Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Romantic Comedy -book style!


Lola and the Boy Next Door is a quirky, funny, and sweet novel about teenagers finding (or in this case re-finding) their first love. The main character, Lola Nolan, is a confident and mature 17 year old who has a passion for costume design. This is evident in her personal style which consists of wearing costumes like a Mary Antoinette dress which she designs herself with the help of a certain boy and wears to her school dance.
At the beginning of the novel, Lola's romantic life is going well. She has a punk rock boyfriend named Max who she thinks she loves and dreams of running away with in order to pursue their dreams of being a rock star and a costume designer. But, her thoughts get turned upside down when her ex-boyfriend and his twin sister move back in to the house next door. Cricket Bell was the first boy with whom she ever felt a deep connection but a misunderstanding led to their relationship becoming strained and then almost non-existent. As soon as he enters back into Lola's life, old feelings and emotions start to come back. It's evident that his feelings never changed for her, but isn't she in love with rocker boy Max? Read this romantic comedy of a love story to see for yourself!
I listened to this on audio and fell in love with the quirkiness of Lola's character, the funny and realistic dialogue, the love triangle (who doesn't enjoy love triangles?), and the sweet story of finding true love.
I can't wait to pick up Anna and the French Kiss which is written by the same author. It isn't exactly a prequel to Lola and the Boy Next Door but Anna and her boyfriend were secondary characters in this novel.

2 comments:

  1. Dude! I didn't know Anna and Etienne are in this book too!! I have sooo got to read this now.

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  2. You will love this book fo real.

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