Anna and the French kiss by Stephanie Perkins ★★★★★
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 Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, Étienne has it all…including a serious girlfriend.
But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?
So I read this book while being in Paris. That was the perfect experience for me! For those of you who haven't read the book yet (BY THE WAY YOU TOTALLY SHOULD AFTER READING THIS REVIEW), the story is situated in the wonderful Paris. Because it’s Anna first visit, her friends –including St. Clair- introduce her to some wonderful local places (which I also visited while reading the book!). They visit the Notre Dame, go to local cinemas and walk down the Seine. Stephanie Perkins did an amazing job on describing the beautiful City of Light.
Most of the time, I don’t like the romance in YA novels. The girl takes one glance at the boy, and suddenly she’s madly in love and knows “it’s meant to be”. Newsflash to YA writers; that is not how things work in real life. You get to experience the beginning of the friendship between Anna and St. Clair, all of their ups and downs. Even though St. Clair has a girlfriend, he is never presented as ‘the douchebag’ of the story. He’s just a lost boy who’s trying to understand life, and has his faults like everybody else. How I’d wish he was a real boy! Oh and did I already mention he has the most sexy English accent?! I think you get the picture now.
Another thing why I love this book, is because I can relate to so much. Forgotten friendships, plans for the future, crush on a boy who has a girlfriend, not being able to order food in French (yeah it’s true ok)… The whole story is so realistic. It makes me thing of John Green (which doesn’t mean I think they’re equally good). But these two writers both understand what it’s like being a teenager, trying to find your own way. I feel bad for not reading this earlier, because it was on my ‘to-read’ shelf for a while now. It’s the perfect holiday read while drinking some hot chocolate. SO WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE ON TUMBLR? GO READ THE DAMN BOOK! :D
