Kisses and Croissants was the cutest book that took you on a French hallmark getaway. This book follows Mia who just got into a prestigious ballet program in France. While there she meets a French boy named Louis. This is all fine and dandy, but Mia wants to get into an American ballet program after the summer so she needs to make a choice. The boy or her dream of ballet. I will say, this was an adorable book but it wasn’t anything more Than that. It was not very deep and it lacked a lot of character development in my opinion. But if you’re just looking for a feel good breezy book, then this is the one for you!

This book didn't end up doing it for me, but I'm sure there are some readers out there that would enjoy it. It's a pretty light read about a ballet dancer in Paris trying to balance practicing and working hard for a show that would to lead an audition to her dream school, and teen romance in the city of love.

I've never been to Paris so I can't speak to the accuracy, but it certainly felt like a romanticized Paris. Although every about the food is probably true, it made me hungry, haha.

As for the romance, it was alright. Not bad but it didn't grab me. I liked that he seemed to grow as a person, but his playboy background felt a bit cliche.

Lastly, I didn't care for the "plot twist" at the end. It felt pointless, because we don't see any of her recovery time after the accident and she gets what she wanted all along in the end anyway. So what was the point? I know accidents in real life don't have a point, but that's not what I want when I read fiction. I wanted character growth or something from it.

Overall, I'm sure some people enjoyed it, and if you're looking for a light read in Paris, maybe this will do it for you.

SUPER CUTE YA!! This is one of those sweet stories you can 100% get lost in...I felt as though I was walking through the streets of Paris, dancing in sun-drenched studios overlooking charming shops and iconic monuments.

I felt Mia’s trepidation as she navigated a new city, wrestled with her head and her heart...and her determination to be her very best. I rooted for her in every adventure...I loved the dual storyline in that she was in Paris for dance but had a mystery to uncover about her family ancestry — a famous dancer no less!

I hope the author gives us more of her roots in Paris...this was a charming read, one I won’t soon forget!

<b>**4 Twist and Turn, Stars**</b>

Mia is overly focused on ballet. She wants to be a professional ballerina. She goes to a six week prestigious ballet program in Paris and is competing to get an audition with a ballet troupe. While in Paris, she meets Louis a handsome French boy and she is afraid of getting distracted, but she also wants to live life. Will she be able to do ballet and be with a boy? Also, she is trying to find an ancestor in a painting. Will she be able to do that?
This book was a fresh breath of air. It was just so good and cute and everything I wanted. I loved the ballet and how proactive Mia is. The romance was adorable. I loved them looking for the painting to see if she really did have an ancestor that did ballet in Paris. I loved the friendships that were made. I highly recommend this book.

-Genre
Young adult contemporary romance

-Opening lines
I run through the airport in shapeless tracksuit pants, my hair flying behind me. A screaming toddler stands in my way, and I leap over him in a somewhat graceful grand jeté before pirouetting past a man who’s struggling to carry his giant suitcase.

“Faites attention!” a woman yells at me after I almost step on her foot. Be careful!

The thing is, I can be careful or I can be late, and being late is not an option right now. This American girl needs to get to the other side of Paris tout de suite.

-My description
American teenager Mia’s summer in Paris is supposed to be entirely focused on the intensive ballet program at the Paris Opera, but a cute French boy and a family mystery (did Mia’s too many greats to count grandmother really dance in Paris? Was she a subject for Degas himself?) provide not always welcome distractions.

-How it made you feel
Like I need to take a trip to Paris NOW (the museums, the streets, the food…)

-Favorite part
I loved how much ballet was woven into the story. I can’t resist a book about ballet.

-One-word description
Sweet

-Would you recommend?
See above—beyond just the details of the ballet summer intensive and the romance, so much of Paris is on display here. While this is a young adult book, I think fans of Vanessa Yu’s Magical Tea Shoppe and The Little Bookshop on the Seine would enjoy. For another book featuring a young adult pursuing her passion in a foreign country complete with romance, food, sightseeing, and family secrets, pick up Heiress Apparently by Diana Ma.

Thank you PRH International for the gifted digital ARC!

