Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Summary: Anna can't wait for her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a good job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she's not too thrilled when her father unexpectedly ships her off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair, the perfect boy. The only problem? He's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her crush back home. Will a year of romantic near-misses end in the French kiss Anna awaits?

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Review:

Plot: The plot for Anna and the French Kiss sounds like any other contemporary book and it is, but what saves it from being just any other ya romance is the writing. Stephanie is a very talented writer and she has made the perfect spring/summer book. At first I didn't really like the plot but around page 50 I was sold! I loved the romance between Anna and St. Clair and the location was a great addition to the plot and it added a lot to the story.

Characters: I loved all the main characters. Anna and St. Clair were my favorites, but their friends in Paris were great as well. Paris feels almost like a secondary character as well and not so much as a location and I loved how well Stephanie Perkins pulled this off.

Overall: Loved the film references in the book and the writing were lovely. The pacing of the book is some of the best pacing I've seen in a book. The only thing that seemed to bother me was how quickly the storyline wrapped up at the end of the book, but I still enjoyed the ending very much. If you love YA contemporary  then you will more than likely fall in love with Anna and the French Kiss. Am looking forward to the other two companion novels! 4.5/5 Stars