Avery (Taylor's version)'s Reviews > Anna and the French Kiss

“For the two of us, home isn't a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”

This is going to be a very fun review to write. So you probably already saw the rating I gave this book. It seems like everything I would love: it's set in Paris, there's a cute love interest with an accent, it has an academic setting, there's some drama but NO.

This is by far the worst book I've read this year. My first one star rating of 2022. Wow.

The characters were awful, the romance was awful, and don't even get me STARTED on Anna.

The Plot

This consists of drama, cheating, and idiocy. Nothing much really happens except petty drama, Anna being an idiot, and the TeNSiOn between Anna and Étienne.

And there's also slut shaming and mean girls with no reason, and again CHEATING.

So I don't have much to say here because all of my other thoughts are directed to the next two topics.

But let me put this here because it made me so mad:

“Boys turn girls into such idiots.”

Hm? Are you sure about that because I'm sure not all girls turn into bumbling fools when they like a guy? Wonderful way of shoving all girls into one category.

“But give a college chick the chance to dress up like a slutty nurse, and she's gonna take it.”

ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

“It's Ellie. I nearly drop my towel. “Oh.”
Slutty nurse. I don't believe it. Tiny white button-up dress, red crosses across the nipples. Cleavage city.”

AND THERE'S THE SLUT SHAMING.

The Characters



And here's where the fun begins. I'll only be discussing Anna here because my complaints about her are enough to fill a book. I'll mention Étienne here and there.

Anna

“I'm a little distracted by this English French American Boy Masterpiece.”

Oh yes Anna, I'm very aware based off of how you fell head over heels in love with him after first seeing him, yes that's definitely a LITTLE distracted.

Anna is the definition of an idiot. She went to Paris for school and didn't bother to learn ANY French. She thought oui was spelled w-e-e. How?? Even before I took French in school I knew how to spell oui, it's just such a common word.

She also complained about going to a boarding school in PARIS. I would do anything to go to Paris just once, and here she is, complaining about being forced to go to a really nice school in PARIS??

When she went back to Atlanta she was suddenly so sad and wanted to go back to Paris when literally a few pages before she thought "like I wanted to go to Paris." MAKE UP YOUR MIND.

She also was too scared to order food from a cafeteria because she didn't know how to speak French, so she literally hid out in her room because she was "too embarrassed" to try and order off of the menu when no one was there to help her?? Girl just brave it and eat food, or just LEARN FRENCH.

Anna is also the classic "she doesn't know she's beautiful" girl.

“You’re beautiful.”

I trip and fall down on the sidewalk.

I look away as he takes my hand and helps me up. “I’m fine. Fine!” I say, brushing the grit from my palms. Oh my God, I AM a freak.

“You’ve seen the way men look at you, right?” he continues.

“If they’re looking, it’s because I keep making a fool of myself.”

Oh gee.

She ALSO didn't know that Paris is full of films and is apparently the film appreciation capital of the world, and she wants to work in the film industry??

AND she didn't want to look like an American walking around Paris (oh no, woe is me) so she put a FREAKING CANADIAN PATCH ON HER BAG OR WHATEVER SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T KNOW SHE IS AMERICAN.

“It turns out I am not a nice person.”

No you aren't Anna, not after imagining ripping out Ellie's eyeballs and pulling her hair out.

Let's not forget about the fact that she went after Étienne even when she knew he had a girlfriend. Which launches me right into the next topic.

But anyways, I could probably find many more complaints about Anna but that's all for now folks.

Also, I hate Étienne. Don't know why. Maybe because he used his girlfriend. And cheated on her as well. I hate everyone and everything in this book.

The Romance



And here it is. The worst part of the book. Maybe I would've liked this if it hadn't consisted of the cheating trope.

Exhibit A:

“I cheated on her every day. In my mind, I thought of you in ways I shouldn't have, again and again. She was nothing compared to you. I've never felt this way about anybody before-”

*daps eyes with tissue* What a wonderful love confession, admitting that you literally cheated on your girlfriend in your mind with this girl instead of just telling her you didn't want to date anymore.

Exhibit B:

“I mean I didn't SLEEP sleep with him. Obviously. But I slept with him.”

Yes you did. You slept with a guy who has. A. Girlfriend. How do you think that YOU would feel if you found out your boyfriend was sleeping in the same bed TWO TIMES with another girl, Anna??

And then they KISSED when Étienne still had a FUCKING GIRLFRIEND. AND DID THEY SERIOUSLY NOT EXPECT TO GET CAUGHT, THEY WERE SHOVING THEIR TONGUES DOWN EACH OTHER'S THROATS IN FRONT OF LITERALLY EVERYONE.

And then Anna had the audacity for being mad that he went to his girlfriend's place because he AbAnDoNeD her again for HIS GIRLFRIEND. HE WAS LITERALLY GOING THERE TO TELL HER WHAT HAPPENED YOU IDIOT.

EXHIBIT C:

“Yes, St. Clair. I like you.

But I can't say it aloud, because he's my friend.”

AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE BECAUSE HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND.

And they also held hands all over the place, went out on NOT dates (psh), blushed and flirted and made eye contact and practically held hands at a movie theater.

I'm so done with this.

“Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent.”

Ok ok, I admit, I do like the accent.

But anyways, this felt very good to write about and I'm so glad I got all of this off of my chest. I love a good ol' rant review.

1 star

“I mean, really. Who sends their kid to boarding school? It's so Hogwarts. Only mine doesn't have cute boy wizards or magic candy or flying lessons.”

Oh no I got sent to Paris, the city of lights and love and I get to learn about so much stuff, so sad.

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I haven't had a one star read in a very long time. How fun

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