Anna and the French Kiss by Stehpanie Perkins - Review

**A note on my notes: This review is spoiler free.**

"The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you." 

Anna and the French Kiss follows Anna, a 17-year-old girl who is about to enter her senior year in high school. She's very excited to spend the year with her best friend and potential boyfriend. Instead, however, her father decides that Anna will finish out her schooling at The School of America, a boarding school in Paris. The novel follows Anna throughout the year as her relationships with all those close to her develop for the better of the worse.

The Good
I absolutely adored this book. It's so easy to read and I flew through it so quickly. As the main character, Anna is pretty interesting and her values, ideas and beliefs are pretty relatable to the average female reader. The other characters are fairly interesting as well and they all function nicely together as a group of friends. The plot moves along fairly quickly and is very easy to follow. The romantic relationships that develop between various characters are also pretty believable, as are the issues they all face.

The Bad
At the beginning of the book, it's possible to get quite frustrated at Anna because she's presented with an incredible opportunity and she can only see the negatives for a short period of time; however, I think Anna's reactions were quite realistic because no teenage girl wants to be isolated from her life and friends during high school, let alone her senior year. Another thing that some readers might find frustrating is that every single romantic near-miss that occurs focuses on the same issue every single time and there is a lack of depth behind the reasoning.

The Recommendation
If you love contemporary novels, then you will love this book. I would recommend Anna and the French Kiss to anyone who is looking for a quick and easy read. I would also recommend reading this book if you're in a reading slump, because the ease of reading this book will probably help you get out of it.

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