Bookreview- The Paris Girl by Natalie Meg Evans

Submitted: 10th November 2023

Explore the fashion centre of 1920s Paris

Historical fiction- The Paris Girl by Natalie Meg Evans – Oh if you really wanted to explore the fashionable focus that was Paris in the 1920s then this is the novel for you! There’s a Russian princess, a glamourous fiance, an American photographer and lots of fashion atmosphere. You can hear the zips and smell the fabric…

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Bookreview- The Paris Girl by Natalie Meg Evans

Setting: A manor house in England

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Yay a new book from Natalie Meg Evans. She has Paris in her blood so I was looking forward to read this as her other books have been very good!

This follows the pattern of her other novels but with an added level of intrigue – there’s an exiled Princess, Russian no less, now working as a model in Paris. She is engaged but her fiance’s mother thinks he could do better. Charming! What would she think if she knew that his brother also had designs on this woman? That is nothing compared to what happens after that.

See, what did I say about intrigue? There’s tons of that here but what Natalie really does well is the scene setting, the 1920s overtones of glitz and glamour despite the war years. The fact that Paris is always glamorous darling even if the world and the people around it are crumbling. American photographer Regan comes into the novel to show Tatiana happiness again and to see if there is a chance she could revive her career.

It’s this career that fascinated me the most. I’m not a fashionista by any sense of the imagination but the 1920s are endlessly fascinating to me. Does Natalie have a time machine which takes her back there so all she has to do is take pictures to show readers? It’s very realistic and immersive how she uses imagery and translates it to the page. All characters are well drawn and everyone, every thing has its place and pride of place, not to mention the attention to detail lavished upon it.

There’s snippets and signs from previous novels but this stands on its own two (very fashionably decked) feet.