I’m not sure how to feel about this. While the premise was fun because I’m a sucker for a travel novel, this book was incredibly frustrating because the friendship between Sydney and Leela was so toxic and exhausting in the way they hardly communicated, the way Leela walked all over Sydney and manipulated her. Their friendship ruined the book for me, and I feel like the book could have been heavily edited down. Idk. Just a forgettable contemporary, for me.

Update 24/05/2020: I filmed a video in which I reread this book and read 4 other YA travel novels just like this one if you'd like to check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnzrX5dHnvA------------------------------------------------------FIRST READ: DECEMBER 2017This book gave me such a bad case of wanderlust! I've just returned from my semester abroad in Europe, and now I REALLY want to go back so I can explore it some more! I loved how "real" this story felt. I felt like this story cou

Yeah this book is not what I imagined it to be.I was hoping for a cute, fluffy story but what I got was a teenager who can’t stand up for herself and a best friend who is hella annoying.Sydney is the girl who handles everything. She takes care of her mom back mom, which I really liked. But she still worries every 2 seconds while she’s on vacation. I get it its her mom but she had to trust her sister to take care of her while Sydney is away. She also can’t stand up for herself. She practically pl...

1.5 STARS ✨ Listened to this on Audible & it was my first time listening to an audiobook! Kinda wish I'd picked a book I actually liked, but oh well 🤷🏼‍♀️I didn't think the characters were likable or relatable, at least not to me. They were actually incredibly annoying & immature. I saw in one review that they thought the mental illness aspect of this book "felt like an afterthought", and I couldn't agree more. Even the traveling bits were subpar. Just not a good book, with ABSOLUTELY no plot ex...

3.5/5 starsI See London, I See France is the first book in a new series. I believe that the next book will have different narrators, but be set in the same world (there was a small sneak peek at the end of this story which leads me to believe this).The book is being touted as Young Adult. But I'm not completely sure what I think about that. The main characters are all 19 and have completed one year of university. There are sex and drugs in this story. However, these scenes are not graphic (which...

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Review originally posted on Mostly YA Lit: Review: I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski Yikes. I would have DNFd this book at 30% had it not been for a mutual silent agreement with my pal Michele of Just a Lil Lost that we were going to power through together. I really, really hoped that it would get better, that the mental health representation would go deeper and be a little stronger, or that I would like the characters and the premise more. But nope.Sydney has just finished her first...

This was a really cute summer contemporary! It was also definitely one of the better YA travel novels I've read. I felt like I was back on my own backpacking trip in Europe that I took earlier this year, so the nostalgia definitely helped me enjoy it more, especially since I've been to all but one of the places they went to! I do have quite a few thoughts to share so I will do a video review as soon as I'm caught up with them (I have a ton to do still)

I'll keep this short like my attention towards this book. What's Good? *Little, though shallow and saccharine, tidbits about each city they visited (I've visited several and, to tell the truth, it's the reason why I finished this book).*Short chapters. What's Bad? *Bland characters. I forgot Sydney's (the protagonist) name throughout the book because she bored me to no end (Her family drama, sadly, added nothing). Leela was a manipulative snot to the point of being an antagonist. Kat was o...

Quick fun guilty pleasure read!:)

1.5 stars?I don't know what to say about this book. I feel like what I read was not the same book from the synopsis. Sydney was a decent enough MC. I struggled with {okay, straight up hated} her BFF Leela. Their dynamic was toxic and though I could get over a bit of lingering resentment, I got tired of reading Leela do whatever she wanted and Sydney just taking it. The travel portion of the book was good. I did feel like I had actually gone on parts of this trip. It definitely didn't read like a...

E ARC from Edelweiss Above the TreelineWARNING! THIS IS NOT A BOOK FOR HIGH SCHOOL!!!NONONONONONONO!I love this author, I love books about traveling around Europe, but Sydney and her friend Leela travel around, smoke pot and see a sex show in Amsterdam, get drunk, and have sex. It made ME wildly uncomfortable. This isn't even for high school students, in my opinion. Definitely that New Adult category. Although not as much cursing. While I wish my own travels around Europe had included hot guy, t...

Meh. Too juvenile for me..but it did get a little teensy bit better at the end. I love all the food and sightseeing references.

If you're like me and all you want to do is travel the world and you have this epic dose of Wanderlust, this book will be a perfect read for you! Backpacking Europe is on a to-do list of - I'm pretty sure - 99% of the people. I mean who doesn't want to spend a summer in Europe?! I am lucky enough to live in Europe so I travel all around, all the time (See my Instagram), but Sydney and Leela only have one summer to do it. To spend a month traveling around Europe, where they visit some of the mos...

One of the best ways to travel, as a mother of three children, who cannot take a month off from life to backpack around Europe is to read books! I love picking up books set in Europe because it is one of my greatest dreams to travel the continent someday and soak in the rich history and beautiful sights. Unfortunately, in it not in the cards...or the budget during this phase of my life. When I saw I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski was published this summer, I was quick to add it to m...

This was such a great story about backpacking, and I definitely liked the plot. It was fun to read about travelling through Europe when you live in Europe yourself. The things that I didn't really like were the clichés, and Leela's behaviour. Leela was so egocentric sometimes, it was just so annoying at some points.

DNF @ 35% i really,,,,wow this book was awful. and i couldnt even make it through amsterdam. IM REALLY SAD BECAUSE I THOUGHT THIS WAS GONNA BE CUTE WHYi could supply you with a list of reasons why this book didn't do it for me, but i dont have the energy for that.just know that resting on the top of that list is when the main character's best friend's ex CHEATED on her all it took was this explanation:"“It was just a stupid kiss. It didn’t mean anything. I was freaked out. We’re only nineteen

what's funny is that if england won the semi-final... this book would have predicted the world cup final????

It's a rare book that makes me laugh out loud, and Sarah has definitely achieved that here. This was a delightful book and I'm so excited to see more are coming.

Wow, this was a lovely read. Refreshing. Also, I love travel-themed books but not all of them are uber-cool. This one was. 💖💖💖