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 Review: Despite Anna and the French Kiss being a shit book, I continued on because I forgot everything in Stephanie Perkins's books. I don't hate Lola and the Boy Next Door, but I don't think that this book was good in anyway at all. 
 Let's just say that I'm cold-hearted and harsh on books, but did you see other books that I gave 5 stars? Yeah. 
 Lola and the Boy Next Door would not stand out except for its writing. It was better than Anna and the French Kiss and of course I had quite a time with it. It was pretty enjoyable, not boring but not phenomenal. I did really like the writing and that's why this book did not stay at one star from me. 
 Sure enough, this is the part where I complain. 
 First off, I don't get why this book always and ALWAYS brings up the age gap between Lola and her boyfriend. You know, I really HATE when things are being repeated. It's really annoying and boring and uncomfortable at a certain subject such as this one. 
 Most relationships stay strong because of trust that both sides give each other, but I really did not see any from this book. Lola was a liar from the first time she met Max and she kept on lying to him despite Max not trusting her, their relationship remained the same. Which is odd. There were trust issues surrounding this relationship and Lola still had the balls to say that Max was going to be the one. Right. Your ass. 
 Unlike Anna and the French Kiss, this book isn't about cheating but almost. Basically this is like St. Clair's point of view excluding the cheating. Lola certainly wanted to be with Max but kept leading Cricket on. 
 What is it about Perkins's books that always put the love interest in the nicest way possible whereas the other guys were sort of a dick or maybe hanging naked girls on their walls? 
 Lola was not what I like as a character. She was so immature and whiny. What the hell. I'm not too sure if I like Cricket but where the fuck did the author get her inspiration from and name him Cricket? Seriously. 
 Overall: I did not expect anything better from this book. The characters are okay. The plot was terrible. Wouldn't recommend.