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Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)

Stephanie Perkins

Start date: July 1, 2012

Finish date: August 1, 2012

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May 01, 2012 Jeann (Happy Indulgence) rated it did not like it

Shelves: young-adult, romance

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I’m not going to lie, this book made me really angry. And I’m clearly the black sheep on this. So if you don’t want to read my emotional ranting, feel free to skip to the Epilogue.

WHAT THE HELL. I’ve heard so many raves about this book, and how swoony Etienne St Clair is, so I went in with high expectations. The first half of the book was going fine, where he shows Anna, the new girl from America, around France and they devel ...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Booknut 101 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, can-t-get-enough-of, forever-re-read, books-i-love-dearly, romance, down-to-earth-stories, british-references

Labelling this book: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ AND WILL EVER READ. I got this bubbly, slightly-teary feeling that I associate with awesome chick-flicks whilst reading this book. It literally had everything - humour, romance, the magic of Paris, school shenanigans, heartbreak, friendship, culture problems (like ordering soup instead of bread and grapes - oh, and that oui (yes) is spelt o-u-i and not w-e-e!) and of course sorting out the muddled, tangled feelings of a quirky film-and-disinfectant Labelling this book: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ AND WILL EVER READ. I got this bubbly, slightly-teary feeling that I associate with awesome chick-flicks whilst reading this book. It literally had everything - humour, romance, the magic of Paris, school shenanigans, heartbreak, friendship, culture problems (like ordering soup instead of bread and grapes - oh, and that oui (yes) is spelt o-u-i and not w-e-e!) and of course sorting out the muddled, tangled feelings of a quirky film-and-disinfectant-crazed girl named Anna.

Anna's dad is kinda like a cheesy version of Nicholas Sparks - a writer of books to do with three things. 1.) Soppy romance, 2.) Heartbreak and 3.) Cancer or heart disease. He decides to send her away from Alabama and to the City of Love - to France - to the School of America in Paris (SOAP).

Needless to say, Anna is horrified.

She is horrid at languages, scared of being alone and a clean freak on top of it all. But when she meet Etienne St Clair (a British-American-French masterpiece :D) Anna's French-catastrohpy starts to sunny up.

Touring the beautiful sights, nibbling on croissants, downing many cups of coffee and sneaking into movie theatres as well as laughing a whole lot, Anna finally feels like something is turning out right in her messed-up life. But it will take a lot more than a wish made on a star to help Anna keep close to her what matters most. Can she balance her family, her friends and her confusing relationship with St Clair? And will she ever get her kiss in the most romantic city in the world?

A real treat of a book that will have you laughing hard at the cute friendship between Anna (Banana) and St Clair, crying when Anna's heart breaks and feeling full of happiness in those moments where she feels that sense of belonging in her loveable group of mix-mashed friends. France and Stephanie Perkin's story-writing magic will have you caught and in awe of this tantalising tale of a girl named Anna who attend the French non-magical equivalent of Hogwarts and found herself a Darcy! ...more

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