Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion . . . she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit -- more sparkly, more fun, more wild -- the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.
When Cricket -- a gifted inventor -- 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.
Thoughts:
5/5 stars.
I'm not going to lie, I enjoyed Anna and the French Kiss a bit more than this companion novel. Nevertheless, I adore this book with as much passion as Anna.
The setting and characters were a tad bit more realistic than the who we saw in Anna, but yet again, I fell in love with every single one of these eccentric quirks of humans. Were pretty much in a suburb in San Fransisco, where a very outlandish dresser of sorts named Lola is reacquainted with someone from her past.
Again, Mrs. Perkin's writing was so hilarious and true, and she gave each character depth and heart, with quirks and little habits that made the story seem so much more alive. Her friends weren't one-dimensional beings, neither were they bountiful, rather just a couple of people she was close to and really knew. In most romance stories, you have the friends who love to party, who usually pester our protagonist to join them in their drinking antics, our main character never truly knowing her best friend. Though that is just one tiny tidbit that no one really pays much attention to, it truly added much to the story.
Her parents were just simply wonderful. They were the parents you have, the parents you want to have, the parents you want to be. And yes, they're gay, but the way Lola speaks of them makes their sexuality less stereotypical, and she even addresses the stereotypes of gay couples in a quite pleasant yet informative way. Cricket was also a lovely character. Though he is no Etienne St. Clair (I'm drooling as we speak), he was a cutie pie nonetheless, and had such great traits and qualities. He was definitely no douche bag, which I appreciated greatly. OH. And you get to see Anna and Etienne and sob at the complete beautifulness and legendary-ness of their relationship again. Yay.
As Stephanie transported me to Paris in Anna, she took me to the San Fransisco suburbs. And though reading in a normal setting could be quite the boring, it was quite the opposite, for Lola had little nooks and interesting places that made the setting seem more... I don't know. Less boring. Also, along with giving characters loathsome traits, she added development of which we saw them in a different light, never giving us reason to fully hate a character. If you get what I mean.
Just read this book. Wait, no. Read Anna, then this one. Yeah. Then wait an abhorrently too long of a wait for Isla and Happily Ever After.
I'm not going to lie, I enjoyed Anna and the French Kiss a bit more than this companion novel. Nevertheless, I adore this book with as much passion as Anna.
The setting and characters were a tad bit more realistic than the who we saw in Anna, but yet again, I fell in love with every single one of these eccentric quirks of humans. Were pretty much in a suburb in San Fransisco, where a very outlandish dresser of sorts named Lola is reacquainted with someone from her past.
Again, Mrs. Perkin's writing was so hilarious and true, and she gave each character depth and heart, with quirks and little habits that made the story seem so much more alive. Her friends weren't one-dimensional beings, neither were they bountiful, rather just a couple of people she was close to and really knew. In most romance stories, you have the friends who love to party, who usually pester our protagonist to join them in their drinking antics, our main character never truly knowing her best friend. Though that is just one tiny tidbit that no one really pays much attention to, it truly added much to the story.
Her parents were just simply wonderful. They were the parents you have, the parents you want to have, the parents you want to be. And yes, they're gay, but the way Lola speaks of them makes their sexuality less stereotypical, and she even addresses the stereotypes of gay couples in a quite pleasant yet informative way. Cricket was also a lovely character. Though he is no Etienne St. Clair (I'm drooling as we speak), he was a cutie pie nonetheless, and had such great traits and qualities. He was definitely no douche bag, which I appreciated greatly. OH. And you get to see Anna and Etienne and sob at the complete beautifulness and legendary-ness of their relationship again. Yay.
As Stephanie transported me to Paris in Anna, she took me to the San Fransisco suburbs. And though reading in a normal setting could be quite the boring, it was quite the opposite, for Lola had little nooks and interesting places that made the setting seem more... I don't know. Less boring. Also, along with giving characters loathsome traits, she added development of which we saw them in a different light, never giving us reason to fully hate a character. If you get what I mean.
Just read this book. Wait, no. Read Anna, then this one. Yeah. Then wait an abhorrently too long of a wait for Isla and Happily Ever After.
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