Thursday, January 5, 2012

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins


Lola has always been known for being wild, especially with her fashion choices and her choices in men. For fashion, she loves to wear colorful, sparkly combinations, never wearing the same outfit twice. As for choices in men, her boyfriend, Max, is in an angry punk rock band and forced to go to weekly brunches with Lola's family. Just as school is getting back in session, her neighbors move back, which is an occurrence Lola has been dreading for quite some time. Although she tells her boyfriend she is more worried about Calliope, the gorgeous and intimidating figure skater, her twin brother Cricket is the bigger problem. She has always loved him, and she thought for a while that he loved her, too. But after his disastrous birthday party several years earlier, she knew it wasn't true. Now that he's back, and clearly interested in her, she has to keep him as far away from Max as possible. But as Max starts to get suspicious of her true motives in staying away from her neighbors, she starts to find herself falling into old habits with Cricket. But when Lola's perpetually drunk birth mother shows up, things somehow go from bad to even worse as Lola simply tries to hold it together. This book is the sequel to Anna and the French Kiss. Although this book was very good, I liked Anna and the French Kiss much better. Anna and St. Clair, the two main characters from the first book, are in this one quite a bit.
Grade: A-
SC: 7
V: 3
C: 5

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