Overall, I really enjoyed Lola and the Boy Next Door and can't wait for the last book in the series. Given that she is 16 this made me really uncomfortable when reading for all sorts of reasons and while in some ways the relationship can be justified for the purposes of the story, I still didn't feel totally comfortable with Max and Lola's relationship.Īside from the romance, Lola and the Boy Next Door addresses issues surrounding families and friendship and handles it in such a way that makes the story incredibly human and relatable. At the start of the book, Lola is dating Max, a twenty two year old musician. However, in that department I did have a criticism. The romance aspect of the story was wonderful as always and, like with Anna and the French Kiss, managed to capture the feeling of being in love for the first time accurately. Reappearances from Anna and Etienne from the first book also give the book a good base, reminding the reader that the books are linked while the ending of the book sets up a possible link between this book and the last book in the series Isla and the Happily Ever After with an opportunity to see characters old and new interact once more. Her passion for dressmaking and costumes make for a refreshing heroine while Cricket Bell and his inventing again make for another unique and interesting character. Overall, I adored this book and thought it was a perfect feelgood book for summer holidays.Stephanie Perkins success once again in creating vibrant characters with Lola being perhaps one of the most vibrant characters ever written. The cover of the book is adorable with the pink filter over the picture of Paris and the chalk effect heart in the corner. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. Stephanie Perkins’s characters fall in love the way we all want to, in real time and for good. As a narrator, Anna is slightly grating in her constant inner monologue but overall she is an interesting female lead. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, Paperback Barnes & Noble. As a pair they don't have many scenes together but the ones they do share are funny and heartfelt. Other characters I liked were Rashmi and Anna. While I don't always agree with the way he deals with his problems in the book, I'm still glad of the way the book ended for him. He was funny, charming and described as brilliantly good-looking. That constant throughout the book also helped it to stay quite relaxed because it focused in depth on one major theme.
Relationships were a prominent theme and not just the romantic ones, but also relationships with fathers, mothers and parents, as well as sibling relationships and friendship driven ones.
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