August 2014 Book of the Month Best-selling Stephanie Perkins adds a new chapter to a romantic series she began with Anna and the French Kiss. When Isla meets Josh in a café in Manhattan she hopes it will be the beginning of the relationship she has been longing for. But then Josh vanishes for the rest of the summer. It is only when they get back to school in Paris that Isla and Josh finally get together in a relationship which Isla is sure will be happy forever after…But Josh has many complications in his life and Isla knows this is the not quite the relationship she had thought it to be.
Falling in love in the world's most romantic city is easy for hopeless dreamer Isla and introspective artist Josh. But as they begin their senior year at the School of America in Paris, Isla and Josh are quickly forced to deal with the heartbreaking reality that happily-ever-afters aren't always forever. Their romantic journey is skillfully intertwined with those of beloved couples Anna and Étienne and Lola and Cricket, whose paths are destined to collide in a sweeping finale certain to please fans old and new.
Magical...really captures the feeling of being in love - Cassandra Clare on Stephanie Perkins
“This adorable YA romance is half New York love story, half Parisian romance, and fully prepared to make your heart melt quicker than a gelato dropped on a sidewalk.” – MTV.com on Isla and the Happily Ever After
Very sly. Very funny. Very romantic. You should date this book. – MAUREEN JOHNSON on Anna and the French Kiss
Stephanie Perkins's characters fall in love the way we all want to, in real time and for good. – RAINBOW ROWELL, award-winning and bestselling author of Eleanor & Park and Fangirl
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About Stephanie Perkins
Stephanie was born in South Carolina, raised in Arizona and attended universities in San Francisco and Atlanta before settling in the mountains of North Carolina. Having always worked with books – as a bookseller, librarian, and now as a novelist – Stephanie is most usually found writing at her desk with a cup of tea or coffee, except for at the weekends where she can be found at the movies, waiting for the actors to kiss.
