Saturday, January 29, 2011

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Anna and the French KissAnna's parents are forcing her to spend her senior year at an American boarding school in Paris.  For most kids, the thought of spending a year in Paris is exciting, but Anna just wants her normal life in Atlanta with her mom, brother, best friend, Bridge, and Toph, the boy she's interested in.  She's lucky to meet a great group of people her first day at school, and the six of them become inseparable.  As she adjusts to life in Paris, Anna realizes that she has feelings for her new best friend, Étienne St. Clair.  He's oh-so-sexy and very smart...and he also has a girlfriend.  But anything is possible in the City of Light, where wishes have a way of coming true.

This book made me giddy.  Seriously.  I felt like a teenager all over again, falling in love for the first time.  It's a really cute story, with interesting characters and believable scenarios.  St. Clair immediately stole my heart, and I swooned right along with Anna throughout the entire book.  It was such a charming little book!

I realize that this is in no way a well-written review, but I can't stop the swooning long enough to put coherent thoughts together.  (Then again, when have any of my reviews been well-written?)

J'ai adoré ce livre!  (which means, I loved this book!)

4.5/5

4 comments:

Kira said...

I'm really jealous that you got to read this. My library doesn't have it! I'll probably just have to buy it, because everyone keeps giving it really good ratings.

Did you even read my TLS review? Or am I just too mainstream for you to visit now? jk

Lisa said...

I haven't read your review yet because I'm reading the book now, and I want to wait until after I finish the book. I visit your blog all the time, you know.

Kira said...

I was joking, dude. I know you still visit my blog. And I thank you.

Beth said...

Another book for my incredibly long to-read list...