Author: Stephanie Perkins
Publisher: Dutton (Penguin Group)
Publication Date: December 2, 2010
Links: Goodreads | Amazon
Synopsis:
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?
Review:
For Anna Oliphant’s senior year, her bestselling author father decides to send her to boarding school in Paris. Now that he’s rich, he’s thinking that his daughter needs to be more cultured. Anna of course hates this. She doesn’t speak French at all. She’s shipped off to half a world away from her best friend and her family to a place where she knows no one. Needless to say she pretty much hates her father after that.
However, Anna quickly makes friends, with Mer, and meets the cute American boy with an English accent and a French name – Etienne St. Clair. The best part about her falling in love is that it’s a gradual process. Oh, Anna’s attracted to Etienne (who wouldn’t?), but it’s not instant love or obsession. For the majority of the book they’re just friends, best friends even, before their feelings come out in the open.
Anna’s a quirky little teenager. She wants to be a female film critic. She’s super germaphobic and a clean freak. I mean, she’s OCD about it. Everything has to have its place, but Stephanie Perkins manages to make this into something cute and adorable! And then Etienne makes fun of her! I just want to hug the two of them and squeal! LOL.
I loved seeing Paris through Anna’s eyes! It helps that Anna doesn’t speak French, so there’s a measure of realism portrayed in her fear to go out by herself. Despite her little eccentricities, Anna’s is very much a teenage girl. She worries about school and boys and friends. Though I was cheering for her and Etienne all the way, I like that Anna wasn’t stuck on him but tried to move on when she knows he’s unavailable.
Etienne St. Clair, oh my. Anna’s totally correct in saying that no American girl can resist a guy with an English accent, especially if that same guy has a great sense of humor and is beautiful. Etienne has his own problems, and he came across as very real. His fears and hesitation were very much reasonable. He isn’t perfect, but he stole my heart nonetheless.
All the characters make the rest of this book come alive. Everyone in this book has their problems. I love that Anna realizes that at the end. I love the friendships that Anna formed! Everyone was there for each other and their friendship was one of the best parts of this book.
I devoured every word of this book! At 370 pages, this book flew by and I was left with a huge smile on my face at the end! It’s so fun and adorable, but there’s enough angst to satisfy my needs for more emotions in my books. My heart went out to Anna near the end and I may have cried a little. No worries, it’s a happy ending. It’s also one of those books that will leave you smiling for hours feeling satisfied and happy.
I definitely recommend this book to everyone, even if contemporary YA isn’t your thing. I hope more people will fall in love with Anna and her adventures in the City of Lights.
Rating: 5/5
Synopsis:
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?
Review:
For Anna Oliphant’s senior year, her bestselling author father decides to send her to boarding school in Paris. Now that he’s rich, he’s thinking that his daughter needs to be more cultured. Anna of course hates this. She doesn’t speak French at all. She’s shipped off to half a world away from her best friend and her family to a place where she knows no one. Needless to say she pretty much hates her father after that.
However, Anna quickly makes friends, with Mer, and meets the cute American boy with an English accent and a French name – Etienne St. Clair. The best part about her falling in love is that it’s a gradual process. Oh, Anna’s attracted to Etienne (who wouldn’t?), but it’s not instant love or obsession. For the majority of the book they’re just friends, best friends even, before their feelings come out in the open.
Anna’s a quirky little teenager. She wants to be a female film critic. She’s super germaphobic and a clean freak. I mean, she’s OCD about it. Everything has to have its place, but Stephanie Perkins manages to make this into something cute and adorable! And then Etienne makes fun of her! I just want to hug the two of them and squeal! LOL.
I loved seeing Paris through Anna’s eyes! It helps that Anna doesn’t speak French, so there’s a measure of realism portrayed in her fear to go out by herself. Despite her little eccentricities, Anna’s is very much a teenage girl. She worries about school and boys and friends. Though I was cheering for her and Etienne all the way, I like that Anna wasn’t stuck on him but tried to move on when she knows he’s unavailable.
Etienne St. Clair, oh my. Anna’s totally correct in saying that no American girl can resist a guy with an English accent, especially if that same guy has a great sense of humor and is beautiful. Etienne has his own problems, and he came across as very real. His fears and hesitation were very much reasonable. He isn’t perfect, but he stole my heart nonetheless.
All the characters make the rest of this book come alive. Everyone in this book has their problems. I love that Anna realizes that at the end. I love the friendships that Anna formed! Everyone was there for each other and their friendship was one of the best parts of this book.
I devoured every word of this book! At 370 pages, this book flew by and I was left with a huge smile on my face at the end! It’s so fun and adorable, but there’s enough angst to satisfy my needs for more emotions in my books. My heart went out to Anna near the end and I may have cried a little. No worries, it’s a happy ending. It’s also one of those books that will leave you smiling for hours feeling satisfied and happy.
I definitely recommend this book to everyone, even if contemporary YA isn’t your thing. I hope more people will fall in love with Anna and her adventures in the City of Lights.
5 comments:
Great review! I really want to read this book! It sounds so cute and amazing :)
Great review. I love unique and quirky characters and will definitely have to get my hands on this one.
I always like the name Etienne, the story does sound so romantic.
I'm a new follower. I loved Anna and the French Kiss. It was a really cute and funny story.
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