship we had.I LOVED I See London.There was no need for me to get into it as I read, I was completely hooked from the first sentence and absorbed throughout the whole book.  I cannot believe this was Chanel’s debut novel.  It is that good.I loved all of the characters: Maggie, Samir, Fleur, Mya, and all the rest of them.  They all played off of each other well and this book wouldn’t have been the same without every single one of them.As the book starts, Maggie, our heroine, is leaving someone after a (obviously) hot night.  She tells them that she will see them next year.  Then we go back to what led up to that moment for the rest of the book.I have decided that I love books that start like that.  They give you this piece of information to unravel as you read, wondering what is going to happen to lead up to that moment.Maggie had a dream of graduating from high school and going off to Harvard.  Fortunately for us, Harvard rejected her so she headed off to the International School in London.When she arrives in London we quickly meet Samir, and then Fleur, and then the story hits the ground running.The chemistry that is between Samir and Maggie burns up the pages.  Maggie doesn’t want to admit to that attraction, or not having ever had a boyfriend, doesn’t even know really what she is feeling, so she starts to date Hugh, the older man who in the beginning is completely up front about not wanting anything serious.  I can’t tell you if it turned serious, but it was a fun ride to be on.Samir seems like the ultimate playboy, the kind who is all about fun and with a different girl every night (you wonder why Maggie denies her attraction), but without even saying the words Chanel tells us that Samir is so much deeper than that.  There is definitely more than meets the eye with Samir.It was an amazing coming of age story that left me wanting to go to London.  I’ve always wanted to go to Scotland, but London has never been on bucket list until now.  Chanel gives us a real taste of what it is like to be a student in London from starting out as a tourist to becoming more of a resident.I cannot wait for London Falling.  It is coming July 7 according to Amazon.  I really am not sure if I can wait that long.  I suppose I will have to, but man, waitingThank you so much for my ARC!