Anna and the French
Kiss by
Stephanie Perkins
Anna had everything going for her in Atlanta; a job, a best friend,
and a boy on the verge of becoming her boyfriend. Yet, this all changes when
her father decides to ship her off to a boarding school in Paris, France. What
she never expected was to actually love the place, make close friends, and meet
the amazingly handsome Étienne St. Clair. He seems to have it
all; including a serious girlfriend. That doesn’t stop them from talking and
becoming best friends, but will spending a whole year in the City of Love
change that?
Perfectly capturing the concept of teen love and its
confusion, Anna and the French Kiss is definitely worth having in the
library’s collection. The author, Stephanie Perkins, adds the right amount of
affection and conflict between Anna and St. Clair that will make readers both
gush over them as a couple and become frustrated with their problems as well.
She gives the characters such realistic qualities that will make you fall in
love with them completely. I recommend
this book to anyone in middle school and older looking for an unbelievably
adorable, easy, and romantic read. It is a wonderfully, funny book that will
make you want to jump into the story and live it yourself. Cassie W.; Teen Reviewer