Ella Carey – Paris Time Capsule

‘Paris Time Capsule’ by Ella Carey is a historical fiction novel that I can say I enjoyed.

Cat Jordan is summoned to travel from her home of New York to Paris, to visit her inheritance from her Grandmothers best friend, Isabelle. Her inheritance is an apartment that Isabelle and Cats Grandmother lived in until the Nazi’s marched in. She arrives at the apartment and discovers a time capsule. Cat feels the family should have inherited the apartment and not her, but when in Paris romance comes easily.

Ella Carey has based this book on a true story. An apartment was found in 2020, having been shut up since the 1940s and the owner was Isabelle. Ella has taken this information and based this very book upon it, obviously a fictional account.

Cat has every intention of passing the apartment back to the family of the owner of the apartment as she feels this is the right way to do it. The family feel that Isabelle’s dying wish should be fulfilled. They all attempt to find out why Isabelle fled her apartment together so they end up visiting many parts of Paris in order to do this.

We see Cat grow throughout the book and there is an attraction between her and Loic, Isabelle’s grandson, although she has a Fiancé at home. It really is crystal clear that Cat and her Fiancé aren’t love’s young dream and I was hoping Cat could assert herself enough to realise her path.

I enjoyed my travels around Paris, shrouded in mystery and romance and I was guessing all the way why Isabelle had left the city so fast, Ella held onto that thread until the end and I guessed pretty wrong too!
I was swept up in the history of this apartment and Isabelle. Cats determination was fantastic to see and the development of Her and Loic gives the Parisian romantic side to it all.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for the book for my review today.