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# unique, expressive protagonist YA contemporary romance classic authentic first-love emotions Lola and the Boy Next Door

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## Key Features

- • **Top-Rated YA Bestseller:** Join thousands of readers who gave this gem a 4.4-star rating and rave reviews.
- • **Dive into Real-Time Romance:** Experience love unfolding with raw, relatable emotions that millennials crave.
- • **Celebrate Bold Individuality:** Follow Lola’s fearless, ever-changing style that breaks all the fashion rules.
- • **Complex Characters, No Clichés:** Engage with multi-dimensional characters who defy stereotypes and spark genuine connection.
- • **Inclusive & Progressive Storytelling:** Enjoy a narrative where diversity is natural, not a statement—two dads included.

## Overview

Lola and the Boy Next Door is a beloved young adult contemporary romance by Stephanie Perkins, featuring a bold, costume-loving protagonist navigating complex relationships and first love. Praised for its authentic characters, inclusive storytelling, and heartfelt emotions, this used book in good condition offers a fast, engaging read that resonates deeply with millennials seeking nostalgia and genuine connection.

## Description

In this delightful young adult contemporary romance, a novice designer discovers whether the boy from her past is the love of her future. “Stephanie Perkins’s characters fall in love the way we all want to, in real time and for good.”—Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Stephanie Perkins is the Jane Austen of our generation. Her stories ache, soothe, and leave you breathless with joy; there's true magic in these pages.”—Tahereh Mafi, #1 New York Times bestselling author Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion . . . she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit—the more sparkly, more fun, more wild—the better. And life is pretty close to perfect in Lola’s world, especially with her hot rocker boyfriend. That is, until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood and unearth a past of hurt and anguish that Lola thought was long buried. When talented inventor Cricket steps out from his twin sister’s shadow and back into Lola’s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.

