Lola and the Boy Next Door

The Bookworm says... Absolutely! Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins was so mushy and sappy and basically everything I want in a romance. Lola is a very talented aspiring designer, with very strong beliefs. The crazier the costume, the more appropriate for daily wear. Her boyfriend, Max, is the lead singer of a punk rock band. Her life is going perfectly the way she wants it, until the Bell twins move home. Calliope and Cricket. Lola thought her painful past with figure skating Calliope and engineering Cricket was gone and buried, but the day she sees them again Lola realizes that that is far from the truth. 

This book was so good. Like the preceding novel in the trilogy, Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door is very cliche. If you're the type of person that cringes at the mention of cliches, you should not read this. I, however, am not one of these people, so I loved it. I absolutely adored the way Anna and Étienne tied into this novel, and the general unfolding of the plot. 

Previously reviewed by Stephanie Perkins: Anna and the French Kiss, 

"At the sound of her name, a second star would appear... The neighbors wondered who turned on the floodlights. The boy did. By thinking about the girl."