Review: Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Released: December 2, 2010
Publisher: Dutton
Pages: 372
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by: Carey
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?

Review:
AH. 

I don't know how to review this because it was literally just so perfect. So, so perfect. 

I literally felt like I was in France, honestly. And I had no idea what as going to happen after each and every page. I didn't call almost anything, besides Anna and St. Clair getting together. 

This is the hardest review I've ever had to write. It shouldn't be this hard to write a review.

Okay. So I obviously adored this book so much. The beginning was okay. I didn't really like Toph at all, and didn't see his significance until the Bridgette thing happened. I looooved the friendship of St. Clair and Anna, especially around Thanksgiving, and even more so at Christmas. I hated that his mother got cancer and I hated his father even more so, for obvious reasons (at least if you've read the book it's obvious). I loved the fact that everyone was in love with St. Clair, including Anna's best friend, Meredith. I didn't like the fact that we only got to see a chapter of the two of them dating.

That is my only complaint, really. I wish that they dated sooner on in the book so that we could get to know their relationship better. Granted, I guess things really didn't change all that much except for the fact that they started making out a lot, but I still wanted to know... you know? I want to know about how the friendship between Bridgette and her is going. How college is. How St. Clair's mother is doing, and don't forget about Anna's little brother, Seany. Kid was adorable with his Star Wars obsession.

Either way, everyone should read this book because it is perfect, perfect, perfect.