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Book Summary and Reviews of Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn K. Stringfield

Love Requires Chocolate by Ravynn K. Stringfield

Love Requires Chocolate

Love in Translation

by Ravynn K. Stringfield

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  • Aug 2024, 288 pages
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A new romance series that's Emily In Paris meets A Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants! In this first book, budding theatre nerd Whitney Curry studies abroad in Paris, France, where she meets her match in a cute, aloof footballer.

Whitney Curry is primed to have an epic semester abroad. She's created the perfect itinerary and many, many to-do lists after collecting every detail possible about Paris, France. Thus, she anticipates a grand adventure filled with vintage boutiques, her idol Josephine Baker's old stomping grounds, and endless plays sure to inspire the ones she writes and—ahem—directs!

But all is not as she imagined when she's dropped off at her prestigious new Parisian lycée. A fish out of water, Whitney struggles to juggle schoolwork, homesickness, and mastering the French language. Luckily, she lives for the drama. Literally. Cue French tutor Thierry Magnon, a grumpy yet très handsome soccer star, who's determined to show Whitney the real Paris. Is this type-A theater nerd ready to see how lessons on the City of Lights can turn into lessons on love?

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"In a devourable debut, Stringfield cooks up a decadent romance [and] enriches the novel via Whitney's broadening experience of global Black culture." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"[A] whirlwind romance...This generation's Anna and the French Kiss, give it to fans of Emily in Paris. Highly recommended." —School Library Journal (starred review)

"A sweet, escapist romance that stumbles due to some inconsistencies." —Kirkus Reviews

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Ravynn K. Stringfield

Ravynn K. Stringfield is a writer and professor originally from Suffolk, Virginia. Her creative nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Shondaland, ZORA, and Catapult Magazine. Love Requires Chocolate is her debut novel. She can often be found haunting coffee shops in search of the perfect hazelnut latte, knee deep in art supplies, or curled up with her dog, Genghis, telling him about her Lois Lane obsession.

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