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| Book #106 and 107 of 2010 |
| Title: The Boys Next Door/Endless Summer |
| Author: Jennifer Echols |
| Publisher: Simon Pulse |
| Pub Date: May 5, 2010 |
| Grade: B+/C |
| Comments: Lori’s Dad always warned her about the boys next door, but until this summer, they’ve always just been her friends. Now that she’s 16 and is making an effort, she seems to have caught the eye of the two brothers – even though she’s only interested in one of them. In order to get Sean to like her, she agrees to pretend to date Adam. Adam is great but as time goes on, it seems like their pretending might be going a little bit too far. In the sequel, Lori is ready to spend the rest of her summer with the brother she ends up with, but everything goes immediately wrong.
I really liked The Boys Next Door. Lori is a fun character, and the objects of her affection become more real as the story goes on. It felt a little bit like The Summer I Turned Pretty (only a little more superficial) and the love story is really strong.
The sequel, however, (which is presented in the same volume as the first book) feels like a tacked on sequel. Within one chapter the love story that had so much potential is ripped apart and then the rest of the book feels like a whole bunch of plot contrivances and absurd misunderstandings to keep two characters apart just to have another story. |
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