I will admit that this book was captivating and hard to put down. The characters are memorable, easy to identify with, and the descriptions of Paris are A+. 
 However, the protagonists, Etienne and Anna, were really just awful. We're meant to think Anna is cute and clumsy, but there are moments when Perkins makes her look downright stupid, and not in an endearing way (unless you're Etienne). 
 And Etienne: the most cute and lovable douchebag. Perkins even paints him as a straight-up bad guy (not to be confused with bad boy). (view spoiler)[He does everything but have sex with Anna and then ditches her to go hang out with (but not sleep with, as he informs us later (as if this makes it okay to be behaving the way he is with Anna)) his girlfriend because he feels guilty about what he's done with Anna. But one page later he's crawling back to be Anna's "best friend" again and she forgives him! 
 Because of this, I was hoping/almost expecting that by the end of the book Perkins would introduce a new male character with whom Anna could ride off into the sunset. But nope. Instead Anna and Etienne forget all about their friends and significant others and commence heavy petting in a public park. Cool. (hide spoiler)] 
 Great writing, but awful characters and plot line.