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As mentioned in my last post, I had no idea which book I was going to cover this week until just a few days ago! I ended up choosing a spunky, lighthearted novel that packs more of a punch than the title suggests. It’s summer, after all, and I’m giving it a couple of weeks before diving into some heavier, more substantial reading.

I’d also like to say that I appreciate any book suggestions at any time, and definitely take them all into consideration.

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Reading Between The Lines

Anna and the French Kiss is a Young Adult (YA) romance that was published in 2010. It is author Stephanie Perkins’ debut novel in a companion-style trilogy, and books two and three, Lola and the Boy Next Door and Isla and the Happily Ever After (my personal favorite of the three!), quickly followed and feature overlapping characters in the same heart-filled universe.

These books launched Perkins’ career as a master of the easily believable, effortless YA romance. But don’t think that they’re devastating, somber romances (à la Nicholas Sparks), because they are instead overwhelmingly charming in their humor and quirky couples. Sure, they might all sound rather cliché at first, but Perkins has no problem deviating from the norm of teenage romance in a way that’s both subtle and lovable. I mean, how common is it for the resident hot guy to be shorter than all of the girls swooning after him?