After Reading: ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS by Stephanie Perkins

By: Meradeth Houston on 4:00 AM

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? (Goodreads)

I read this over the summer while sitting on a train, speeding across Italy during my travels, and that made the whole experience of this well-loved novel all that much more fun. I swear this has been on my TBR for years! I've heard so many good things that I'll admit, I was a little wary of starting the book--what if it didn't live up to my expectations? Thankfully I had nothing to worry about. I really loved the experience of stepping into Paris in Anna's shoes, and all that went on with her family and friends. The characters lept off the pages and I thoroughly loved the story. There were definitely a few time that I wished Anna and St. Clair would just have a decent conversation because, well, that's just one of those pet peeves of mine--people should just talk! But that would relieve the tension for about every romance novel ever written, haha! Still, the atmosphere, the characters, and the intriguing setting, delivered a wonderful novel that I deeply enjoyed.

Have you caught this one? What about the companion novels--were they are good?