The dialogue in this novel is also particularly good – unlike a lot of young adult novels, the pair of them talk about things outside of relationships and parties. Every sentence shared between St Clair and Anna draws them closer together. Sometimes, it’s like there’s not enough time to get to the point where you root for a couple, even if they’re sweet together and well fleshed out characters.īut Perkins pays a lot of attention to detail in such a short novel. It’s sometimes hard to care whether the main couple in a story gets together, especially in a short novel. The only problem? She’s still waiting on Toph, and St Clair has a girlfriend. Needless to say, she’s not happy, and she’d give anything to go home.īut Paris has some tricks up its sleeve that will make her fall in love – a great new group of friends, a whole load of independent cinemas and an English/French/American boy who she fits with like a jigsaw. She’s taken away from her mother, her younger brother, her best friend, Bridget, and her almost-boyfriend, Toph. Forced by her father – an up and coming romance writer – into a school that will look good to his rich friends, she arrives at School of America in Paris. She’s got the look, the attitude, and the accent, and she does not belong in Paris. About the Characters in the BookĪnna is about as American as they come – she says it herself. If you’re looking for a story that grabs at your heart and holds it with incredible characters, a beautiful setting and many a near miss, you’ll find a home in this story.Īfter many a Tumblr recommendation of this novel, I picked it up in Waterstones and set myself down to read. It walks the line between hilarious and emotive, hysterical and hard hitting. This book review of Anna and the French Kiss shares why I think this book is a phenomenal debut YA novel from Stephanie Perkins.

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The Setting of Anna and the French Kiss.

Character Development in Anna and the French Kiss.

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