Super cute read! I think it would be perfect for summer.

It was light and fun, and though I don't usually gravitate towards contemporary or romance, this was a light and refreshing read.

I though the characters were fun, and the romance was (a little cliche) enjoyable to read and easy to root for. I also really loved the setting, and the writing style was a bit simple, but made this a quick read.

I would recommend this!

This is a book about following your dreams, chasing your heart and learning to overcome all the obstacles life throws at you.

Kisses and Croissants is a cute YA romance novel filled with love, dance, and all things Parisian. Mia Jenrow is heading to Paris for the summer for a chance of a lifetime, study ballet at a prestigious school. While her dream has always been to be at ABT (American Ballet Theater) she knows if she works hard, she'll get there. When she lands the coveted role of the Black Swan in the program's production of Swan Lake, Mia unexpectedly meets Louis, French boy that overtakes her concentration. Mia is destined to be a professional ballet dancer but sometimes life has other plans.

If you have readers who are passionate about life and what it could bring, this book is for them.

I didn't know how much I actually needed this until I started it. This was such a light, fluffy read with wholesome characters in Paris! I loved reading about Mia and her experiences with ballet. She is a character that you'll end up rooting for. Louis complemented Mia perfectly, and I loved them together.

Overall, I really enjoyed Kisses & Croissants, and it was a solid debut.

This book was a lot of fun! I loved that it took place in Paris and I learned a lot about ballet too!

The setting is detailed and beautifully written. I truly felt as though I were experiencing Paris with Mia! I am now craving French food, especially the pastries. Yum! I also loved reading about the places Mia saw while she was in Paris. I spent a semester in Rome and fell in love with the place, but I unfortunately never made it to Paris. It was the next best thing though to read this book and see Paris through Mia’s eyes!

I really loved the mystery aspect of Mia’s ancestor; it was fun to follow Mia and Louis as they tried to track down information. I was also really impressed with the descriptions of ballet and what it all meant to Mia.

I also really appreciated that this was a clean book; if there was any swearing it was mild enough that I didn’t notice it, and the romance was sweet and beautiful.

I really enjoyed this book and I’m looking forward to reading future books by this author!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Kisses and Croissants

2020 has really taken me out of my comfort zone in a lot of ways, and I’ve used reading as a means of escape (as I’m sure you all are doing, too). I’ve really enjoyed the stories I’ve read that get me out of my house, out of NJ, and out of pandemic. “Kisses and Croissants” is a light and beautiful story about a 17 year old named Mia who spends her summer in Paris at an intensive ballet program that could decide her entire future. Of course, throw in a little young-love romance and you’ve got a story you won’t want to put down.

Paris! Dancing! Art! Love! Croissants! Someone take me now! I need a vacation and an adventure stat and I’d love a croissant from Paris. Can’t wait to have a physical copy of this for my shelf.

This was such a cute read and everything I needed right now. The plot was pretty predictable but it really was exactly what I was looking for. A fun, light read that made me wish I was strolling down the streets of Paris.

Thank you Netgalley for the arc!

I really liked this book. It's a cute chick flicky book but also has good plot and details beyond just the romance. Love the ballet elements, france france france, cute boys, friendships, etc. It's a cute good read that I really enjoyed

This ended up being so cute with just the perfect amount of cheese! I really loved every single aspect of this book from the setting to the characters to the plot. Truly no complains. I adored it.

This book! I felt everything so keenly. Even though I was never a aspiring ballerina with a uber talented frenemy and a dreamy french boyfriend, I still resonated with this book. There was always that girl or boy how maybe unknowingly was your secret competition/enemy, pushing you to do better and be better. Who doesn’t love the spice and romance that only a French lover boy can provide. Read this fast paced, at times heart breaking, book.

