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DNF @ 67%
I tried really hard to finish this book since I was already more than halfway through but I could not. The main character was immature and the side characters were very two-dimensional. The overall plot was OK and it is strange that the lead, Margot is so hopelessly in love with a person she knew for a day lol. She is 18 but she acts for very childish and snobby throughout the book. There were unnecessary conflicts and I did not like her cousin's character who involved herself in Margot's family business and she is such a traitor for secretly dating her cousin's bully and then acting like Margot's is the enemy!

This book was a mess.

This was a very cute and sweet ya romance. I love when romances are set in exciting places, and New York is definitely one of those places. The romance was adorable, but very predictable. I found the main character to be a little annoying though. She didn't make the best decisions and was a tad selfish. Also, the descriptions of food were amazing and made my mouth water. Overall this book was cute, I just didn't love the main character.

This was a great coming of age story. I enjoyed the theme of fate, starting a new career and following your heart.

Such a cute, fast, fun read! Loved them both and was so invested in their love story. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a sweet rom-com.

This was a fun adventure around NYC with friendship, growing up, love and fate. For fans of Morgan Matson.

Before we even open up the pages, let's just talk about the absolutely STUNNING cover. Bright colors and the cityscape snag my attention immediately, and if I didn't already adore all things French + anything Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau, I would have had to pick up this title. By far one of the best covers I've ever seen, it was a must-have for my bookshelves.

After adoring Kisses and Croissants, I was so excited to read this title. After a magical night in Paris with Zach, Margot makes a romantic plan to meet him in New York, exactly a year from the current date. With both of them having grand plans for the future but commitments that would make long-distance love too hard, she puts her faith in the magic of their meet-cute, and vows to achieve her personal career goals while she waits to meet up with him again.

After moving across the ocean to live her dream in New York, she scores a job at an incredible French restaurant that makes her LATE to the time + place they said they would rekindle their love, kicking off a search for him throughout New York. Alongside her cousin and new co-workers, Margot explores the city and herself to find out what's truly important to her, and who she is as a New Yorker and what that means for her dreams.

What I love most about Jouhanneau's writing style is the complex young adult characters that are searching for more, with so much love for friends, family and happily ever after. I don't want to spoil any of the big moments, but her friend group truly makes this story in my opinion, and while I didn't love it as much as her previous title, this book was still one I really enjoyed!

With the setting often revolving around french cuisine, be prepared to be hungry, and fall for so many of the amazing attractions around the city, it's so obvious that the author adores New York as well!

I really wanted to love this because I loved Kisses and Croissants, but this story just feel flat for me. I just didn't love Margot's character. I know she was only 18, but she felt very young and unreasonable and it just made it hard for me to connect or invest in her story. Thank you to Netgalley and Delacorte Press for the ARC.

I picked up Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau's French Kissing in New York because it was described as being perfect for fans of Netflix's Emily in Paris. I love Emily in Paris for its escapist qualities, which is exactly what I enjoyed about this YA novel featuring an aspiring French chef who spends one perfect evening in Paris with the most swoon-worthy boy, and who then moves to New York City one year later to reconnect with him, the love of her life, and pursue the career of her dreams, working in a NYC kitchen.

Margot has always had a serious crush on New York City. She can't wait to finish high school so that she can move away from her home in the quiet countryside of France and start her real life in the Big Apple. The summer before her last year of school, she meets the boy of her dreams one night and wiles away the hours walking the streets of Paris with him and falling in love. Zach is headed off on a trip around the world and Margot still has to finish up her final year of school, but they set a date one year in advance to reconnect in Times Square once Margot has settled into her new life in the city. Of course, being teenagers swept up in the romance of things, they agree to not exchange phone numbers, instead leaving their budding relationship to fate. They WILL see each other again ... August 1 at midnight on the Time Square bleachers, bottom right.

Although Margot is a wiz in the kitchen, she has certainly cooked up a recipe for disaster. As you can rightly assume, everything does not go according to plan one year later, sending both Margot, her family and friends, and us readers on an epic quest through New York City on a mission to find Zach! French Kissing in New York follows Margot as she starts her new life in the City that Never Sleeps, embarking on a career at a bustling Manhattan restaurant, helping her dad prep for his upcoming wedding, and making new friends along the way.

