Let Them Eat Cake
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Lexi Stuart is at a critical crossroads. She's done with college but still living at home, ready to launch a career but unable to find a job, and solidly stalled between boyfriends. When a lighthearted conversation in French with the manager of her favorite bakery turns into a job offer, Lexi accepts. But the actual glamour is minimal: the pay is less than generous, her co-workers are skeptical, her bank account remains vertically-challenged, and her parents are perpetually disappointed. Her only comfort comes from the flirtatious baker she has her eye--but even may not be who he seems to be!So when a handsome young executive dashes into the bakery to pick up his high profile company's special order for an important meeting--an order Lexi has flubbed-- she loses her compulsion to please. "What am I going to do?" he shouts. "Let them eat cake!" she fires back with equal passion and a nod to Marie Antoinette. And then, something inside Lexi clicks. Laissez la revolution commencer! Let the revolution begin! Instead of trying to fulfill everyone else's expectations for her life, Lexi embarks on an adventure in trusting God with her future--tres bon!From the Trade Paperback edition.
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2.5 stars
Well, I don't tend to like chick-lit, and this pretty much is. A light-hearted, easygoing story, with Lexi at the helm. I did find myself getting bored with the continual irresponsible financial choices she's always making. While I identify with the angst of budgeting, you don't quit paying on your car payment in order to get a new outfit or two or three. Lexi kept making choices that made me cringe with the idea of the consequences that they could have. She's also more than a bit boy-crazy.
One thing I particularly loved was the inclusion of receipts, notes, emails, and such in the text. It lent it more of a feel of looking over Lexi's shoulder into her personal journal, which gives a really fun vibe to the story.
One thing that really bothered me, and caused me to round my rating down instead of up, was the inclusion of a flat-out profanity in French on page 113. Just because it's in French doesn't make it cool.
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