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Kissing Adrien

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Claire travels back to the enchanting City of Light and discovers her inner and outer beauty with the help of her tres charmant childhood friend, Adrien.

In this delightful Pygmalionesque story, Adrien takes Claire under his wing like a French big brother. He persuades her occasionally to change into dressier clothes than her t-shirts, shorts and running shoes Parisians so look down on in their beautiful city, and he takes her shopping for chic frocks and stiletto heels.

Claire also begins shedding the complacency of her lackluster life in Seattle. She finds she has fallen in love with Paris, the apartment she has inherited, and the mysterious woman who had lived there--and the fabulous clothes the woman left behind.

Still, Claire clings to some rigid ways of dressing and thinking and relating to God, much the way she clings to her pink, green and orange backpack.

Adrien wines and dines Claire. With sweet Gallic charm and the patience of Job, he looks into her eyes and challenges her cherished stereotypes with his beautiful French accent and animated love of life.

Could it be that God Himself created joie de vivre?

Witty, handsome Adrien's joie de vivre is all the more reason Claire has always loved him. And how she longs to kiss him. But he could never return the love of a girl like her. So, she helps him deal with an unnamed woman he does love who doesn't seem to get it.

The reader gets it, though, and may want to give Claire a shake and Adrien a hug!

Having stayed in a small hotel on the Rue Cler and visited the Louvre and so many other sites that Siri Mitchell slips seamlessly into the story with colorful detail, I loved reading about them here. This is a darling story about awakening of heart and spirit in the beautiful city of Paris.

I absolutely could not get enough of 'Kissing Adrien'!! Siri Mitchell took a simple American girl and a handsome French man and...created a work of art. I swear it could be a Monet.

Siri took everything that a typical American girl, like myself, sees as life (boring as it may sometimes be) and tossed it with le Tour Eiffel, les modes du Français...and very pricy underwear...

After reading 'Kissing Adrien' I took a step back and reconsidered my view on some of the issues we American Christians look down upon.

OOOH!!! I desperately want to go experience France the same way Claire Le Noyer did...especially on the arm of a handsome Frenchman like Adrien Delaportes.

I definitely hope there will be a sequel to 'Kissing Adrien'. Hey, we still need to know what it will be like 'Marrying Adrien' and 'Having Babies with Adrien'...you understand where I'm going with this!!!

Read this book!!!!! I'm so glad I came across it! Siri Mitchell, your writing is étonnante, très excellent, et parfait!

Please make a sequel!!!!!????;)

Chandra Gilleland

Almost passed this one by, thought that it would be the usual cheesy, predictable romance but it was wonderful!!! Laugh out loud moments filled the book. I was so into the story that I kept yelling at Claire to LISTEN to Adrien as if she could hear me, you feel that much a part of the story. You will not regret reading this book it is THE BEST by the author thus far and THE best christian romance I have read... BUY it!! You'll get your money's worth, over and over again!!!

I knew I would like this story from the first sentence: "My name is Claire and I used to be nice." It's a classy, intelligent story with understated humor, believable and likable characters, and a delightful setting. When a book can make me take a hard look at serious issues and come away with a new perspective yet with a smile on my face, it's a keeper. This is definitely a keeper.

Claire is an accountant who lives a life that is straightforward and without surprises. Then one day she is whisked away to Paris to set things straight about an inheritance given to her French born father. While she is there she is reunited with Adrien, her former crush, and soon is introduced into a world where the unexpected happens everyday. Claire soon learns to live her life to the fullest and enjoy her surroundings. And what would a story in Paris be without romance? As Adrien teaches Claire about this new life, she soon finds herself wishing he would take part in in it too.

I'm a huge chick lit fan and I've really enjoyed Siri Mitchell's books so I was very excited to pick up Kissing Adrien. The premise sounded really good and I love reading stories that take place in Europe. Paris is a city I really want to visit one day. What could be more chick lit than an American girl finding love in Paris? Well, unfortunately this book didn't meet all my expectations. I really did like the storyline about Claire going to Paris because she's inherited an apartment where the owner has her past shrouded in mystery. I loved reading about French culture and learning about the city and its inhabitants.

