Anna and the French Kiss, Stephanie Perkins

It would have taken a lot for me to dislike this book since it features my favorite only been there in my mind city and promised lots of cute boys. In fact if that was all it had to offer I would still be recommending it as a fluffy January is depressing so here is a happy pick me up of a book kind of way.

The good news is that Anna and the French Kiss is so much more than just fluff. I love the premise- who wouldn't want to be shipped off to boarding school in Paris (well, actually Anna for one but that might be her one flaw). I love Anna- she's believable and real but not perfect. The story line with her BFF left behind in Georgia made me cringe in a good way and was resolved so well.

I loved all the details of Anna's interest in film and her critic plans. In fact all the talk of films en version originales was giving me flashbacks to french class and those little conversations they make you recite.

And I also love Etienne even if at first I felt his name was reminding me too much of Estee Lauder, taking me out of my cute boy visualizations. But I got over it and I love, love, loved Etienne & Anna. And Paris. I want to go to there.

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The Reckoning, Kelley Armstrong

My name is Chloe Saunders. I'm fifteen, and I would love to be normal.
But normal is one thing I'm not.
For one thing, I'm having these feelings for a certain antisocial werewolf and his sweet-tempered brother—who just happens to be a sorcerer—but, between you and me, I'm leaning toward the werewolf.
Not normal.
My friends and I are also on the run from an evil corporation that wants to get rid of us—permanently.
Definitely not normal.
And finally, I'm a genetically altered necro-mancer who can raise the dead, rotting corpses and all, without even trying.
As far away from normal as it gets. 

I was so excited when this book was delivered this week! This is one of my absolute favorite YA series and I have been anticipating reading this concluding book ever since last year. And happily, I wasn't disappointed at all. I love the suspense and the action. It makes for a fast read but a very entertaining one. Lots of questions were answered in this book and most importantly to me I got my happy ending just the way I wanted. This is one of those times that if the book hadn't ended in the way I was hoping it would have filled me with some serious rage. Thankfully, I got to sigh happily when I turned the last page. But now I'm sad that I have no more Chloe and Derek to read... maybe we'll get some grownup Chloe & Derek in another book someday. I'll keep my fingers crossed and in the mean time I'll be rereading.