I know that there has to be the “thing” that keeps the couple apart, but it always bugs me when that thing is just that the characters won’t talk to each other and just say how they feel already and there are these misunderstandings that keep them apart. Still, call it formulaic if you wish, but the formula works for a reason. Girl eventually gets boy (oh, come on – I’m really not spoiling anything here). Girl falls for boy, but there is something keeping them apart. Yep, it follows the typical teen romance formula. What I wasn’t crazy about (yes, there were a few things):

Except that they are closer than friends, constantly teetering on that line between friendship and “something else”.

He is amazingly handsome, sweet and funny, but he has a serious girlfriend, so Anna has to content herself with best friend status. She is less than thrilled, but she quickly becomes a bit happier about the situation when she meets Etienne St. In case I’m not the absolute last person to read this book and you don’t know what it’s about, here’s the basic plot: Anna is sent off to boarding school in France for her senior year of high school. Way to make us suffer! So, you can tell that I’m obviously hooked. My heart dropped when I saw that the third book won’t be coming out for almost a year. Not that this book felt like it needed sequels – it was a great standalone, but I knew that there were sequels, so I had to go check up on them. When I put the book down, I had to immediately go and check Goodreads to see what the status of the sequels was. It was the perfect light romance book with tons of scenes that made my heart flutter. So, I decided I needed to read it so that I could see for myself what everyone was talking about.Īnd the verdict? Yep, I can definitely see why everyone loves it.

I mean it seemed like it was on every blogger’s “Top 10” list or “Best Of” list for something (even best cover, which I have to disagree with – this cover did nothing to draw me to the book – but I digress). And everywhere I turn lately I’ve been hearing about Anna and the French Kiss. Okay, so I’ve been reading so many dystopian/paranormal novels lately that I felt like I needed to take a little break and read something lighter. Will a year of romantic near-misses end with their long-awaited French kiss? MY TAKE Smart, charming, beautiful, Étienne has it all…including a serious girlfriend.īut in the City of Light, wishes have a way of coming true. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris–until she meets Étienne St. Summary 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.

The french kiss novel