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Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

Title: Anna and the French Kiss
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Pages: 327
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?
My Rating:✰✰✰✰✰

This book was such a good, cute contemporary. It made me smile, and feel all giddy, but most of all, it made me want to go to France. Stephanie Perkins was able to described Paris in such ways that made me wish so desperately that I was there.
I love boarding schools and what's better than one set in France?

Although this book was super adorable, it wasn't amazing and a little bit cliché. Don't get me wrong, I love Etienne St. Clair to the moon and back, but he was so perfect it was fake almost. He was described as a pretty much flawless looking person and of course that's attractive, but personally, I think it is just a bit unrealistic. But I did love the flaws he did have and am thankful that he has them. Love the fact that he's short! (i am pretty short too)

Still, his character was really kind and sweet. The main character, Anna, is also a great character. I think in many of her situations, I would've done the same thing. Her voice was very clear and I could relate to her. I loved how she had a gap in her teeth and that streak in her hair. Characteristics that make characters unique are my favorite things ever.

This story was very character driven like most romance based novels. But this book wasn't just romance, but dealt with relationships in general. There is a lot of conflicts with parents which is relate-able.
Side characters are also very important. I loved Rashmi just because she was a little bit wary of Anna and first, but opened up to her. I didn't like Meredith as much, but in the end, she was a good friend. I also really like Josh and can't wait to read Isla and the Happily Ever After. Bridgette was okay and so was Sean.

I wasn't a fan of the whole Toph and Ellie situation. A lot of the plot moved around that which made sense, but I didn't love the fact that Anna would always think about her and Toph.

The Amanda situation also wasn't my favorite since it seemed so cliché that there was the pretty popular girl.

I really liked how this book was over a course of a year and was spread out. The ending was very happy and what I expected!

After reading this book, I did feel very happy and satisfied. This isn't the most realistic novel out there ,but it definitely is one of the cutest and was very fun to read. I can't wait to read more Stephanie Perkins.

Love Is The Higher Law by David Levithan

Title: Love Is The Higher Law
Author: David Levithan
Pages: 176

First there is a Before, and then there is an After. . . .

The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother in his classroom. Jasper, a college sophomore from Brooklyn, wakes to his parents’ frantic calls from Korea, wondering if he’s okay. Peter, a classmate of Claire’s, has to make his way back to school as everything happens around him.

Here are three teens whose intertwining lives are reshaped by this catastrophic event. As each gets to know the other, their moments become wound around each other’s in a way that leads to new understandings, new friendships, and new levels of awareness for the world around them and the people close by.

My Rating:✰✰✰1/2

I was intrigued with the synopsis of the book and was expecting something different from the book. Although this book was very short, it was not a quick read because of the subject matter. Overall, the book was very different from anything I've ever read and I did enjoy how accurate it all was. I was too young to remember when 9/11 happened, but I do know that it was a very tragic, emotional crisis that will be in history forever.

I did like the different perspectives and how they intertwined. There were many quote-able parts in the book that I did like, but it kind of felt like a lot to take in at once and it to think about.

The friendship the main three characters were in was good. I really liked Claire as a character but I felt like she said a lot of deep things that most normal teenagers wouldn't say. Jasper and Peter were good characters as well and I liked how they got together and David did a good job showing a realistic gay relationship. They all were pretty different from each other and it was clear in the writing.

The plot wasn't anything amazing, but it made sense for why it wasn't since it was this topic. This book was definitely character driven which I didn't expect. It was a slight let down, but didn't stop me from liking the book.

David Levithan was in New York when 9/11 happen and it shows in the writing that he was actually there. There was a lot of detail on what happened right after the event and how New York was changed.

This book did provoke my thoughts about and I did feel a deep sorrow for it. It was a little hard deciding on a rating for this book since I felt different about many things. But reading this book made me feel more connected to the event and understand it more.

All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Title: All Our Yesterdays
Author: Cristin Terrill
Pages: 404

What would you change?

Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.

Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present—imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside.

Marina has loved her best friend, James, since they were children. A gorgeous, introverted science prodigy from one of America’s most famous families, James finally seems to be seeing Marina in a new way, too. But on one disastrous night, James’s life crumbles, and with it, Marina’s hopes for their future. Marina will protect James, no matter what. Even if it means opening her eyes to a truth so terrible that she may not survive it... at least, not as the girl she once was. Em and Marina are in a race against time that only one of them can win.My Rating:✰✰✰✰✰

This was my first time traveling book and I really did enjoy it. The writing was very good and easy to read. I loved the duel point of view in the story and how it was told.
The characters and plot were great and this book kept me turning the pages and wondering what would happen next. I felt like this book had a lot of twists and turns that I don't want to accidently spoil for anyone, so the non-spoiler brief review will end here.

