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Anna And The French Kiss (2010)

by Stephanie Perkins(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0525423273 (ISBN13: 9780525423270)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Dutton Juvenile

series

Anna and the French Kiss

review 1: This book is so cheesy. So unbelievably cheesy. I'm talking Twilight Bella gushing about Edward cheesy, and I ATE IT UP. I'm not ashamed to admit it either.Anna is an American from Atlanta who has been "cruelly" (but really, get over yourself) forced to attend her senior year of high school at an American school in Paris. She is so upset to be leaving her best friend Bridgette and crush Toph behind. But then on her very first day there she meets Meredith, her dorm neighbor, and Mer invites her into her group of friends. So she is so sad that she is alone in Paris but she makes friends immediately and keeps them through the whole school year. You're probably judging me for liking this already but whatever.In this group of friends is Etienne St. Clair, a half-American half-F... morerench kid raised in London so he has a British accent. His one flaw is that he is short. But the way Anna and everyone else is in love with him, his height is clearly not an issue. The story goes through their whole senior year, with Etienne still having a girlfriend who is in college in Paris complicating the relationship.I can't even really relate how cheesy it is. It's just awful. But I loved it. Anna and St. Clair become "best friends" but obviously that is not true and they totally love each other the whole time. It builds and builds until SPOILER ALERT they admit they love each other and get together. The end.The characters are pretty one-dimensional, but for a story like this, they have enough depth to keep it interesting. It is good that Anna has some realizations about what kind of friend she is and how she needs to improve. And the way she feels when she does go home to Atlanta and everything is different--I think we've all felt that way at some point, and it's a hard but good thing to learn about. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Twilight and the like. I loved the Paris setting as well because I'm in love with Paris.
review 2: This book was delightful, a very quick read with a satisfying love story and charasmatic characters. Anna was a fun narrator, perhaps a little misguided and overreactionary, as many teenage girls tend to be, but still funny and interesting. Etienne St. Clair is a wonderful character, I thought their relationship had maybe one too many ups and downs, but overall I loved it. Recommended for anyone who loves a charming love story, especially Paris lovers out there! less

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