If you have ever wanted to be swept up in the fairytale of finding first love in New York City, pick up this book! Margot is a completely wide-eyed and innocent teenager who experiences life in full color, taking in the sights and the sounds of the city while never giving up hope that she will reconnect with Zach. While Margot's naiveté was a bit grating to this adult reader, she does demonstrate considerable character growth throughout the course of this book, growing in a more mature version of herself by the end.

French Kissing in New York is a really fun read with the Zach quest making it all the more entertaining. When you consider the vast improbability of finding a person in a city as large as New York, the task feels daunting, but as they say, love always wins.

This was a very sweet story and a fun journey through NYC through the eyes of a new adult just starting out. There is a friends to lovers romance and questions about fate and how much that should control our lives. Very cute, teens would enjoy. For fans of Morgan Matteson or Sarah Dessen

I enjoyed the premise of this book, like a loose YA version of An Affair to remember. I love NYC as well but have only been one time and this author and story transported me to the city. I enjoyed the chemistry between Margot and Ben but the obsession with Zach and unwavering belief in the fairytale started to be a little much. But I have to remember Margot was 18 and I was probably the same way 20 years ago. Overall, it was a sweet story filled with delicious food, an enigmatic tour of NYC, and evolving friendship as a new adult.

French Kissing in New York by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau was a cute second chance romance. I love the New York setting and thought that it was a great escapist read. I will definitely be picking up more of this author's YA books in the future.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for giving me an ARC of French Kissing in New York by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars for this sweet, coming of age YA story! This one took me a little while to get into, but in the end I really enjoyed it and found it to be a sweet story! A word of caution: you will get hungry while reading this one!!! So many delicious sounding food dishes! I loved the New York City setting and felt like I was right there with Margot exploring the city.

A foodie’s love letter to New York and all its hustles and bustles!

This tells the story of Margot, an aspiring French chef who longs to get out of France and who had a magical night with an American, Zach, while touring around Paris. They agreed to meet again in Times Square, New York a year from then, without exchanging anything, not even last names or phone numbers. When she arrives in New York a year later, everything is not as romantic as it seems and Margot must find a way to both achieve her dream and get her chance at true love.

While I found Margot to be too naive most of the time, I really can’t fault her for that since it’s the privilege being young gets you. She’s not afraid to throw caution to the wind, putting all hope in a guy that she’s spent a single night with, romanticizing and relegating everything to fate. She can get too frustrating, but she grew on me. Ultimately, she grew.

Also, I love the people surrounding her in New York, her dad, his fiance, her voice of reason and cousin, Luz, and her first friend, Ben. Her adventures in finding Zach somehow transported me and made me search for the places that they’ve been, to check if they were actually real. As someone who’s never been back to the Big Apple for twenty years, I guess this book gave me a glimpse of what I have been missing for the past two decades.

Not really a standout but enjoyed this book nonetheless. A caveat though, do not read this on an empty stomach!

Thank you to Delacorte Press, NetGalley and the author for my early copy. All opinions are honest and my own.

I loved this so much. I loved Margot and getting to follow her journey of falling in love with NYC and the way she grows. I loved her relationship with her father and his boyfriend, Miguel. I really liked the relationship that Margot and Luz develop, it reminded me of my relationship with my cousins. This was a beautiful story. I finished it with a smile on my face. I can't wait for more from this author.

This is another great read from Jouhanneau. I loved all the New York and food references. I have never worked in a restaurant, but the author does a great job describing the intensity of it. I appreciated the character growth Margot goes through as she learns a few lessons. Not everything about New York is as idyllic as she dreams it to be. Overall, this is a cute, fast paced YA read that I think many will enjoy.

In French Kissing in New York Margot, an aspiring chef from a small French town, meets Zach, a tourist from NYC and enjoys a magical night of romance in Paris. Without exchanging contact information, they agree to meet a year later in Times Square at midnight, believing they are "meant to be." Margot is heading there after graduation to pursue her restaurant dreams. Her father lives in NYC and with her mother's help she lands a job at her dream restaurant. Unfortunately, her first day on the job finds her washing dishes when she is supposed to be meeting Zach. When she arrives late at Times Square, he is nowhere to be found. Heartbroken, Margot enlists the help of Ben, a line cook at the restaurant, to find Zach. Together, they explore NYC, seeing the sites and sampling delectable cuisine, as they follow clues from her night with Zach. This mash-up of the films An Affair to Remember and Serendipity is an authentic look at restaurant life, as well as a fun romp with a hopeless romantic, who is clueless when it comes to love.

