Anna and the French Kiss 1 - Stephanie Perkins
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?
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?
Cover
OHNO. Look at that cheesy cover that I can't even stand to see. It's so horrible. The new cover is amazing. I like the fond and the colours and the amount of Paris that is in it and uh, would totally love to own this book, but I have it on my e-reader, which makes me a bit sad.
Anna Oliphant
Eh. Not sure how to feel about her. Honestly, she is kind of a first-world-problemed white girl. Falls in love with the hot guy everyone likes, finds out that he has a girlfriend, tries to still be friends with him but doesn't notice the sexual tension and ugh, come on, just kiss already! Anyway, I have so many problems with Anna, from the fact that she is a film critic (who, by the way, doesn't know that there are many cinemas/theatres in Paris) and who has no basic understanding of French whatsoever. She was enjoyable I must admit, but she was an idiot. Only speaking the truth.
Étienne... English, French, American... St. Clair?
Hold up. You thought Anna was bad? Try again, St. Clair is worse. Apart from the fact that he was born in America and has an English accent and he has a French dad which is freaking idiotic, he also has this amazing hair that is always majestic and oh, did I mention that he has daddy issues and a fear of hights ? How sensitive! While he was incredibly sweet and I kind of liked him, I can't forgive what he did to his girlfriend. You don't cheat, even when you have all these issues, you're not permitted to cheat. Ever.
Side-characters
So, I understand now that this is a trilogy and that other characters will appear in later books, so Josh (St. Clair's best friend) will re-appear in the third book (Isla and the Happily Ever After). Anyway, Josh was alright but there was not really much depth to side-characters. Ellie, St. Clair's girlfriend, was slut-shamed by Anna. So much for women being nice to each other.....
Meredith was hopeless. While she was one of the few likeable characters, she had little to no depth other than that she was a little emo and she listened to the Beatles.
The whole Toph and Britney situation was just an attempt to make this book a little more interesting in my opinion. This book isn't special.
While this book isn't special. It is enjoyable. Very much so. I really enjoyed this book and I couldn't stop reading it. Yes, the main character is a complete idiot, but the book's great. It's just kind of problematic. 3,5/5 stars. Will continue reading this series though.
OHNO. Look at that cheesy cover that I can't even stand to see. It's so horrible. The new cover is amazing. I like the fond and the colours and the amount of Paris that is in it and uh, would totally love to own this book, but I have it on my e-reader, which makes me a bit sad.
Anna Oliphant
Eh. Not sure how to feel about her. Honestly, she is kind of a first-world-problemed white girl. Falls in love with the hot guy everyone likes, finds out that he has a girlfriend, tries to still be friends with him but doesn't notice the sexual tension and ugh, come on, just kiss already! Anyway, I have so many problems with Anna, from the fact that she is a film critic (who, by the way, doesn't know that there are many cinemas/theatres in Paris) and who has no basic understanding of French whatsoever. She was enjoyable I must admit, but she was an idiot. Only speaking the truth.
Étienne... English, French, American... St. Clair?
Hold up. You thought Anna was bad? Try again, St. Clair is worse. Apart from the fact that he was born in America and has an English accent and he has a French dad which is freaking idiotic, he also has this amazing hair that is always majestic and oh, did I mention that he has daddy issues and a fear of hights ? How sensitive! While he was incredibly sweet and I kind of liked him, I can't forgive what he did to his girlfriend. You don't cheat, even when you have all these issues, you're not permitted to cheat. Ever.
Side-characters
So, I understand now that this is a trilogy and that other characters will appear in later books, so Josh (St. Clair's best friend) will re-appear in the third book (Isla and the Happily Ever After). Anyway, Josh was alright but there was not really much depth to side-characters. Ellie, St. Clair's girlfriend, was slut-shamed by Anna. So much for women being nice to each other.....
Meredith was hopeless. While she was one of the few likeable characters, she had little to no depth other than that she was a little emo and she listened to the Beatles.
The whole Toph and Britney situation was just an attempt to make this book a little more interesting in my opinion. This book isn't special.
While this book isn't special. It is enjoyable. Very much so. I really enjoyed this book and I couldn't stop reading it. Yes, the main character is a complete idiot, but the book's great. It's just kind of problematic. 3,5/5 stars. Will continue reading this series though.
Dominique
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