Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie PerkinsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
From Goodreads:
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. Claire: 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?
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I've seriously been hearing good things about this book since it came out. But I wasn't expecting to LOVE it the way I did. It's just a good, sweet, young adult romance. Filled with teen angst and first love. Good (nice) characters, cute (nice) boys, and real friends--there were some mean girls too, but it felt real. No car crashes, no crazy twists. Sound like it could have been boring, right? NO! Stephanie does a great job getting inside Anna's head--I loved her. I want to be her friend. I don't normally reread books, but this one almost makes me want to start over at page one.
Oh yeah, and I want my YA novel to be on the shelf next to this one. I want my YA novel to be this book's BFF.
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6 comments:
I knew you'd love this one! sweet romance. Wasn't this great? Asselin - Perkins - not so sure about the shelf thing. ;) And this book wasn't even at my Borders anymore, not that I could see. Hopefully, it was just a stocking issue.
LOL, I know. Alphabetically it won't work, will it? But genre-wise? I'm right there with Stephanie (I wish!). Maybe when they make that special theme shelf...
Ok, now I'm being stupid. :)
I loved ANNA so much! So much angst and romance, and so many layers. Now that I know THE SWEET SPOT is similar, I REALLY want to read it. :)
Funny, I just finished it the other night... or should I yesterday MORNING. Er, 3:30 in the morning to be exact. SUCH a great book!
I've heard all great things about this book, too. It's been on my TBR list for awhile. But that list just keeps growing and growing, LoL!
Oh I LOVED Anna and the French Kiss. I literally devoured it in one night and wanted more!
Thx for the kind words on my blog. Yes, I'm gonna need a buddy on submission. Trisha and I will no doubt be a nervous wreck X 2!
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