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

Stephanie Perkins

Start date: February 1, 2014

Finish date: February 28, 2014

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Jul 01, 2014 Erin Lynn rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, young-adult, favorites, realistic-fiction, summer-reading-2014

I don't even know what to say. I really thought that I wouldn't like this book, but it is so perfect. It has even inspired me to go to Paris. (Yeah... I was one of those girls who never wanted to visit the City of Light.)

Everything about this book is brilliant and swoon-worthy. I felt like I was in Paris with Anna, Mer, Josh, Rashmi, and St. Pierre. I now feel like I have traveled the streets of Paris and been to the top of Notre Dame. I will forever be a part of this book.

Oh, and I loved the di ...more

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Dec 09, 2013 Tamara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, contemporary, 2014-reads, fell-in-love-with-the-characters, loved-the-ending

Awwww what a cute book. It's been an amazing journey! Review to come soon. ...more

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Jun 06, 2013 Danae rated it liked it

Shelves: 2013

one word people : Paris
Was too teenage-drama for me? yes! I think I would have enjoyed it more if I was 16-18. Anyway It's a good story.
The heroine is a typical seventeen year old caught in love triangles and backstabing friendships. The usual staff when you are eighteen, ok , the typical staff in ur whole life. :P What I hate about her is the fact that she was whining because her father send her to Paris, COME ON , nobody in the world would ever whine about Paris, anyway I liked her after that ...more

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Sep 19, 2017 Xander rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: wishlist

Loved this! Such a fun book with the lovely setting of Paris!

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Jun 23, 2013 Trista rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, contemporary-ya

Anna's father decides to send her to boarding school for her senior year. In Paris. She has to leave behind her best friend, her job, and the boy she's crushing on, and start over at a completely new school thousands of miles away. She's not happy. Until she meets Étienne St Clair. The problem: his serious girlfriend Ellie.

I put off reading this book for a long time because of all the hype but with it being summer, I was in the mood for a good summer read and this was perfect. The romance betwee Anna's father decides to send her to boarding school for her senior year. In Paris. She has to leave behind her best friend, her job, and the boy she's crushing on, and start over at a completely new school thousands of miles away. She's not happy. Until she meets Étienne St Clair. The problem: his serious girlfriend Ellie.

I put off reading this book for a long time because of all the hype but with it being summer, I was in the mood for a good summer read and this was perfect. The romance between characters stayed at a level where I could still enjoy it without feeling it was too juvenile but it wasn't too graphic so I could still recommend the book to younger readers.

The characters in this book were definitely memorable. Even their names. If I ever hear Anna Oliphant or Étienne St Clair mentioned, I'll automatically think of this book. Anna's voice was addicting and felt realistic for her situation. Her growth through the book was at a believable pace and the flaws she had were those a real teenage girl could have. Everything about her gave me a 'this is a girl I could know in real life' feeling. The progression of friendship to feelings between Anna and St Clair was just amazing and had me smiling and giggling at times to wanting to scream at them at other times. The three other students who made up Anna's group of friends, Meredith, Rashmi, and Josh, had their own stories going on that helped make them memorable in their own ways instead of just being there because more characters were needed. I really enjoyed the friendships between Josh and St Clair, Meredith, Rashmi, and Anna, and all five of them.

The book isn't too short, almost 400 pages, but I could have kept reading if there was more. It was a quick read, light-hearted for the most part with some drama. It's the perfect book to read outside by the pool in the summer but also curled up by the fireplace in the winter. I'm not sure yet where Lola from the sequel to this book fits in but I've already got Lola and the Boy Next Door ordered to find out. ...more

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