Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins

So. Everyone and their mother has read this book, and, let me tell you, it totally deserves the fame. I know the title and cover are really bad, and if I hadn't heard so many wonderful things about it, they would normally have made me put this book back on the shelf never to be touched again. But, that being said, I am so glad I didn't and ended up reading it because this book was absolutely amazing.
Now I know this is a really romance-centered book and if you don't appreciate this type of book, you may not enjoy Anna as much as I did, but it seriously is a wonderful book. Stephanie Perkins has promise and talent and she wrote this book beautifully.
So, let's get started with the characters. Anna is a character I really appreciated, which I find is becoming way too rare in Young Adult books; female protagonists nowadays have a tendency to be really whiny and annoying and dependent on everyone around them. Yes, Anna struggles with being alone throughout the book, but she does so in a way that doesn't make me cringe and want to throw a book at her face. I really like her point of view and the way she describes St-Clair is just adorable and sweet, though she really doesn't take a single one of his hints throughout the entire book, which kind of annoyed me at times. Which brings me on to main character number 2: Étienne St-Clair. I'm totally in love with St-Clair and he just makes me wish I had cute, funny, smart, British boys that are into history and love Napoléon Bonaparte. Alas, life was not so kind as to give me said male. So for the moment, I'll settle for fictional characters. They're the next best thing and I guess they're good enough.
Now, if you haven't read the book, I'm assuming you've understood by now that Anna and the French Kiss is a romance novel. I think the title gave that away. So the story revolves around Anna, an American girl whose dad sends her to boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school. She meets a handful of interesting people that she grows to love.
Having lived in Paris myself and missing it horribly on a daily basis, I really appreciated getting Anna's description of places I know and love and her appreciation of them. It made me want to go back even more than I already did.
I loved, loved, loved Anna, and would recommend to any teenage girl and everyone else who may like a good romance novel. If you haven't read it, definitely go and pick it up, you won't regret it.
This book gets a 10/10 from me, and I hope it will or did for you too.
Toodlepip,
x Clara