*Review will be posted on my blog on 3/22/21, closer to publication date.*
I Liked:
*Aesthetics ~ Paris, ballet and a romance? What’s not to like? And that cover too? It screams cuteness!
It’s set in Paris, I’ve been there once and it was way too short, but Mia’s romantic ideas about Paris is what I felt too when I was there. It’s a beautiful city and I was jealous at how many croissants she was eating in the book. Even Mia’s insta-romance with Louis was perfect because come on, it’s Paris.

*I love ballet stories ever since I saw the movie Center Stage (remember that oldie but goodie?). And then there was Black Swan which was pretty wild. So my love for ballet started with movies and I could see this book turned into a movie or tv series. Ballet is so intense with competition between dancers but mostly the competition within oneself to be the best, it’s drama and always makes a great story.

*Speaking of drama? I love Audrey and Mia’s relationship the best. When they finally get to know one another, they make realize they have made each other better dancers. I like seeing two top girls supporting one another! I really enjoyed their friendship journey.

*As for the romance, Mia and Louis fall in love after 6 weeks. Quick? Oh for sure, but it fits Mia’s character, she feels about everything strongly, love and heartbreak equally. I enjoyed her adventure with Louis as they looked for Mia’s ancestors who maybe was in a painting by Degas.

Random Notes:
*This is a super quick, light and fluffy read which charmed me the moment Mia touched down in Paris. There were some issues Mia had to deal with like her mother not being supportive of her passion for ballet, but other than that Mia pushes forward because she knows what she wants.

*I did like that Mia pointed out to Louis just because she knew what she wanted she had to remember some people are still trying to find out what theirs is. So true.

Final Thoughts:
I really enjoyed this sweet story about a girl with a dream and chasing after it in Paris! Mia makes new friends, she improves her craft and her french. She even finds family and love. What more could you ask for? I felt as light as this book by the end and wish I could hop on a plane to Paris to eat some amazing croissants.

💘 ~ Yolanda

This was super cute! I would say this would be a really nice beach read.
Learning about all of the ballet stuff was super interesting to me because I have no idea about any of that kind of stuff. I also really enjoyed the main character's development, along with all of her friends.

In the age of no travel (although hopefully we can begin to travel again by the time this releases??), transport yourself to Paris, France in this delightfully charming YA romance. It reminds me a bit of Anna and the French kiss, but with that more modern (?), polished writing that comes in the age of YA rom-coms on Netflix; a veneer that makes the story and characters feel a little less real, but delightful nonetheless.
Mia is a ballerina, traveling to Paris in hopes of capturing an audition with one of the world's most revered ballet companies (no pressure!). Louis is a local who hopes to show her both the city and his heart. What ensues is a lovely romp through Paris, filled with croissants and young love.

This was a romantic and heartwarming book, exactly what I needed right now, and I believe it will be the perfect spring/summer read when it is released next April! It's hard to go wrong when you set a book in the most beautiful and inspiring city in the world. I loved seeing it through Louis and Mia's eyes, and following their journey through the city of lights and love. This is story is about more than romance though – it's about dreaming, following your passion, the mistakes that are inevitable in life and overcoming them, and learning to make choices for yourself.

If you want a feel-good story set in a city that simply leaps off the page, this is the book for you!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children’s/ Delacorte Press and Netgalley for providing me with an e-ARC!

To start, it's a book about an aspiring ballerina living in Paris for the first time, plus with an adorable love story peppered in. What isn't there to love, because I'm like obsessed already. Here, Mia is an aspiring ballerina from New York about to spend her summer in Paris training at an exclusive ballet intensive summer program. Soon, she discovers there's more to the city when she meets a charming French boy Louis in an adorable meet-cute moment. He wants to be her tour guide as he takes her on all sorts of adventures in the city together. In a first-person account, we see Mia's a dreamer who works her butt off to dance and wants this as a career so badly. As a former dancer, I can totally understand that, it's part of what makes her such a relatable narrator and character. The book is chock full of rich language that makes me feel like I'm there too, right there with these characters. Her relationship with Louis gets complicated due to his father being her ballet instructor and mentor, plus she's battling with roommate Audrey to be the best in the class and earn the main role in the end of program production of Swan Lake, and she's desperate to meet her greataunt and discover if a story from her grandma about an ancestor and the artist Degas is true because that's part of her reason for dancing. There's so much going on and it's just so interesting and fun. This one-sitting read makes me want to be in France right now so badly and have my own journey like Mia's. Also, OMG, that HEA and epilogue was darn adorable and precious. Super cute YA romance book for fans of dance, Paris, and love stories.

