"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 Etienne St. Clair: perfect, Parisian (and English and American, which makes for a swoon-worthy accent), and utterly irresistible. The only problem is that he's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her almost-relationship back home.
As winter melts into spring, will a year of romantic near - misses end with the French kiss Anna - and readers - have long awaited?"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This was another book that I was hesitant about reading. However, after reading quite a few awesome reviews and finding it at the library (the library!!!!) I gave it a shot. Anna wants to be a film critic, and I wish I could find where they say it so I can quote it exactly, but the gist of it is that females aren't good critics because they're too soft. So she wants to be this awesome film critic some day that people take seriously. I might have been a bit soft on some of these books, but no more! So "Anna and the French Kiss", are you ready for my incredibly fierce review???
I LOVED IT! Holy cow. In all seriousness I really really did. Right up there with "The Lady of Milkweed Manor" and "North of Beautiful". I'm trying to develop a format for reviewing so I make sure I give each book a thorough review. Lemme know what you think and if there are any other spots I should touch on.
Main Character: Anna! Annabel is easy to relate to. She gets yanked out of her life in Atlanta and transplanted to SOAP (School of America in Paris). She's awkward and nervous and almost starves until she learns the foods in french. I really like that she has some standards too. I don't like it when the main girls have super sassy attitudes with swear words flying everywhere and icky nasty trash for thoughts. Anna was perfect. I felt like I knew her character really well and I went on her emotional roller coaster with her. Well done Stephanie!
Love Interest: St. Clair was a good pick. I really like that he was flawed according to society. He's kinda short, doesn't have the perfect teeth, and is ridiculously afraid of heights. Add in his current girlfriend and dad and their screwed up relationships, and you really feel like this is a real guy. He screws up a lot, but he makes up for it.
The Romance: I hate it when they fall in love instantly and you can't see how or why. I also hate it when they take forever and 5 years to realize they have a thing for each other (Hermione & Ron....). Anna & St. Clair have it perfect. They develop their friend side which I think is really important because it gives them a strong foundation to be all romantic later on. Well looks like it's time to quit talking at risk of spoilers...
Ending: Very happy :)
Overall Opinion: Go get it! It's funny, sad, sweet, and angry at one point or another. I definitely want to add this to my collection.
Thanks for suggesting books at the library. You are awesome!
ReplyDelete