I enjoyed the author's prior work, "Kisses and Croissants", so I was excited for another taste of a French story. I requested this book from NetGalley and was thrilled when I got accepted. Thanks, NetGalley and Random House, for an advanced copy of this book.

Margot meets Zach in Paris, a few hours away from where she lives. They plan to meet a year later in New York in Time Square at a certain time. When the time comes, Margot's new job gets in the way and she ends up being late for the meeting. With a strong desire to find Zach, she enlists the help of a friendly coworker, Ben, to not only help find Zach but to explore New York as well. Although, as Ben helps her, she starts developing feelings for him. Is Zach the right one for her after all?

I loved the first book by the author about an American girl exploring Paris. It is nice to see her flip the script and send a girl who has lived in France most of her life to America. And to New York of all places? The story wouldn't have worked if it had been placed anywhere else in America. And the characters were unique as well, and some were a little similar, but that's what makes them great. Some characters you didn't like, but you grew to enjoy.

I could tell early in the book what would happen in terms of Margot's love life (no spoilers here). But even if you can predict the ending, this book is more about going on the journey. I loved that in one of the early chapters, she asked, "Who eats eggs for breakfast?" Because I was listening to the audiobook, I felt someone was asking me, and raised my hand. And it felt like she responded, "I know."

There wasn't much I disliked about the book. I added it to my favorites list.

For fans of "Kisses and Croissants", travel romances, and New York, or French romances, will they or won't they couples, you should pick up this book to read.

I enjoyed the author's prior work, "Kisses and Croissants", so I was excited for another taste of a French story. I requested this book from NetGalley and was thrilled when I got accepted. Thanks, NetGalley and Random House, for an advanced copy of this book.

Margot meets Zach in Paris, a few hours away from where she lives. They plan to meet a year later in New York in Time Square at a certain time. When the time comes, Margot's new job gets in the way and she ends up being late for the meeting. With a strong desire to find Zach, she enlists the help of a friendly coworker, Ben, to not only help find Zach but to explore New York as well. Although, as Ben helps her, she starts developing feelings for him. Is Zach the right one for her after all?

I loved the first book by the author about an American girl exploring Paris. It is nice to see her flip the script and send a girl who has lived in France most of her life to America. And to New York of all places? The story wouldn't have worked if it had been placed anywhere else in America. And the characters were unique as well, and some were a little similar, but that's what makes them great. Some characters you didn't like, but you grew to enjoy.

I could tell early in the book what would happen in terms of Margot's love life (no spoilers here). But even if you can predict the ending, this book is more about going on the journey. I loved that in one of the early chapters, she asked, "Who eats eggs for breakfast?" Because I was listening to the audiobook, I felt someone was asking me, and raised my hand. And it felt like she responded, "I know."

There wasn't much I disliked about the book. I added it to my favorites list.

For fans of "Kisses and Croissants", travel romances, and New York, or French romances, will they or won't they couples, you should pick up this book to read.

This book was very reminiscent of an Emma Lord book (minus the nerdy theater references) in my opinion and I really liked it. I think it's a super cute, contemporary, New Adult romance and I would definitely recommend it.

I highly advise that you don't read this on an empty stomach though as many of the characters in this are chefs and a lot of the book centers around food. The descriptions of food and of the atmosphere and aesthetic of NYC were probably my favorite things about this.

I enjoyed the romance and I think the way the book ended was cute and satisfying after everything the characters went through.

What kept this from being a 4-star for me was the setup of a couple of the "twists". I think there were a couple of plot points that were supposed to be a bit of a surprise that I saw coming very early on in the book, so it was a bit predictable. But other than that, I really enjoyed this one, and this is an author that I will keep my eye on.

French Kissing in New York by Anne-Sophie Jouhanneau is a beautiful romanticized NYC adventure. Margot is an 18 year old ready to start life and her first step is going to New York. She gets her dream job as a chef and is looking for the love of her life she met in Paris one year earlier. This book had me wanting to take my own adventure to New York, even though I've been many times, and emerging myself in the food and culture. I enjoyed reading this YA rom-com.