I used this book for my Intermediate French class in college after taking four years of French in high school. The book is entirely in French, forcing you to think in the language you are trying to learn. Also, it presents the material in a very organized manner, providing information about each grammar concepts along with common exceptions to the rules. The book would be difficult to use to learn the language for the first time, but for someone who has had some exposure to French grammar, it serves to reinforce and review grammar concepts.The newest edition of this book comes with the Quia online activities, which I have found to be absolutely useless and are the only reason I did not give this book 5 stars.