The Bookworm says... Oui! Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins was a lovely book. Anna loves Atlanta. She's excited to be a senior, and excited about her bubbling almost-relationship with Toph. It's smooth sailing, until her father decides to ship her off to Paris. The newest member of the 25 (now 26) person senior class of the School of America in Paris, Anna doesn't speak a word of French. She makes new friends: Mer, Josh, Rashmi, and Étienne St. Clair. Oh, St. Clair. Anna and St. Clair. St. Clair and Anna. Instant best friends, so close that a romantic relationship seems inevitable. Except St. Clair has a girlfriend. And Anna kindasortamaybe has a boyfriend. Her heart is in Atlanta, but also very present in Paris. Through a series of touristy activities and some classical films, Anna and St. Clair attempt to work out the broken pieces of their friendship/relationship, while fixing each other in the process.
I really enjoyed this book! It was definitely very cliché, set in the City of Love. A little cliché never hurt anyone! I'm happy to say it lived up to my high expectations set for this book, and that I cannot wait until I have a chance to buy the rest of this romantic Stephanie Perkins trilogy.
"For the two of us, home isn't a place. It's a person. And we're finally home."