Review: A fabulous follow-up to "Anna and the French Kiss" - After "Anna and the French Kiss" and now this book, Stephanie Perkins has become one of my favorite authors. If only she can write books fast enough, since I'm itching to read more of her wonderful creations. (Write, write, Stephanie!!) Lola Nolan is a lovely, eccentric, unique and flawed young lady. She has an unconventional family setup and a very difficult and testy relationship with her birth mom. She has a rocker "bad boy" boyfriend whom her parents disapprove of. And she harbors some painful memories of Cricket Bell, the boy who used to live next door who broke her heart. Cricket and his family moved away and his and Lola's farewell was - to put it mildly - not a good one. Lola learns to adjust and move on - Max loves her and she loves him, even though her parents keep things complicated. But this serenity doesn't last long. After being gone for 2 years, Cricket, his beautiful but not-so-nice twin sister Calliope and their parents are back, and Lola's life is turned upside down. What is it about Cricket that makes her nervous and confused? She has a boyfriend, so why does he haunt her thoughts? It doesn't help matters that he's grown even better looking since she last saw him and he seems as sweet, charming and genuinely "nice" as ever. What makes it worse is that Max becomes jealous and suspicious, and that Cricket seems to be oblivious to the effect he has on her. What I loved about this book - which is also what I loved about "Anna" - is Stephanie's knack for creating such unique, sympathetic, relate-able yet flawed characters. Max's character leaves you guessing. Cricket isn't a Prince Charming without faults. And sometimes I did want to knock Lola in the head for making not-so-right decisions, but I empathized with her and had faith that - as she goes through her path of self-discovery - she would eventually figure it all out. The characters in this book - major and minor - are all fully realized with personalities of their own. Lola is uniquely different from Anna, as is Cricket and Max are far removed from Toph and Etienne (although Toph and Max are both musicians). After reading both books, you don't get the sense that any of the plot points or characters are recycled, and both stories stand on their own (although there is a nice link to the first book - which I just love, love, love and hope she continues to do in future books). And a good romantic story always has to have some complications, of course, so the story kept me guessing and I (and Lola) wasn't quite sure how things would turn out. I also loved the setting of San Francisco. After Venice and Paris (the setting of "Anna"), San Fran is one of my favorite cities and it has a unique personality that works well for this book (Lola and her family themselves are unique). The general story also alludes to one of my favorite classic novels by Jane Austen - namely, "Persuasion" - which is a story of a young woman whose "old flame" comes back into her life, looking back at some of the decisions and misunderstandings from the past and the complications that arise from the return of this lost love. I don't know if this was an inspiration for Stephanie, but I enjoyed the similarity all the same. This was such a charming and enjoyable read, and I was partly sad/partly happy when I finished it. Happy at the ending. Sad that I finished the book (perhaps too quickly) and that there were no more adventures of Lola, Cricket, et al to read. I'm looking forward to the third book - I read that it would be called "Isla and the Happily Ever After" (perhaps Isla from book 1?). After such fantastic creations as Anna and Lola, I can't wait to re-visit Stephanie's "world" once again.
Review: When We Were By Our Windows, Talking At Night... - Lola Nolan is a seventeen year old girl, who lives in San Francisco, California with her two dads. Lola is super into fashion and she wears wigs and crazy outfits. And she has a tattooed - no plans for college - boyfriend who's years older than her -- Max. First of all, have you read Anna and the French Kiss? If you said no, well -- I know everyone says this but you have to get it. I mean, you can read Lola and the Boy Next Door without reading Anna and the French Kiss first but you will enjoy it even more because the main characters of Anna are friends with Lola. Lola's parents, Nathan and Andy, were how I wish most parents in the YA books were. They were realistic; they grounded her, gave her curfews, great advice, and they supported her in her weird clothes and they didn't like "the boyfriend", Max. Which made for some funny scenes. Her mom -- well, is a mess but she's on Lola's life. Sort of. Not the best mom, though. I liked Cricket Bell, the love interest. He's a year and a month older than Lola. I loved his style, the rubber bands and the writings in his hand. It was cool to see someone actually in college. I hope we get a trend here in the YA books of that, (characters in college) because there's not enough. Lola had history with Cricket but then some stuff happened and he moved away. Which gave Lola time to "forget" him and move on. I loved Max. I liked him more than Cricket! Okay, don't kill me but seriously, let's make a list to explain why: - he's in a band. - he's older. Twenty-two to be exact. - he has the bad boy vibe going on. - he can be sweet...sometimes. - it was awesome to see him jealous over Cricket! Yes, he did some things in the book that made me dislike him after that but still, he was fun to read about. What I didn't like about Cricket was that he was after Lola like a love sick puppy and she just was messing with his head, leading him on. Yes, he was funny and swoony, but he was also too sweet and patient. Which bothered me because Lola unconsciously knew (I know that doesn't make sense, but you know, girl senses) she had Cricket to "fall back on" in case things with Max didn't work out. I wanted Cricket to get really mad at her, and he sort of did but it wasn't what I expected. I got mad at Lola for having a boyfriend and giving Cricket hope. She wanted to be with her boyfriend but she also liked Cricket. It was a crazy, realistic love triangle. I understood her reasons or whatever but come on! Apart from that, their friendship/relationship was fun to read about. Lola has a best friend, Lindsey, but we didn't get a lot from her and she was an interesting character. We got more of Anna and St. Clair, which I don't mind one bit. St. Clair had me laughing so much. It was cool to see them again because we get some info on how they're doing and what's going on with them after the end of Anna and the French Kiss. To summarize, these were the problems that I had with Lola and The Boy Next Door: - Cricket was too soft. - Lola had a way to lead the poor guy on and then make him fall flat on his face. Poor guy. But yes, the book was amazing and I couldn't put it down. I was laughing and sometimes I felt bad for Lola. Stephanie Perkins has a way to write everything more realistic-- super realistic; the expressions and the way the characters talked and behaved-- I don't know how she does it. You feel like you know the characters; that if you go outside, you'll find them because they're so real. You should get this book! Everyone loves it. You can't go wrong with Stephanie Perkins.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #260,104 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #323 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Dating & Sex (Books) #1,113 in Teen & Young Adult Contemporary Romance |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 2,766 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fabulous follow-up to "Anna and the French Kiss"
*by M***. on October 16, 2011*

