Vor nicht allzu langer Zeit hatte ich ja schon Anna and the French Kiss gelesen und irgendwas an Frau Perkins Art zu Schreiben hat dafür gesorgt, dass mir das Buch nicht mehr so richtig aus dem Kopf gehen wollte. Und deshalb habe ich einfach kurz entschlossen zum zweiten Teil in dieser Contemporary-Reihe zu greifen. Ich hatte Lola schon ziemlich oft in der Hand, habe es dann aber nie gekauft, weil mich dieser ganze Designer- und Modekram immer abgeschreckt hat. Das interessiert mich jetzt einfach nicht so riesig. Und ich muss wirklich zugeben, am Anfang hatte ich sehr große Schwierigkeiten, mir Lola vorzustellen und wollte am liebsten über ihr auffälligstes Merkmal hinweg schauen: Ihre Kostümierung. Lola trägt nämlich immer irgendwas sehr flippiges, kombiniert mit einer Perücke. Das fand ich schon ziemlich abgefahren und musste mich erst daran gewöhnen. Aber Lola als Person mochte ich eigentlich ziemlich gerne. Genau wie schon Anna hat auch sie ihre Fehler und merkt oft erst nachher, dass sie sich falsch verhalten hat. Aber das macht sie menschlicher und sympathisch. Die Liebesgeschichte war ja irgendwie niedlich, aber es war halt wieder die Beziehung im Weg. Diesmal ist es Lola, die in einer Beziehung steckt und diese lange nicht aufgeben will. Cricket war einfach toll. Auch wenn ich mit seinem Namen nichts anfangen konnte, hat er so ein gutes Herz! Manchmal hätte ich ihn einfach knuddeln können. Am Anfang weiß man ja noch nicht wirklich, was vor zwei Jahren passiert ist und warum Lola solche Probleme mit ihren neuen alten Nachbarn hat. Aber als ich es dann endlich erfuhr, wie Lola nur jemals denken konnte, dass Cricket so ein Arsch sein könnte. Er ist einfach nur ziemlich unerfahren und das macht ihn einfach richtig süß. Anna und St. Clair spielen in diesem Buch auch eine Rolle, womit ich gar nicht gerechnet hätte. Die beiden sind Arbeitskollegen von Lola. Das Ende war wieder ziemlich kitschig, aber das ist schon okay. Gerne hätten die beiden aber ein bisschen früher zusammen kommen können. Fazit: Ich glaube, insgesamt hat mir Anna and the French Kiss besser gefallen, aber Lola Geschichte kommt trotzdem nur knapp dahinter. Stephanie Perkins hat einfach ein besonderes Talent, solche Contemporary Bücher zu schreiben. Am liebsten würde ich sofort mit Isla and the Happily Ever After weitermachen, aber das habe ich noch nicht :( Also, wer gerne solche luftigen Geschichten mit einer angemessenen Prise Drama und dem einen oder anderen tiefschürfenderen Thema liest, der ist bei dieser Reihe goldrichtig.

What a nice story. Pretty much goes along the lines of girl meets boy, falls for him, boys falls for girl too. Stuff happens and boy needs to move away then when he comes back girl is with someone else and the story begins. It was nice to see a tie in of characters from the first book too. A proper feel good book.

4.5 stars! She's done it again! I devoured Anna & Etienne's story and now I was finally able to pick up the second book ... and the timing was perfect. It's getting warmer outside, the sun is shining and I feel all these amazing things while reading about Lola and Cricket. I mean, come on ... they're both gorgeous and I couldn't help but smile most of the time! "I know you aren't perfect. But it's a person's imperfections that make them perfect for someone else." As in the previous book her characters are again all realistic, likeable and unique. Especially Lola. She wears wigs, amazing - but also kind of crazy - dresses and costumes and is in general just different. I liked her right from the beginning and even though I couldn't understand some of her decisions she never really bothered me. She made mistakes but always tried to right them afterwards - and that's actually pretty mature for her age. She realized when she had to apologize and when she did something wrong and I admired that about her. I doubt every 17 year old teen would act like that. Now let me talk about the boy next door, Cricket FREAKING Bell. First of all ... why are no cute boys living in my neighbourhood? Why don't I have a cute neighbour? Ugh! I wouldn't mind having someone like Cricket living next door ... wouldn't even mind falling in love with him because he's amazing. At first I wasn't sure about him, I mean, he did hurt Lola and she never really got over it but he definitely made up for it! He's honest, always there for Lola and generelly just a good guy. Not to mention that he's also good-looking, tall and OH GOD, whenever he blushed or nervously played with his bracelets and rubber bands I couldn't stop smiling at how CUTE he is! I mean, seriously?! It just made him so much more adorable and lovable! "And if I'm the stars, Cricket Bell is entire galaxies." To me, side characters are also a very important part of a book! And I can say that I fell in love with Lola's dads (yes, you heard right: plural!) as well. They were supportive and always there when she needed someone to talk to. I also loved how funny and hilarious they were at times but then again you could see what great parents they actually are! And then there were also Anna and St. Clair. HELL YES! I actually missed these two so, so much and I was really glad that they made a few appearances in the book. Just to see that they're okay and still happily together made me smile so much - I had no doubt about that but still. I just have to say that this was gorgeous! A quick, easy and super sweet book about the first love with brilliant and unique characters that'll make you smile and squeak with pleasure and excitement. It's totally worth a read, so let me get this straight ... if you haven't read Stephanie Perkins books yet, you definitely need to! Very, very soon! You'll love them! :) www.aworldbetweenfoldedpages.blogspot.com

Ohmygodanothercutebookyaaas 5 stars because it was so cute AGAIN. I love the setting, the characters (except Max duh) and the backstories. Although I have a feeling that the backstories weren't as detailed as the ones in Anna and the French Kiss. And that there wasn't as much plot. Buuuut I still loved it and I can't wait for Isla and the Happily Ever After! :D P.S.: Lola's parents!!! :D P.S.S.: Anna and Étienne :D

Lola. Oh how I love her! On some point she shows herself but on the other hand she hids her self. You never know. I love books that take me by suprise and that I can see myself in one of the characters. Cricket, oh boy you should have told everything much mich sooner, but that would take away this beautiful story about the wish and the stars. It was also nice to see two other characters again and know that they are just as fine as I wished them to be.