Anna and the French Kiss
Paris boarding school, first love, and soft YA yearning
By Ember · Updated May 17, 2026
Anna and the French Kiss is YA romance built on place, friendship, and the dizzying feeling of being young somewhere beautiful. Paris is not just background; it makes the longing feel cinematic.
Readers coming from To All the Boys I've Loved Before usually want sweetness, awkwardness, friendship turning into something more, and first love that feels enormous without needing darkness.
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Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins is a sweet YA romance set at a Paris boarding school, centered on friendship, first love, longing, and growing up away from home. Similar reads often feature teen rom-com charm, travel or school settings, and soft emotional stakes.
Paris boarding school, first love, and soft YA yearning
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What to read after Anna and the French Kiss
To All the Boys I've Loved Before is the closest Ember page for soft YA romance and heart-forward family context. Tweet Cute brings the same teen-rom-com charm into a social-media rivalry.
The Sun Is Also a Star is a more poetic, one-day version of YA romantic fate.
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The appeal is romance as atmosphere: a city, a crush, a friendship becoming dangerous, and the feeling that every walk home could change your life.
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Book recommendations
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
by Jenny Han
Sweet YA romance with letters, family warmth, fake dating, and first-love vulnerability.
Tweet Cute
by Emma Lord
Modern YA rom-com rivalry, banter, and online/offline identity tension.
The Sun Is Also a Star
by Nicola Yoon
One-day YA romance with fate, family pressure, and poetic urgency.
The Summer I Turned Pretty
by Jenny Han
Summer longing, first love, and complicated growing-up feelings.
Common questions
Is Anna and the French Kiss still worth reading?
For many readers, yes, especially if you want sweet YA romance, boarding-school atmosphere, Paris, and first-love longing.
What should I read after Anna and the French Kiss?
Try To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Tweet Cute, The Sun Is Also a Star, or The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Related books like
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Secret love letters sent, a fake relationship formed, real feelings discovered
Tweet Cute
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The Sun Is Also a Star
One-day YA romance, fate, family pressure, and timing
The Summer I Turned Pretty
A girl spends every summer with two brothers at their beach house
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