After "Anna and the French Kiss" and now this book, Stephanie Perkins has become one of my favorite authors. If only she can write books fast enough, since I'm itching to read more of her wonderful creations. (Write, write, Stephanie!!) Lola Nolan is a lovely, eccentric, unique and flawed young lady. She has an unconventional family setup and a very difficult and testy relationship with her birth mom. She has a rocker "bad boy" boyfriend whom her parents disapprove of. And she harbors some painful memories of Cricket Bell, the boy who used to live next door who broke her heart. Cricket and his family moved away and his and Lola's farewell was - to put it mildly - not a good one. Lola learns to adjust and move on - Max loves her and she loves him, even though her parents keep things complicated. But this serenity doesn't last long. After being gone for 2 years, Cricket, his beautiful but not-so-nice twin sister Calliope and their parents are back, and Lola's life is turned upside down. What is it about Cricket that makes her nervous and confused? She has a boyfriend, so why does he haunt her thoughts? It doesn't help matters that he's grown even better looking since she last saw him and he seems as sweet, charming and genuinely "nice" as ever. What makes it worse is that Max becomes jealous and suspicious, and that Cricket seems to be oblivious to the effect he has on her. What I loved about this book - which is also what I loved about "Anna" - is Stephanie's knack for creating such unique, sympathetic, relate-able yet flawed characters. Max's character leaves you guessing. Cricket isn't a Prince Charming without faults. And sometimes I did want to knock Lola in the head for making not-so-right decisions, but I empathized with her and had faith that - as she goes through her path of self-discovery - she would eventually figure it all out. The characters in this book - major and minor - are all fully realized with personalities of their own. Lola is uniquely different from Anna, as is Cricket and Max are far removed from Toph and Etienne (although Toph and Max are both musicians). After reading both books, you don't get the sense that any of the plot points or characters are recycled, and both stories stand on their own (although there is a nice link to the first book - which I just love, love, love and hope she continues to do in future books). And a good romantic story always has to have some complications, of course, so the story kept me guessing and I (and Lola) wasn't quite sure how things would turn out. I also loved the setting of San Francisco. After Venice and Paris (the setting of "Anna"), San Fran is one of my favorite cities and it has a unique personality that works well for this book (Lola and her family themselves are unique). The general story also alludes to one of my favorite classic novels by Jane Austen - namely, "Persuasion" - which is a story of a young woman whose "old flame" comes back into her life, looking back at some of the decisions and misunderstandings from the past and the complications that arise from the return of this lost love. I don't know if this was an inspiration for Stephanie, but I enjoyed the similarity all the same. This was such a charming and enjoyable read, and I was partly sad/partly happy when I finished it. Happy at the ending. Sad that I finished the book (perhaps too quickly) and that there were no more adventures of Lola, Cricket, et al to read. I'm looking forward to the third book - I read that it would be called "Isla and the Happily Ever After" (perhaps Isla from book 1?). After such fantastic creations as Anna and Lola, I can't wait to re-visit Stephanie's "world" once again.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ When We Were By Our Windows, Talking At Night...
*by A***M on October 25, 2011*

Lola Nolan is a seventeen year old girl, who lives in San Francisco, California with her two dads. Lola is super into fashion and she wears wigs and crazy outfits. And she has a tattooed - no plans for college - boyfriend who's years older than her -- Max. First of all, have you read Anna and the French Kiss? If you said no, well -- I know everyone says this but you have to get it. I mean, you can read Lola and the Boy Next Door without reading Anna and the French Kiss first but you will enjoy it even more because the main characters of Anna are friends with Lola. Lola's parents, Nathan and Andy, were how I wish most parents in the YA books were. They were realistic; they grounded her, gave her curfews, great advice, and they supported her in her weird clothes and they didn't like "the boyfriend", Max. Which made for some funny scenes. Her mom -- well, is a mess but she's on Lola's life. Sort of. Not the best mom, though. I liked Cricket Bell, the love interest. He's a year and a month older than Lola. I loved his style, the rubber bands and the writings in his hand. It was cool to see someone actually in college. I hope we get a trend here in the YA books of that, (characters in college) because there's not enough. Lola had history with Cricket but then some stuff happened and he moved away. Which gave Lola time to "forget" him and move on. I loved Max. I liked him more than Cricket! Okay, don't kill me but seriously, let's make a list to explain why: - he's in a band. - he's older. Twenty-two to be exact. - he has the bad boy vibe going on. - he can be sweet...sometimes. - it was awesome to see him jealous over Cricket! Yes, he did some things in the book that made me dislike him after that but still, he was fun to read about. What I didn't like about Cricket was that he was after Lola like a love sick puppy and she just was messing with his head, leading him on. Yes, he was funny and swoony, but he was also too sweet and patient. Which bothered me because Lola unconsciously knew (I know that doesn't make sense, but you know, girl senses) she had Cricket to "fall back on" in case things with Max didn't work out. I wanted Cricket to get really mad at her, and he sort of did but it wasn't what I expected. I got mad at Lola for having a boyfriend and giving Cricket hope. She wanted to be with her boyfriend but she also liked Cricket. It was a crazy, realistic love triangle. I understood her reasons or whatever but come on! Apart from that, their friendship/relationship was fun to read about. Lola has a best friend, Lindsey, but we didn't get a lot from her and she was an interesting character. We got more of Anna and St. Clair, which I don't mind one bit. St. Clair had me laughing so much. It was cool to see them again because we get some info on how they're doing and what's going on with them after the end of Anna and the French Kiss. To summarize, these were the problems that I had with Lola and The Boy Next Door: - Cricket was too soft. - Lola had a way to lead the poor guy on and then make him fall flat on his face. Poor guy. But yes, the book was amazing and I couldn't put it down. I was laughing and sometimes I felt bad for Lola. Stephanie Perkins has a way to write everything more realistic-- super realistic; the expressions and the way the characters talked and behaved-- I don't know how she does it. You feel like you know the characters; that if you go outside, you'll find them because they're so real. You should get this book! Everyone loves it. You can't go wrong with Stephanie Perkins.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love this book
*by J***E on October 21, 2012*

