Book- Anna and the French Kiss
Author- Stephanie Perkins
Genre- Romance, young adult, contemporary.
My rating- 5 STARS
I would like to start by saying how much I loved this book! I definitely give it 5 stars, if I could give it more then I would. This is my first review, so the way I am going to do it is a bit about the book and if I recommend it, then I am going to have a spoiler section. The spoiler section is where I will go into more depth about what happens in the book, I would not advise reading it if you have not yet read the book! But first I will tell you a little about the book.
This book is about Anna, who is happy in Atlanta, her home. Things are great for her, she has her best friend, Bridgette, her crush, Toph (which might finally be going somewhere) and everything is planned out. Until her Father decides to send her to Paris for a year, all by herself. Anna doesn't speak any French and doesn't want to be there in the first place.
But then she starts to make friends at her boarding school, one of which is the gorgeous Etienne St Clair, who Anna gets on with immediately, but he has a girlfriend and Anna is still waiting until she can see Toph again. With many conflicting emotions, will Anna get her long awaited French Kiss?
So, if you want to know if I recommend it, then I am telling you... I most definitely do. People who like romance, Paris and heart warming 'things' NEED to pick this book up. I want to go and live in Paris now, seriously.
The book is so cute and made me giggle out loud on various occasions, as well as this, I read it super quickly. I would not stop reading, COULD not stop reading because it was just that good. Anna is such a likable character, as well a Etienne who I fell in love with immediately.
The characters are all amazing, but the character development for the main characters is very good. Everything is extremely believable and I enjoyed learning about the different aspects and themes of the book.
Stephanie Perkins wrote it all so well, in a way that you got to know Anna, you see the way that she sees things. Sometimes I read books where the main character is very dull and you don't learn much about them, but not in Anna and the French Kiss.
People may disagree with me on this one, but I think that the book was great in the fact that the romance was not the only thing about this book. There were other things going on which I enjoyed reading about on top of the romance. It dealt with different issues through out the book, which I really liked.
You may already know, but this book intertwines with Lola and the Boy next Door, the next book. There is also a book coming out this year called Isla and the Happily Ever After, the third one, which will do the same and draw it all to a conclusion. The characters are destined to come together. I love this idea and am extremely excited to see what happens.
As soon as I finished Anna and the French Kiss, I needed Lola and the Boy Next door, so I ordered it online and it should be coming in the post very soon!
Now I need to wait patiently, but in the mean time, if you have not yet read this book, you need to. If you like any of the genres to do with this book you should definitely pick it up. I recommend it highly, 5 stars has been awarded to it by me for a reason!
This is going to be the end of my non-spoiler-bit. I seriously do recommend this! I enjoyed it so very much, if you are looking for a book to warm your heart, this is the one.
--Spoilers! You have been warned.--
Oh wow. This book.
There was just so much that happened! I want to re-read it, there was just so much going on. Etienne... Oh my, he is mighty fine. I loved the way he and Anna got to know each other, how you see them falling for each other. One of my favourite parts of the book was when Anna was in Atlanta for Christmas and she was emailing Etienne, those emails were just so very cute!
Anna is one of those characters that you believe, you believe that they are upset about things, that they are happy about things. She is not boring or dull which you can find in some books. Her development was perfect, it wasn't rushed, you didn't find out everything about her in the first couple of pages, you find out more about her character as the book goes on which I really liked. This is the same with Etienne, his character develops in a way I love. Also, the way Anna and Etienne act with each other and there relationship develops is something I loved to read about.
Some of my favourite bits were the little conversations that Anna and Etienne had, very cute. I loved that he went to see the films with her and took her out into Paris. At times I wanted to scream at the two, tell them that they NEEDED to get together NOW, you could see them falling for each other and it was so romantic.
Talking about romantic... Paris! I think Paris is one of my favourite settings for books, especially this kind of story. France itself is one of my favourite places, I am learning French because I love it so much! So I appreciated that it was set there, it made it even more romantic and cute...
One thing about Anna that annoyed me a tiny bit, was how she reacted to a few things through out the book. It was a tad frustrating to see the way she dealt with some of the situations, however every character has an annoying quality about them. Otherwise Anna and I, we got on considerably well.
I adored it when Etienne gave Anna love poetry, that was so unbelievably sweet! It is one of those books that makes you feel all fuzzy, especially when Anna and Etienne are together... I don't think I can use these words enough, CUTE, romantic, sweet, CUTE.
When Etienne is drunk and tells Anna he likes her... Well, I just love that bit. Especially Anna's reaction.
Can I just say 'the ending'? Oh how much I loved the ending, I have re-read that ending quite a few times already... Yup. I just cannot wait to read more of Stephanie Perkins' writing.
And to finish off this review...
I loved 'Banana Elephant', everything about it. I don't know why, but I just love that. Ha!
Any way! Tell me what you thought about this book if you have read it. I for one, really loved it, if you could not tell. I am extremely excited to read Lola and the Boy Next Door, hopefully I will like it as much as Anna and the French Kiss! And I leave you with that, thankyou for reading and I will have a new post up soon!
-Darcy
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