Amy Thonmas travels to Paris to work for Louis Vuiatton to write ad copy, as well as enjoy an adventure the city a la chocolate and cupcakes. She does the ultimate tasting of chocolate confections, perhaps hundreds while she is in Paris. She tastes eclairs, cupcakes, pain au chocolat, chocolat chaud, macarons, and many other delicious treats at chocolatiers, patisseries, tea rooms and boulangeries.
Thomas' love for chocolate began as a child; Twinkies, HoHos, Scooter Pies and other sweet treats. She devoured chocolate while she lived in her apartment in New York, working as as an ad copy writer.
Thomas' adventure to Paris with her job was accented with her love for chocolate. She couldn't get enough chocolate! A fun read...

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You cannot read a page in this book without running into a decadent sweet of some sort. Amy makes me feel like a failure as a woman. If it regards chocolate, Paris, or romantic notions, she's your gal. Though interesting, and if you look deep enough you can find some valuable thought material, I had a really difficult time with this book. It took me chapters and chapters to get my mind past the pretzel-crusted caramels. I couldn't pay any attention to what was actually going on in Amy's life because my mind kept getting stuck on the delicious delicacies that are so intricately described.

I strongly suggest this book for you chocoholics out there. You cannot read this book without your mouth watering. As for France, I can take it or leave it. Also, there are fascinating factoids at the end of each chapter. For me, these were the best part of the book.

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