[Book Review] Anna and The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Synopsis

Anna can't wait for her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a good job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she's not too thrilled when her father unexpectedly ships her off to boarding school in Paris - until she meets Etienne St. Clair, the perfect boy. The only problem? He's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her crush back home. Will a year of romantic near-misses end in the French kiss Anna awaits?

Review/Thoughts

Warning! Contains spoilers!!!!

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It is my very first time reading a normal book. Normal as in non-fiction kind of normal. All I have been reading has been fiction, which  I love dearly but “Anna and the French Kiss” didn’t disappoint me at ALL. 

At first I started reading it because of the studying-abroad situation. Since soon I'll be in a studying abroad I wanted to know what it'll be like. But I quickly found myself laughing out loud and imagining myself in those situations. I obviously didn't regret reading this book.


Good/Funny points

• Anna starts listing the things she know about France, which are all touristic and historical things we all know. 
• She mentions that she only knows how to say oui. Immediately, I imagine all kind of situations that could happen to her because of the language barrier and say, “This is going to be funny!”
• Every time Étienne talked I couldn't help but read it out loud and try to imitate his English accent. 
• SOAP....great election of acronyms of a school, Perkins! 
• I can’t really say if I like Anna’s father, Jason Ashley, very much. But I can say I relate him to the writer Nicholas Sparks. I’m not a fan of sad books/movies but since he’s the only author I know that has written MOST of his books in a sad mood, that’s how I imagine Mr. Ashley to be...though, in a more cliché-ish way.
• I really liked the chapter where St. Clair and Anna were emailing each other in Christmas break. Very funny and sweet chapter.
• I NEVER expected that kind of advice from Matt and that Cherrie would actually care or try to ._.
• "I wish for the thing that is best for me. How's that for generalization?" I LOVED that line! Next time I don't know what to wish, I'll wish for that. 
• St. Clair's choice of insults or curses. Words like bloody (insert noun), arse, shite and others. I don't even know how to pronounce shite but I freaking love it! <3

And many many others...

Bad Points

• I felt really bad for poor Meredith. I mean, the girl has been crushing on St. Clair since like forever and suddenly le wild Anna appears and whatever slim chances she had were blown away. I kept thinking that some guy would appear for her but...nope, not such guy appeared ._.
• Sometimes I had to lay the book down. There was so much St. Clair in Anna's mind. It was really sweet but sometimes I found it a little bit annoying. 
• Amanda is a Mean Girl wannabe.  Toph is an arsehole and Mike and Dave are also running that ship with him. Point made. 

Conclusion 

It is a very recomendable book for people like me that are curious of the living/studying-abroad thing and  also for those who like love triangles and stuff like that. Also, this book has shown me that not all "normal" books are boring as I thought. 

I loved how funny it is! The relationship between St. Clair, Anna and the whole crew was just amazing. I just  LOVED it. 

Wikipedia informs me that "Anna and the French Kiss" is the first book of a storyline. Then comes "Lola and the Boy Next Door(2011)" and "Isla and the Happily Ever After(2013)". Another couple and then Josh and Isla!? ...I can't wait to have those books on my hands ._. <3