Ron Fulleman

Author of Easy Read YA and Hi/Low MG Books

Paris on Repeat

Paris on Repeat
GROUNDHOG DAY gets a hilarious French twist in this delightful upper middle grade novel about first crushes and friendship when an eighth-grade class trip to Paris goes horribly wrong and the worst day of one girl’s life keeps happening over and over. Fourteen-year-old Eve Hollis is ready to push through her fears and finally let her crush know how she feels. And what better place to tell him than on top of the Eiffel Tower in the City of Love? But things don’t go as planned, and Eve is sure she’s had the worst day of her life— until she wakes up the next morning to realize the whole disaster of a day is happening again. She’s trapped in a time loop. Desperate to make it stop, Eve will have to take some big risks and learn from her mistakes or she’s destined to live the most awkwardly painful day of her life over and over again, forever.

Paris on Repeat by Amy Bearce is indeed a “Groundhog Day” concept with Eve Hollis’ day happening over and over again. Fortunately for Eve, she’s in Paris, at the Eiffel Tour each day, along with other famous landmarks. Unfortunately for Eve, she doesn’t know if the day will ever stop repeating. She will need to figure out how to stop the merry-go-round she finds herself on so she can get back to the rest of her life, even if that life has its own problems. Eve is a very insecure military teenager. Her hopes for a truly romantic time in the “City of Love” don’t turn out quite like she had planned. In fact, nothing about that day turns out as she had planned, absolutely nothing.

Join Eve and her fellow students on this MG adventure story filled with romance, friendship, and exotic places. I did, and after having read it, I’m glad I was able to join them. Though I found the first part of the story wasn’t my favorite (in its pacing), the remainder was interesting, and kept me wanting to read more to see how it all would turn out. Maybe it was the magic of Paris, or possibly the magic of an old gypsy woman, or most probably, the magic of a good story.

Paris on Repeat
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