Autumn in Paris

This book is such a tearjerker. If you're weak towards sad love stories, then be prepared and bring a box of tissue while you're reading this.Tara Dupont is a cheerful half-French half-Indonesian girl living in Paris. She enjoys her job as a radio presenter, loves Autumn and is happy with her life in Paris. Her meeting with a Japanese architect, Tatsuya Fujisawa, somehow makes her curious about him. And the more she knows about him, the more she likes him.Tatsuya Fujisawa hates both Paris and Autumn. He has a specific reason for staying in Paris. He's looking for a certain someone, and he has mixed feelings about that. But he finds peace at mind whenever he's with Tara Dupont. Because of her, he starts seeing Paris in a new light.As Tara and Tatsuya spend time together in Paris, their feelings bloom into a deeper one. They fall deeply in love with each other. However, they are not aware that a thread of fate is connecting them — and not in a pleasant way. How come that the person they love the most, turns out to be the only person they are not allowed to love?The truth feels so painful, yet both Tara and Tatsuya are unable to stop their feelings. There's no other way but to get out of each other's life. Someday when this painful memory fades away, they can see each other again... can't they?Honestly, I'm at a loss for words. Autumn in Paris feels more mature compared to [b:Summer in Seoul 1488157 Summer in Seoul Ilana Tan http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1184139438s/1488157.jpg 1479373], and is also more romantic. I can clearly feel the love between Tara and Tatsuya as it gets deeper and deeper. There are scenes which didn't quite really sway my emotions, but the last scene is really powerful. A powerful tearjerker.The characters have strong personalities, so it's easy to understand they way they're thinking. My favorite is definitely Tatsuya. Realizing how strong his love for Tara in the last part of the book, combined with the ending after that, actually made me cry.I'm not sure if I really like this book, since it's so sad.. and I'm your typical happy ending person. But it's really good. Highly recommended for anyone who wants a good love story.