~4.5/5 [Also available on my blog (with extras!).] I love this book. It was amazing and Cricket and it was just so good and I want the next one and Cricket. Cricket, you guys. Cricket. He is the best thing, ever. Just, ever. I love him. I want him. I want my very own Cricket. Please? Um, so, anyway... I read Anna and the French Kiss over the summer (and finally posted the review a couple weekends ago), and loved it. Immediately after reading that book and the excerpt for this one, I wanted it. It sounded amazing and Cricket seemed more my type, and I did not want to wait, at all. I even waited longer than I wanted to buy it. But once I got it, I simply could not wait any longer. I kind of wanted to, just to prolong the amazingness that it was sure to be, but that didn't happen. I read the book in two days without even meaning to, and it was over much faster than I wanted it to be. I wanted to meet Lola and Cricket and find out why Lola has a problem with the Bell twins and read more about Lola and her two dads. And, trust me, my excitement was for a reason. Lola and the Boy Next Door is about Lola, a girl who likes to dress as a different person every day, including extravagant outfits and wigs, even making some of it herself. The Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, are part of the family that live next door to her. Calliope is an ice-skater, and Cricket is an inventor. They've moved in and out of that house, and Lola has dreaded their return ever since the last time they left. And now they're back. And Lola has a boyfriend. This book was just as good as the first. Just as well written, with just as good characters. I don't think it was particularly better, but I do like the love interest more. St. Clair was awesome, but Cricket is just nothing less than amazing. The romance in this book was amazing. Lola is with some other guy at the beginning, who at first I didn't mind, but later turned into quite a jerk. I was happy with how things ended there, though. And where things went after it with Cricket. Even before that, Cricket was amazing. What he does while she's with Max is really sweet, even though Lola should have backed off a bit, and their relationship before he moved was really nice, even if a bit bittersweet. Cricket is charming and adorable; he talks fast when he's nervous, and he's completely devoted to and in love with Lola, and he feels a little left out, and he's so smart. He is just... everything I want. Which, yea, creates a bias, but I am completely okay with that. Because I love him. And Lola at one point, realizes something about Cricket that is so awesome, and then decides to work harder for him, which is awesome. And she also decides that she wants to be fully herself before she can be with him, which is fantastic. This book took a bit different direction than I thought it would, but it probably just made the book better for me. I was expecting it to be about Lola falling for her friends older brother, and then to have a falling out with her friend, and maybe something to happen with the boy. That is not what happened. Instead, she fell for Cricket rather early, and wasn't very close with Calliope at all. Her relationship with Cricket was strong, and started everything, and it's just... You just have to read it to find out, because I don't want to spoil any more. Lola has two dads, and while maybe we could have gotten to see more of them, they were awesome. The best dads ever. And Lola has a best friend, Lindsey, who wants to be a detective, and is a great best friend to Lola. And even Calliope, Cricket's twin sister, is a really interesting character. Some things she does aren't that cool, but she turns out alright. Oh, and there are some cameos! I was expecting to see Anna and St. Clair, but I wasn't expecting them to show up so much. Which was a very nice surprise. They are adorable and sweet and I loved seeing them together, and Lola's conversations with them. I'm excited to see what cameos there are in the next book. I just love everything about this book, okay? And I want the next one right now. But, of course, the next one isn't set to come out for, I think, another year or something. Which is much too long.

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