Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins | Book Review

Title: Anna and the French Kiss

Author: Stephanie Perkins

LINK: https://amzn.to/2UtjPAU



{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 Étienne St. Clair. Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all...including a serious girlfriend.

But in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss?}


Okay, I owe you guys a long overdue book review!


It took a lot of courage for me to pick up this book. For one, I hadn't ever read a contemporary at the time I read this- so it was a scary adjustment. I actually attempted to read quite a few contemporaries in the month of February to get me over my fear of them.

Yes, I was actually afraid of reading contemporaries xD


Last month, Anna and The French Kiss was one of the best books I read! I am now over my fear of romantic books!! 😀


So while I did not necessarily like Anna at first- she really grew on me throughout the story to where I couldn't not like her! To be fair, the only reason I hadn't liked her at first was because she'd been so upset about going to Paris, France.

Bloody Paris, France, Y'all!! (FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW: I'm utterly obsessed with France.)

I really didn't care for most of the side characters until about half way through, when they too- grew on me.

This book was absolutely wonderful and I'm in love with it 😍😍!

I did get frustrated with Anna multiple times, for one she had been a bit of a hypocrite towards her friends- and I mean a harsh hypocrite. And for another, she had actually gone after another girl's boyfriend. Though that aspect didn't bother me, because Anna was trying to be friends with St. Clair- she had already stated he was not an option especially when her new friend was in love with him too.

So... does that make it all St. Clair's fault? *Le gasp*


Not to mention he was giving Anna lots of mixed signals and encouraging her...while being a coward and running back to the girlfriend he'd already kinda cheated on...

Huh. When you put it that way, he's no longer that dreamy... but if you go back and re-read the last two chapters, you fall in love with him too.


This book has increased my expectations for both real and fictional guys (hence why I'm still single).



[My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐]


Have you read this book, is it on your TBR? What did you think of it??

Thanks for reading!! Have a lovely day!!
~Books with Noel