I do recommend this book for those looking for an adventure. I am very glad that I picked it up and was in this great world.
I loved how adventurous this book was and it really made me want to read more time travel.

More in depth review: (read at your own caution!)

I loved how the two perspectives were the same person, but just different time periods. Marina and Em were both great characters. One of the things that annoyed me a little was how Em wouldn't kill James although she had the chance to. The opportunity was there, but she didn't take it and was hesitant. It did make sense for her character though, since she was in love with James in the past. But if she had killed him when she could've, then the whole thing could've ended right then and there.

I loved both Finns and how witty and sweet they are. James was a good character, but I connected the dots and realized that he was the doctor. It didn't surprise me too much, but I did like how he was the former friend/enemy. But because of that, I stopped liking him knowing how cruel he would be in the future. His younger self wasn't too bad, but showed signs of anger and a little bit of mania.

 I liked Finn and Em's relationship more than James and Marina by a lot. The romantic relationships were different and I liked the twists in it. I wasn't sure whether I would like them together at the beginning of the story, but knowing their pasts, I definitely do.

The concept of the whole story and Cassandra was great. The beginning was already interesting with the whole note in the drain and traveling back in time. I was glad that I wasn't too confused with the story line since it was about time travel.

I thought the ending was bittersweet. The whole scene were all of the main characters were near the house was so thrilling. I was really wondering what would happen next and who would kill who.
The younger James killing himself made me want to like him more, which I definitely did compared to the doctor. Finn dying made me extremely sad since he was such a good character, but in the end, Marina doesn't remember any of it and Finn is still alive.

But this book was very enjoyable. If you've read the book, let me know what you think in the comments!

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Title: Landline
Author: Rainbow Rowell
Pages: 320

Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it’s been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems beside the point now.

Maybe that was always beside the point.

Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn’t expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her.

When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.

That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts . . .

Is that what she’s supposed to do?

Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?
My Rating:✰✰✰✰✰

Like expected, this book was amazing. Before even reading it, I knew that it was going to live up to my expectations. Even the first page blew me away and drew me into this new world.

Rainbow Rowell is so amazing with character. She's able to write about such real situations and people. I normally don't read adult books, and this is only my second one. (the first one being Rainbow Rowell's debut novel, Attachments) But I still loved every second of this book.

The realness of Georgie's situation is perfect. She's a busy mom who's a sit-com writer and is having marriage troubles with her husband. The book goes into so much more of it all and really develops into this full on story.

I loved Gerogie's character and how much she loved comedy. One of the things that I can really relate with her is when she says that she wants to be happy for 70%-80% of the time. Her character was much more outgoing than Neal and she always wanted something and she would actually go out to get it.
Neal, on the other hand, was a close opposite. He didn't laugh much or smile a lot either. But somehow, the two did fall in love and into a great relationship. I could see why people wouldn't like Neal, but I personally did like him. Maybe because he seems so unlikeable, I like him for it. Either way, he and Georgie found their way into each other. Their dialogue was so cute and he book had some flashbacks to when they were first dated which I really liked.
 
I absolutely loved Georgie's job and the story of how she first met Neal. I also loved Seth for most parts when he was her best friend and always there for her. Scenes in the office were awesome and it was crazy how vividly I could picture it.

Alice and Noomi were just like children I imagined. Meow.

Georgie's family was loveable as well. The whole pug thing was kind of gross at some points, but it still added to the book. Her mom was sweet and Kendrick was nice, and Heather was awesome.

I also loved the idea of the magic phone. It was hilarious when she found out, or when she was trying to not let her mom or Heather talk on the phone with him. But I think the magic phone was written out very well.

Rainbow Rowell's books will always be my favorite. I will read and buy everything she writes.

A note that contains more spoilers:

I didn't realize that the couple that helps Georgie in Omaha, are Cath and Levi. That's right. CATH AND LEVI. After reading the book, I went online and saw that someone had said that. I literally couldn't believe it until I picked the book up again and found that part. It made me so insanely happy and giddy on the inside that they were still together, and getting MARRIED. I couldn't really function after that and had legit breathing problems.

Like I said, I do like Seth, but I could tell that he was starting to get his feelings for her sorted out. He did have a point when he told her that he shouldn't have left after that party, but he was still too late.

I also thought the ending was so perfect and cute when she traveled the whole way to get to him. His reaction was s adorable and I really wished that it was Christmas when I was reading this.