Lola And The Boy Next Door

Title: Lola and the Boy Next Door
Author: Stephanie Perkins
Series: Anna and the French Kiss #2
Genre: Romance, Young Adult
Spice: 1 / 5
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 338
Reason Read: Just Because
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Also in this series: Isla and the Happily Ever After

My Thoughts

I was so excited to read LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR because I loved ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS so much. And, even though I loved Anna more, Lola didn’t disappoint me. It was such a fun story!

I loved Lola’s parents (all three of them). I loved that they weren’t absent like a lot of parents in YA stories. It made for some interesting dynamics. I loved Cricket from the get go. He was such a great guy. He was so nice and so devoted to Lola that I almost thought he was too good for her. I had a hard time with Lola a little bit. Most YA characters act older than they are, but I felt like Lola acted her age–seventeen. Because of that, she seemed immature, whiny, and selfish at times. She grew on me and I realized she was just confused and didn’t know what she wanted like most teenagers her age. By the end of the book, I really liked her.

I loved reading about all of her awesome outfits. I kept thinking how would it be to dress like her? It would be so fun, but I don’t think I could deal with the insults like she did. I’m too self-conscious. I’m glad she was able to find herself because she struggled with who she was amidst all her crazy outfits.

I especially loved seeing Anna and Étienne. It was so much fun to see them from a different perspective and to see that they were still together. I can’t wait to read ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER and wish I didn’t have to wait so long.