This was such a fun read! I was swept off my feet by the beautifully described sights, the magic and mystery of Paris, and ooo those scrumptious croissants (that I’ve sadly never tried, lol)! I’ve always loved everything about ballet so this story was an absolute treat! I adored the MCs and the supporting characters were great too! This book is perfect for fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before and American Royals, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a cute romcom to read this summer!

Rating: 4.5/5 stars

I thought this was a nice, quick, easy read. Entertaining enough to read through it once but definitely meant for an audience on the younger end of the YA scale. Nothing too stand out about this novel as it is quite the cookie cutter YA romance type but it does what it intended.

Kisses and Croissants will absolutely make you want to visit or revisit Paris! The descriptions are dreamy and I craved macarons and croissants throughout the book. The romance was sweet, without being overly sappy. Mia’s story was touching and I loved her drive! You will be rooting for these characters! A light and happy YA romance was just what I needed. Merci!

I wanted so much to love this book! The cover and the premise are so enticing. Unfortunately, the execution was a disappointment. The plot kind of sweeps along without any real tension or conflict - obstacles arise, but then they're just dealt with easily, and things simply...work out for Mia? (I guess that's the privilege of an apparently limitless bank account?)

I also couldn't bring myself to care as much about Mia, or Louis for that matter, as I needed to; they seemed underdeveloped, and just never felt real to me. I enjoyed the setting and atmosphere, and an overall light-hearted, sweet vibe, but it turns out yummy food, ballet details, and romantic Parisianness isn't actually enough to save a relatively bland book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Delacorte Press for the advance review copy!

I’ve been to Paris twice and thought I didn’t need to go back but this made me miss it a lot!

Mia goes to Paris for an elite ballet program that takes place over the summer for six weeks. She is very passionate over ballet and works super hard to become a professional ballet. In between exploring Paris and ballet, Mia meets Louis and a cute romance blooms between them. This book gives huge Love & Gelato vibes and it’s so fun. I do feel like our main character is a little immature and young which is kind of what stopped me from loving it. Also, Louis had about no personality in my opinion and Mia literally just likes him because he’s cute.

Aside from that, this book made me so nostalgic - Mia the main character explores the streets of Paris alone and makes friends with strangers which is exactly what I did on my own trip. I felt transported right back in Paris. There were so many similarities for me and the book and I really loved that personally. I look forward to more books from this author.

Thanks so much to Netgalley and to the publisher for an advanced copy of this book.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!
Coming off of a long Fantasy binge, this was definitely a change of pace back to YA.
I would classify this under pure fluff in my library as it was fairly two-dimensional. If you want a fun, quick summer read however, I recommend!

This charming novel swept me off my feet and immersed me in the sights, sounds, and delights of Paris. I just loved the setting! We follow seventeen-year-old Mia as she makes her way through a six week-long, elite ballet program to achieve one of her biggest dreams: to land an audition with one of the world's best ballet companies. Along the way, she meets Louis, an insightful and empathetic young Frenchman who leads her on adventures and helps unearth her destiny. I really enjoyed the development of the characters and watching various relationships ebb, flow, and flourish throughout the story. If you're looking for a light and sweet read to devour this summer, I highly recommend "Kisses and Croissants."

DNF at 30%. I guess I’m getting too old for these types of books. I wanted to keep reading just for the French dialogue and Parisian atmosphere. But it was all too predictable, everything coming up roses for our main character. Definitely lower YA/middle grade.

This is a cute romance for all teens. Mia is a talented ballerina that feels that she doesn’t measure up. All she wants is to get into the American Ballet Company. To get a chance to apply, she makes it to a summer program though the Paris Ballet Company. Mis doesn’t have time to be distracted by cute Prince Charming, Louis. And there’s a family legacy that she needs to figure out. Was her great great great grandmother one of the ballerinas in Degas’s famous painting. And then, how does she get her mom’s lack of support our if her head. She has got to focus on ballet instead of kisses and croissants. Very cute read! Great for MS and HS.

This book gave me major Love & Gelato vibes.

