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  • Review from I'm Loving Books Blog4

    I'm Loving Books After reading Anna and the French Kiss I was seriously ecstatic for this book. I wanted Stephanie Perkins' story to give me the butterflies and the smiles from ear to ear, and the laugh out loud moments that she gave me with Anna. Lola's book didn't quite affect me the way that Anna's book did, but it was still pretty good!

    I think when you get right down to it, the thing that didn't strike home for me was Lola. While she's very sweet and I liked her, I couldn't relate to her like I could with Anna. Me and Anna had quite a lot in common, especially personality-wise. I could totally see hanging out and getting along swimmingly with Anna. But Lola is seriously the opposite of me (and Anna) in almost every way. So even though I liked her, I didn't really understand her. She's very outgoing, outspoken, and has a huge personality. I am totally none of those things! lol So, I think for me this brought the whole story down. I need to relate to the main character, and I just couldn't with Lola.

    Then we have Cricket. I really liked Cricket, but I didn't feel as strongly about him as I did with St. Clair. If we're talking opposites, he's pretty much the opposite of St. Clair as well. Not that him being tall and shy is a bad thing. It's sweet and endearing. But, I just wasn't getting butterflies for Lola and Cricket. Their chemistry wasn't intense enough (especially in the beginning of the book).

    Now once Lola and Cricket got to talking a bit more later on in the book, their story and chemistry got a bit more interesting. I enjoyed watching them fall for each other all over again. I also really enjoyed Lola's family overall. Even Norah. They all just seemed very genuine and like good people and I liked them a lot.

    So yeah. I know a lot of people have said they liked this book even better than Anna and the French Kiss, but I am not one of those people. While it was still a sweet book and I still very much enjoy Stephanie Perkins' writing, this one just didn't do it for me as much. I can't even believe I didn't even save a single quote from the book! With Anna I wrote down so many witty comments and conversations that I absolutely adored.

    Now that I mention it, I think that's another thing that was missing. This book didn't have as much humor, sarcasm, and witty dialog. I missed that. I also did not like how much Lola felt like she had to lie about lots of things. She sort of seemed like a chronic liar at some points.

    But anyways, overall I actually did like the book. It was very sweet and romantic, and the awkward yet exciting moments between Cricket and Lola were fun to read. I definitely still can't wait to read Isla and the Happily Ever After, but I don't think I'll be expecting another Anna going into it like I did with this one. by I'm Loving Books

  • Blew me away!5

    Najla Qamber Original post here: http://unputdownablebookies.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-lola-and-boy-next-door-by.html

    Stephanie Perkins has written another masterpiece that combines, teenage drama, love and realism all in one book. Lola and the Boy Next Door is a beautiful book about Lola and her resurfaced feelings for the Bell twins who moved back into the neighborhood.

    From start to finish, Perkins holds you in her wordly grasp as she writes about Lola's struggle to overcome the obstacles she's facing to be honest with herself. Lola is a colorful character with two gay dads and a love for fashion. That's a little of an understatement. She doesn't love fashion, she loves costume. Which she creates herself. She has a wonderful personality and friends.

    I'm happy Perkins mentioned the characters from her last book (Anna and St. Clair) and carefully writes them to surround Lola. They don't play a big part in the story but they're there for moral support and a little push here and there for both Lola and Cricket.

    Cricket Bell, is the Boy the Next Door. Incredibly sweet and awfully nice. He's always been around Lola and there has always been unspoken tension around the both of them, that takes half of the book for them to both be honest and real to each other. I didn't mind the wait since Perkins kept me fully occupied with other events in Lola's life.

    To sum it all up, Lola and the Boy Next Door was an amazing read that will tickle your toes, make your eyes go blurry and totally make you go "awwwwwwwh!" I say again, Stephanie Perkins is brilliant rising star! by Najla Qamber

  • Fabulous novel5

    Adriana Cabrera Stephanie Perkins did it again, she wrote a beautiful novel, funny, fresh and very romantic. This is a must read novel the same as its companion Anna and The French Kiss. I´m in love with both books.
    I LOVE Cricket and Lola, there are great characters and I fell for Cricket he´s so sweet!.
    As her previous novel the main character had imperfections and that make them perfect, my favorite quote is.

    Quote:
    "I know you aren´t perfect. But it´s a person´s imperfections that make them perfect for someone else." by Adriana Cabrera

  • Sweet and funny: A perfect addition for your collection :)5

    Alaiel Kreuz After reading "Anna and the French kiss" and, thank goodness, having Lola in my bookshelf already I HAD to read it next. And I did in just one day like I did with Anna because you know what? It was awesome too!

    So, what do you want to know about it? Let's start with a description of Lola, because beside being the main character she is the type of person I just love. First of all her parents are gay. Yep, two guys raising a little girl. Ans ince I'm all pro-gay here (some of my best friends are gay) I couldn't help but smile at this. I do believe they can raise kids like straight parents can and to read a book with that point of view was, beside refreshing, very brave. For that, I just want to say, you rock, Stephanie Perkins!

    So yeah, going back to Lola: she is unique, just the way a girl should be. Her outfits are different every single day, and I'm not talking about clothes only but about wigs, different types and colors of wigs. Colors and clothes are the way she expresses herself. I'm a fan of that kind of people, you need to have a lot of confidence to go out there and be "different". Kudos for that!

    But despite the loving parents not everything is shinning in her life... her real mother is actually the sister of one of her dads and she had a really difficult time with alcohol and other stuff.

    And to complicate things more her "secret crush" (who wasn't secret at all...) ditched her after what seem to be a perfect friendship.
    Only that Cricket had a reason, not a really good one, but he had a reason. You see, Calliope, Cricket's twin, showed a perfect talent for figure-skating and her whole family decided that, with that amazing gift, they all had to move according to her needs which meant: a lot of travelling and home-school for both kids. The last time Lola saw Cricket she thought they were in love but he proved her wrong and now that he is back he wants to continue where they left it but Lola can't do it, not only because she is still hurt for what he did but because she now has a boyfriend that happens to be a few years older than her.

    And, if you read "Anna and the French kiss" and want to know what happened with Étienne and Anna then, read this book ;) I love it when a book have a crossover from another one, feels like meeting with old friends.

    Are you a fan of YA romance or you read "Anna and the French kiss"? Then this book is a must, a huge, huge must. by Alaiel Kreuz

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    My kind of Love Story5

    Reading Angel Find Full Review at http://www.readingangel.com/2011/09/lola-and-boy-next-door-by-stephanie.html

    Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins completely blew me away and has resided at the top of my favorites list for a long time, so I did not believe that this book would be able to take it's place. Then something strange happened. As I began to read about the fashion crazy Lola and all the amazing people that revolved around her, that's exactly what happened. Lola kicked Anna right off her high horse and took her place on the throne of amazing book platform number ONE. by Reading Angel

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