- The fact that I now own this book (and have read it so quickly) is proof that book blogs work. When I first saw the title, I passed it over thinking it’d be way too cheesy for me – but enough ranting and raving on Twitter from book bloggers (and reviews from the same) had me going out to buy it.
I also recommend:
- Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
- Enchanted Ivy by Sarah Beth Durst
Summary from GoodReads:
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 Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he’s taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home. As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near – misses end with the French kiss Anna – and readers – have long awaited?
My Review:
Cute. Cute, cute, cute. By the way, Anna and the French Kiss = Cute. You know the cliche, “my teeth are hurting, that was so sweet”? That fits this book perfectly. I think it gave me several cavities in the few hours it took for me to devour it, and yes – I devoured it. Sweet, real, funny (Oh so funny – laugh out loud funny), filled with perfect puppy-love, romantic atmosphere (can you get any more romantic than Paris?), friends, struggles, relationship drama, high school drama, boarding school drama.. you name it, this book had it. I’ve heard so much hype over the last several months about how perfect this book is, and while I agree that it was pretty darn close to perfect, I can’t say that I necessarily LOVED IT AND MUST SWOON OVER ETIENNE. Because I can’t – there was just a few too many cliched moments for me. However, I did find it absolutely adorable and a cut above the other books out there trying to capture that first “real” love moment. Despite his horrible name (Etienne St. Claire… really?) Etienne was a likeable guy with issues that were pretty darn real. Anna also struggled with some very familiar feelings – being away from home, learning lessons on forgiveness and on how to be independent. Anna and the French Kiss gently speaks about these issues while coating them into a delicious candy coating, filled with descriptions of Paris that had me longing to visit and descriptions of a romance that was just too. darn. cute. I’ll be checking out Stephanie Perkins next book, to be certain. I enjoy a good, fluffy young adult novel every now and then and this definitely hit the spot.
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While I didn’t love this as much as most other book bloggers (St. Clair emotionally cheating on his girlfriend with Anna all school year pissed me off), I agree that it was so cute and there were a lot of great moments; I loved the writing and am excited about Lola and the Boy Next Door. Which, have you seen that the guy’s name is Cricket?! I hope that’s a nickname but I haven’t gotten confirmation on that yet.
Cute and cavities pretty much sums it up huh? It was a great book. And I took only picked it up because so many bloggers just raved about it. Total *love* for this book and for proof of blogger powers.
It was adorable! lol I’m so glad I gave in to the book bloggers love of it.