After her dad ships her off to the School of America in Paris (SOAP) for her senior year of high school, Anna meets St. Clair, a young boy with a British accent, who soon makes her forget her homesickness and begin to fall in love with more than just Paris.

There’s just two problems. He has a girlfriend who also just happens to be her neighbor and best friend, and Anna may or may not have a crush of her own back home, Toph.

Anna and The French Kiss is a truly beautiful romance filled with fluffy scenes between Anna and St. Clair as the two go to the theater, spend Thanksgiving with the each other, and visit Les Jardins de Luxembourg, the place where their romance begins to flourish.

Yet, personally, Anna can be a little hypocritical with the other characters in the novel. For example, Anna immedietely feels betrayed and considers breaking off her friendship with her childhood friend Bridgette after finding out that she started dating her old crush without telling her. However, Anna also goes behind her best friend Meredith’s back, choosing to continue her “friendship” and feelings with St. Clair, despite him already dating Meredith.

In spite of this fact, however, St. Clair truly is lovable and sweet, comforting Anna when she’s homesick and defending her against Ellie, his ex-girlfriend. Yet, even going so far as conquering his fear of heights for Anna, the book truly creates heartfluttering scenes atop Point Zéro as Anna and St. Clair begin to realize that home is when they’re together.

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins is available to check out from the Mission Viejo Library. It is also available to download for free from Libby.