However I did not find the characters to my liking. The main thing that really bugged me was Adrien's insistence that Claire drink wine. She finally gave in to get him off her back. Now I do not drink, but I do not condemn those that drink socially. Why did Claire have to give in? If she did not want to drink, Adrien should have just dropped it. I did not like it that every time she would say no he would accuse her of being American and worrisome. I also didn't like how he threw away all her clothes. Yes he eventually apologized but I felt it was really rude. I also did not really like the attitude he had about her not really fitting into Paris because she was too American, didn't want to change, and was too close minded. The funny thing is I have met several European students who came here to study abroad and I found them constantly looking down on Americans and not trying to fit in at all while they were in college. So are Europeans just naturally snobby? Adrien just came off to be very much as a person who kept trying to change Claire to fit his ideals, and what's worse is that Claire allowed herself to change. I will admit some was for the better, but she didn't seem to have a backbone.

I am probably in the minority here about how I viewed the book. If you like chick lit I think you'd enjoy the book. And if you like reading about Paris and want to look like a local instead of a tourist, this book will definitely teach you how to be one.

I enjoyed every minute of this book. It was passionate without being explicit and I didn't want to put it down. You will really enjoy the book. The best I've read in a long time. I'd give it 10 stars.

I loved this book. Couldn't put it down. The love story hooked me from page one, but it was Mitchell's beautiful ability to bless French culture that endeared me. I love that she is able, through the power of story, to address sticky evangelical issues with candor, showing that a Christian can love Jesus and art and wine and beauty, all the while demonstrating grace. I'm almost thankful I was sick this week so I could spend the day with Claire and Adrien.

What a wonderful story of self-revelation, discovery, and the desire to change. We travel with the protagonist as she realizes her attitude in areas which need to change and how gracefully she matures into a beautiful woman.

Siri Mitchell's first person writing is revolutionary and refreshing. She writes with such maturity and flare. I don't know if I'll ever travel to Paris but for two days I was there living, breathing, and enjoying the beauty of Paris. Thanks to Sheri Mitchell's wonderful descriptions and passion for Paris.

I rarely read a book that I want to share. Kissing Adrien is one for your library collection. To be shared and enjoyed over and over again.

Enjoy!

This is a fun book. Siri takes us to Paris from the point of view of a woman who's family has just inherited a pricy but dubious apartment. We bounce from plumbers to famous paintings, with a little mystery thrown in about the aunt who left the inheritance, and we enjoy every minute of it. The tension between her self-designated tour guide, a suave Frenchman, and the American, a very plain Jane, propells you through the book.

The only thing I didn't like, however, is the relentless education of the simple American, Claire. Adrien is on a mission to change her politics, her face, her hair, her clothes, her views on wine, vacation, fun, everything! I love to travel, and I love to incorporate things I learn overseas, but one gets the feeling that Adrien wants a blank canvas on which to create a masterpiece, rather than actually loving who she is. Somehow, Siri makes it all come together at the end, but I'm still wishing that Claire had taught Adrien a thing or two.

Having said that, the book is a delightful read. The insider's peek into life behind the apartment door in Paris is worth it. If you can't afford a trip to the City of Lights this year with a handsome guide, buy this book.

I LOVED this book. The author is highly skilled at allowing you to feel you are really there. The sights, sounds, smells of everything she describes are so real. Her sense of humor is refreshing. I could relate to Claire with some of the things she stressed about and could laugh at myself too. I found myself laughing out loud several times. Siri taught me some things about myself and clarified others through her characters.

I loved the characters. Right from the start I just felt like they were real. There was intrigue, romance, and a rich tapestry of the culture of France. Her descriptions of the museums and places there made me feel like I had been there without leaving my home. I kept finding excuses to read "just a little more". I will read more books by Siri L. Mitchell. (all I can get my hands on that is) I hope that Claire and Adrien return to us again.