ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS Book Review.

Can Anna find love in the City of Light?

Anna is happy in Atlanta. She has a loyal best friend and a crush on her coworker at the movie theater, who is just starting to return her attention. So she's less than thrilled when her father decides to send her to a boarding school in Paris for her senior year. But despite not speaking of word of French, Anna meets some cool new people, including the handsome Étienne St. Clair, who quickly becomes her best friend. Unfortunately, he's taken—and Anna might be, too. Will a year of romantic near misses end with the French kiss she's been waiting for?

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins was one of the first, if not THE first, Romance novel I have read - and boy, did I like it.

I read this book in two sittings, one at night and one in the morning, and when it came to an end I was disappointed.

There are several things I liked about the book:

1) Some of the characters themselves were very relatable (for example, Anna is an awkward soul, as am I) and it was interesting seeing how Anna and the other characters reacted in the situations in the book. I sort of felt like I was growing up with them in their final year of high school.

2) I'm not going to lie, parts of this book were laugh-out-loud funny. The way Stephanie Perkins writes dialogue is just genius. I think at one point I was snorting with laughter, which is something that just doesn't happen when I read my dystopia novels.

3) The plot line was progressive and Perkins knows how to write a romantic novel. I felt gooey inside when I was reading it, and even when I just think about the book and cough St. Clair cough, I feel the a little bit mesmerised (in a good way, of course)

4) ETIENNE ST. CLAIR. Hands down St. Clair is my new fictional crush. I mean, he's funny, kind, caring, intelligent, adventurous, clever AND he speaks fluent french. I mean, I hate french because I endured three years of hell 'trying' to learn it at school. Luckily I've dropped it now and I feel a lot happier with life. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ETIENNE SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE FLUENTLY IS NOT AMAZING. I BASICALLY LOVE HIM I DON'T KNOW WHY

Some criticism that I have is: 

1) some of the English 'slang' or ways of saying things were a little bit off but (?)still amusing(?)
2) Sometimes I found that the *characters* overreacted at times

If you have just read a really depressing or dystopia-esque book and just need a lighter book to read then just read this. NOW. Jks. But read it. I think i could read this everyday for a year and not get bored. Basically, I've bought all of Stephanie Perkins' books now.

I tried to keep MY FIRST(!!) review (lol it was basically me just rambling) as spoiler-free as possible :)