3 stars
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Kisses and Croissants follows Mia during her summer abroad in Paris at a prestigious ballet program. Mia intends to focus on nothing but ballet during her stay in Paris, but the city, a family legend, and a cute French boy derail those plans. If you like novels set in Europe and cute summer romances, give this book a try!
I enjoyed the book. In theory, it’s everything I love in a contemporary: sweet romance, European tourism, and the forming of a strong female friendship. The synopsis even calls it “a book in the vein of Love & Gelato”—one of my all-time favorite books, but something about Kisses and Croissants just fell flat for. I never got into it. There’s nothing I can pinpoint as inherently bad about the book. The friendships were well-written, the romance cheesy in the best way, but the plot dragged. The pacing was often too slow.
In the first two chapters, it seemed as if Mia couldn’t take three steps across the room without a pirouette or some other ballet move. It felt tedious and a bit obnoxious, but after the second-ish chapter Mia moved like a normal person, so it wasn’t a big issue with the book.
Louis felt a little bland and underdeveloped for the love interest. A little too much like a cookie cutter cliché. I usually completely forgot that Lucy and Anouk existed until they’d pop back in. They were pretty two-dimensional characters. Audrey, however, felt really well developed to me, and I loved watching the friendship between her and Mia form. It might be my favorite part of the novel.
Overall, it’s a decent book. It’s just a little slow and missing that little oomph that takes a good book and makes it great.

This was such a sweet read. Perfectly crafted by a native of France, I truly felt like I was traveling in Paris with Mia! I enjoyed reading along as Mia journeyed to Paris for ballet. I loved the connections that she and Louis formed in their short time together. This truly was a wonderfully read!

This is a sweet & fun YA novel, perfect for fans of Emily in Paris and To All the Boys I Loved Before on Netflix. This romance set in Paris is a quick beach read for teens and adults alike.

I’ve been to Paris three times in my life and each time, I fell in love with the city. I can’t get enough of Paris! I devoured Anna and the French Kiss is a single sitting and have been on the lookout for another book set in Paris. Enter KISSES & CROISSANT. Aaaahh! What’s there to not love about this dreamy book?? Ballet 🩰! Romance! ❤️ PARIS 🥐!

This book made me SO HUNGRY. So I guess don’t read it if you’re on a diet. Aside from the delicious food, it’ll also whisk you away to the most magical city in the world. You’ll experience the art and culture and flowers of Paris and aaahh! Honestly, this is worth reading just for the setting alone.

The main character, Mia, is so easy to root for, and I adored all the descriptions of ballet and I was so invested in her dream of becoming a ballerina. Louis is the perfect compliment to her character, and I just loooved them as a pair.

It’s the kind of book that leaves you grinning and fills your heart with joy and delight. Loved it!! 🥰 The perfect read for this dark, heavy year. Such a ray of sweetness!

Okay. My desire to visit Paris is now a physical need after reading this novel. I am obsessed.

I never thought I'd enjoy a book about ballet, but it kept my interest very well and I loved every minute. The short chapters were very nice, the details were on point, and I can't wait to read more by this author!

Well done debut.

Warning- should be paired with a fresh croissant!

I’m a sucker for a sweet romance set in Paris. It’s the perfect backdrop for a love story. Kisses and Croissants is charming and sweet! I loved it so much. I don’t know much about ballet but this book made it easy to understand and connect with the characters. Mia is adorable and determined. I loved her. Louis was charming and sweet. I loved reading about their adventures in Paris!