Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

The boy next door? Um, yes, can I please have one of those? Some of my favorite scenes in the book took place at the windows of Lola and Cricket with the moon shining down on them. The premise of this story captured me from page one. But alas, eventually I had to finish it (and will definitely be rereading soon). I wanted it to go on forever, and I was doing anything I could to enjoy a few pages at a time and put it down to come back to later. And then I completely understood. It took me about two weeks to read this book not because I thought it was slow or boring, but because I just didn’t want it to end. How can so many people adore this book? How can there literally be no critical reviews? But then, I opened the book and fell head over heels in love with LOLA AND THE BOY NEXT DOOR. So I saw about 847423 gazillion positive reviews of this book, and like I was before I read ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS, I was naturally skeptical. When Lola learns that Cricket is back, she must come to terms with the fact that she is still one hundred percent in love with him…despite everything that happened two years prior.

Lola’s parents Nathan and Andy are destined to NEVER like Max, the costume is a nightmare in the making and Cricket and Calliope Bell move back into the house next door. Unfortunately, all three of these wishes are a bit more difficult than Lola anticipates. There are just three simple things that Lola Nolan wants in life for her parents to accept her rocker boyfriend Max, to wear a fabulous homemade Marie Antoinette costume to the school dance, and to never see the Bell twins again.

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins