The Designer is not the story I was expecting going into this one. I was expecting a historical romance set in post war Paris involving a fashion designer. However, the story revolves around an American girl living in Paris after leaving her husband and trying to make her own way. The story wasn't what I would consider a romance and "the designer" isn't even the main character. On top of the plot not being what I expected, the story moved along very slowly. I was 25% into this 330 page book when I decided I couldn't stick with it anymore and hardly anything had happened.

My opinions on The Designer see to be in the minority. The book has a 4.5 star rating on Amazon with over 2,000 reviews, so if this sounds like your type of read, you may still want to give it a shot. You may feel the complete opposite of me.