**This review contains spoilers**

Even 2 stars is too generous for this…

I went in expecting fashion, the surrounding magic, the impact it had on people, especially on women. While it promised to give me that at the beginning, it failed to keep it in the later part of the story. Instead, what I got was some adults making the most stupid decisions and an insta-lust romance that didn’t fit the setting it was in. But what took the cake was how friendship was treated in this book. 
What was supposed to be a secret between lovers, or what was supposed to be a reminder of their secret love for Alice, was turned into some sort of secret between Alice and Anne, which was a total disservice to Anna. Anne was the one person who cleaned after Alice’s mess most of the time, and the one who helped her to meet her lover on multiple occasions, but Alice could think of how to immortalize their friendship was to change the meaning behind A&A. These two initials that Alice had sown onto the label of her Dior dresses to commemorate the dates she had with Antoine. But when shit went down with the guy, she decided to change the meaning behind the letters and dedicate the other to Anne instead. Imagine, you risk your job and income just to help this woman to meet her lover, then actually lose the job and take in this same woman who was kicked out by her husband and abandoned by her lover, help her raise the child too while she barely works, and all you get in exchange is the A&A… I’d be pissed, but of course, since Anne is meant to support Alice for the sake of the plot, she doesn’t complain that much. 
At least Alice gave her the child she had with her lover, so there’s that at, I guess…

Another funny thing in the story was probably Veronique (the child in question), clutching her pendant, which is actually her biological mom’s earring. But not just any earring, the one her abusive husband had gifted her, which she later lost in Antoine’s house, which is then found by Antoine and sent back to Alice. But sure, it became a keepsake from Antoine himself… 

Next, Lucille’s part of the story was so boring, its only purpose was to draw out the suspense around her grandma’s mystery and nothing more. I actually skipped her parts when I read the book for the first time. And it didn’t affect the overall experience. I read the last Lucille chapters that served as a conclusion, though. 

There was one sad scene that was probably the only well written part, but since I can barely remember what it was about (I finished this book in October but didn’t have the time to write a review until now because of exams), it must mean it wasn’t that great either.

Two stars instead of one because the author did her research when it came to the dresses and Paris. And that’s it. 

I don’t really recommend this book because of the poorly written friendship and romance.