Review: Book you can settle into and enjoy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2011
Lucky Charm is a very enjoyable read that made me want to grab a comfy chair and a glass of wine, and just enjoy the story.It was very easy to identify with Annabel, a young woman who discovers her fiancé is having an affair.  Annabel has to deal with the fall-out of a failed relationship, as well as the embarrassment of canceling wedding plans, all while trying to keep her emotions under control.  With help from her best friend, Lilly, and even some therapeutic target shooting sessions, Annabel begins to put the failed relationship behind her and make positive changes in her life.  The last think Annabel expected was to meet an attractive man while on vacation in Paris, but when Etienne enters her life, Annabel is torn between risking her heart in a relationship with a stranger or staying safe in her single status.Lucky Charm is an easy contemporary romance novel to relate to and enjoy.  The characters experience real-life situations and emotions, making it very easy to relate to and get caught up in the story.  All of the female characters in Lucky Charm face their own relationship struggles and issues, and they are all a bit different.  There is something for every reader to relate to, at least in some way.  After all, relationships are complicated, but we all look for that happily ever after.  I appreciate that while exploring the hurts of unfaithful relationships, Marie Astor manages to pull in humor and amusement to the story.I loved the settings in Lucky Charm.  Annabel and Lilly live in New York City, and they are independent, smart women making their way in the city.  They get to travel to Paris for a few weeks, one of the most romantic cities in the world.  The cities fit the characters, and the story line so well.  The settings just pulled me into the storyline that much more, and made me wish that I could go to Paris too.As far as contemporary romance novels go, Lucky Charm is a great novel that I highly enjoyed and recommend.