This was a genuinely sweet YA read. We meet Mia, who is in Paris for six weeks as part of an intense ballet program. Ballet is her entire life, and this program, if she is able to perform well, will allow her a chance to audition for some of the top ballet programs in the world. While there, she meets Louis, a charming young French boy. She has to make a choice—can she afford to fall in love and lose some focus on ballet?

It took me a while to get into this book, to be honest. It was a slow start, but picked up about a third of the way through. I also was not expecting it to end the way that it did. I do think that part of the reason I'm giving it four stars is because, as a former dancer, I love books that involve dance in any way. I also fondly recalled my memories of Paris while reading the book. So if you love YA romance, dance, and / or Paris, this is the book for you.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy of Kisses and Croissants.

Mia Jenrow é uma bailarina habilidosa e dedicada e por isso foi selecionada para fazer o curso de verão numa das mais renomadas escolas de ballet de Paris. Desde cedo ela sabe que o ballet está em seu sangue, já que há uma lenda em sua família que sua antepassada não apenas foi uma bailarina francesa de sucesso, mas que foi imortalizada em uma das obras de Degras. É com o coração cheio de sonhos e determinada a saber se a lenda da família é real que Mia desembarca em Paris. Só que as coisas podem ser mais difíceis do que ela imaginava, primeiro há Audrey, a colega que é a melhor bailarina que ela conhece, além de instrutores exigentes e o fofo, romântico e lindo, Louis cujo sorriso está distraindo sua mente. Será que Mia conseguirá manter o equilíbrio entre a dança e a vida?

Esse é o primeiro livro da Anne em inglês, que tem publicações em francês, e por muitas vezes me senti no meio das ruas de Paris. Mia é uma protagonista muito dedicada ao sonho, que carrega o objetivo de fazer parte da ABT, a companhia de ballet de Nova York que a rejeitou. Agora ela espera ter uma nova chance, mas se antes tudo que Mia queria era dançar, agora ela fez amigas e Louis entra em sua vida para que ela possa ver que nem tudo é a dança.

Louis é um personagem encantador, mas que não tem a mesma paixão que Mia. Ele não tem uma grande paixão na vida e por muitas vezes eu achei que ele só pairava por ali na escola por algum motivo. O segredo que ele guarda me deixou um pouco chateada, mas a trajetória do personagem acabou me surpreendendo. O mistério da antepassada de Mia é resolvido, mas além dele podemos ver que nem sempre a história da família carrega nossos sonhos e que nem por isso temos que desistir. É uma leitura de aquecer o coração e um romance muito fofo.

I loved this book. I was a little disappointed that the director chose to do Swan Lake, as it seems everyone always chooses this ballet. However, I understand the technicality of the dance is what the author wanted to shine.

Unfortunately, this one didn't work for me since I'm not much of a YA reader. Giving it three stars because I have to include a rating, but I didn't finish this one. I did feature it on my Bookstagram and included the link below.

This review is my own opinion and in response to receiving and early copy from NetGalley. This book was so cute and filled with those clichés you say you hate but secretly love. Summer in Paris, ballet, and a cute boy, what more could you want. Personally, I don't dance, but I loved reading about the characters time in a prestigious ballet summer type "camp" to improve her dancing and enjoy what she loves the most. Now I wanna go to Paris! Totally recommend to those who love the idea of a summer love and dancing.

5/5 stars

POV: Mia
Pacing: quick read
Steam: Sweet, light YA romance
Tropes: Ballet school, set in Paris

Overall:
This story was so sweet and felt like a hug in a book! I loved Mia as a character. Her passion for ballet and excitement about being in Paris really came through while reading. I really loved the sweet chemistry between Mia and Louis. Those two together were some of my favorite parts! The ballet summer program set in Paris felt reminiscent of 'Center Stage', one of my favorite romcoms dance movies, while the bits of travel and family mystery felt like 'Love and Gelato'. This story really felt like a mix of the two. The parts with glimpses of sight seeing in Paris with food, museums, and art made me want to travel again. The bit of mystery surrounding the myth about Mia's family member was a nice side story and adventure. Overall, I absolutely loved this sweet YA romance full of ballet, food and romance. I can easily see reading this one again and can't wait to read more from this author.

*Thank you so much to Delacorte Press and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to read this digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.