Ok, let me gather my thoughts here... 
 Anna and the French Kiss is a cute, light, quick read. I like this cover, which was the one on the book I read. I had hesitation again about reading this book, with all the hype and the title. However, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, hence the 5 stars. I found it was that good. 
 What I liked was 
 1) Anna and Etienne. They were both so sweet when they're together. Half of the time, I was just going awww... Etienne is charming and adorable. He's funny too. Anna's narration is humorous as well. 
 2) Setting this book in Paris, city of lights, romantic and all... might be cliche. But then again, I haven't read many books set in foreign countries; most ya seems to be set in America. It wasn't in the end, I liked that it was set in Paris and I could read about what it's like over there. 
 3) Anna matured and grew through the book. I liked how she helped Etienne and how he helped her. 
 4) Both Anna and Etienne made a lot of mistakes and had a lot of flaws; but this made their stories more realistic. I liked how it was a rocky, bumpy journey to get to where they are at the end: together, finally, of course. Because in this world, these kind of relationships don't happen in a day or a couple of weeks. 
 5) I also liked how Anna and Etienne's relationship started as a friendship. And as they got to know each other, they became closer, best friends even though they're a boy and girl. You could really see each one liked the other's company. 
 6) Happy, satisfying ending. Looking forward to reading the next one and seeing how the characters link up again. 
 7) Anna's new friends were supportive and fun. 
 8) Mentions Isla (and Josh), who will appear in the third book. 
 A couple of things I found fault with was 
 It's not very realistic, as such, that Anna got sent to The School of America in Paris. What I mean, is that, what normal kind of person would send their daughter to a school in Paris, where they've never really been, and where they don't know their way around, for her senior year, when she's been in America this whole time? That part of the story was necessary but a bit far-fetched. 
 I also had a problem with Etienne/Ellie. I am still wondering why didn't he break up with her sooner, if he liked Anna so much? Save Ellie the pain too. I don't like her, but I feel Etienne strung her along a bit. That could have saved so much time and heartbreak. He tried to explain why he didn't do just that but I didn't think it was good or made sense. 
 Nonetheless, I really liked this book. A lot of the problems and ensuing events, I found out, was because of misunderstandings between Anna and Etienne, which was interesting to read but positively excruciating to watch them hit and miss each time in their budding relationship. The characterisation was good and the book never got slow or boring for me, like how contemporary sometimes does. I'd reread this again, if I got the chance. A good ending that wraps this book up nicely. I would recommend it to people who like YA romance (obviously) and those that want an easy, fun read.