It's been a long time since I have read the first part in the series "La Cour des Roses", although I really enjoyed that book. The second book couldn't live up to my expecatations after the first book. I found the pace very dragging and the romance felt like only a side story for me. I never felt the closeness or the emotional bit between Emmy and Alain. What I really liked was the life around the guesthouse with renovating stuff and arranging everything for the guests as well as the house full of bubbly people. I really hope it will concentrace more on these parts in the third and final book. The setting in the French countryside was also very nice again.