Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction
Blurb (on back of book):
Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris--until she meets Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend.
But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?
UPDATED REVIEW: *****
I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH.
This is my second time reading it and it took me around two hours. AHHH I LOVE IT.
This is the CUTEST book ever. It's beyond cheesy and I LOVE IT. The characters are cheesy, they're in Paris, the most romantic place on earth, and it's beautiful. I don't know, I'm a sucker for cliche romance stories because honestly, if they were good enough to become cliches, then I have a right to love them. I don't think that made sense.
The first time I read this, I did not like Anna. I still think she was slightly stupid and very oblivious but I did appreciate her personality a lot more this time around. I loved her voice, her thoughts, her emotions, and I felt really bad for her and all of her guy troubles.
I always loved Etienne. OMG I LOVE THAT BOY. My friend calls him her dream husband and sometimes I have to agree. He's so cute and beyond that, he's genuinely NICE. He's sweet, he's hot, his accent is probably godly, and I honestly loved him. I somehow disliked how he was shorter than Anna but whatever, his personality made up for it HAHA. AHHH he's so cute and I can't stop fangirling!
When Anna called him Etienne versus when she called him St. Clair made me SO happy/conflicted because I LOVED that whole idea.
THE ENDING WAS TO DIE FOR. The whole thing with the poetry book and climbing Notre Dame and all of that was SO SWEET and I was in love with it. I definitely did not remember 90% of this book, considering I last read it 2 years ago, but I loved it all over again. It was like reading an amazing book all over again and not knowing anything about it.
Meredith made me want to punch somebody. I definitely still disliked her like I did the first time but I definitely understood where she was coming from a lot more this time around. And Josh and Rashmi seemed like they could have endgame but I guess not? And Dave was a jerk-asshole who deserved something a lot worse than what happened to him (ahem, nothing). And what was wrong with that Amanda girl?
I really want to go to France now and meet an Etienne! Although I know enough French to get along a lot better than Anna haha.
I would recommend this book to readers looking for an adorable fluffy romance read!
Main Character: Anna
Sidekick(s): Etienne, Mer, Josh, Rashmi, etc
Villain(s): Parents, Toph, Dave, etc
Realistic Fiction Elements: All of this could happen in real life.
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