Author: Stephanie Perkins
ISBN-13: 9780525423270
Hardcover: 372 pages
Publisher: Penguin, 2010
Purchase at IndieBound, Amazon, The Book Depository
Source: Waukesha Public Library
drey's thoughts:
Anna and the French Kiss is a lovely story about a girl who meets a boy and how their friendship evolves into something more. Of course, this being set in a high school (even if it is in Paris), there's the requisite angst and my-friend-also-likes-the-same-boy drama. Not that it's drowning in angst and drama, because if that were the case I wouldn't have liked it as much as I did.
I liked the cast of characters in Anna and the French Kiss, especially Anna. She's bright, funny, and nice. Etienne is witty and charming, and such a romantic. The two make a lovely couple, if only they could just get to the point where they were a couple. Then again, if it was that easy, this would be a novella instead of a heartwarming romantic read.
drey's rating: Excellent! Add it to your summer reading if you like a good boy-meets-girl story.
Have you read Anna and the French Kiss? What did you think?
I really liked this one too! I remember thinking how crazy she was to not be sure about going to boarding school her senior year...it's Paris! But then again, it was her senior year. I also thought her affinity for film was an interesting side story.
ReplyDeleteI grabbed this for my Kindle when it was free, so I'm glad to see you enjoyed it so much!
ReplyDeletelol Julia--I had that same thought! The heck with senior year, this is PARIS we're talking about!! :P
ReplyDeleteKathy--it was free?? I'm totally jealous! :)
this is one of those books that I hadn't heard anything about and just randomly picked up... HA! Just kidding. Nearly EVERY ONE of my bookish friends (and I am not exaggerating when I say that) has been raving about this book. It is totally my kind of book; I just could never find the time to read it. Foolish, foolish girl! I should have made time sooner. Who needs sleep! Work? Overrated. Seriously. If you've been meaning to read this one do it and do it now.
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