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This is a two-in-one book containing The Boys Next Door, and its sequel, Endless Summer.

THE BOYS NEXT DOOR

I absolutely LOVED this book! I read it in one day; I could NOT put it down! We hear the story from Lori's mind, and it just flows so smoothly. It was really fun being inside her mind. I could very easily imagine everything that was happening.

There are two aspects of this book that just absolutely excelled - the setting and the characters!

Lori lives on a lake next door to the Vaders, a family with three sons. She spent her childhood hanging out with them and her brother, being one of the guys. The Vaders run a marina, and during the summer, they all work there. After work each day, they go out on a boat and spend an hour wakeboarding.

The setting is summer on a lake, and it is described and done so well! It kind of reminded me of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books. It makes you want to spend hours on end outside, on, in, or around water. It also makes you want to be sporty, doing summer sports like wakeboarding. (After reading this, learning how to wakeboard is now on my bucketlist.)

The characters are AMAZING! The author did an amazing job of letting us in on the dynamic of these two families. I was fascinated with the Vaders! Three brothers!!! Adam or what?

I FELL IN LOVE WITH ADAM VADER!!!!!

ENDLESS SUMMER

The sequel starts out exactly where the first one stops. Pretty much the only difference between this book and the first is that it is told in both Lori's and Adam's POV. I LOVE Adam, so I really liked seeing his perspective, too!

There's no summary for Endless Summer on Amazon, so here's mine:

After the festival, Lori and Adam have made up and are finally together going on a real date... only to fall asleep. When they wake up and get home, both sets of parents Pitch. A. Fit! They forbid them from seeing each other. When they get caught together again, Adam is threatened with being sent away to military school. Lori decides that in order to show her dad that Adam's not that bad, she'll go out with even worse guys to improve his impression. Adam, of course, despises this plan. Will they get to be together or will Adam be sent away once and for all???

I guess this shouldn't have surprised me, but this book was pretty much exactly like the first. It starts on the very day that the first one left off on, so it's not like they've had time to grow or mature. It just baffled me a little bit how they were still stuck on pretty much the same schemes that drove me and them crazy before.

I also guess I was spoiled with my parents and their style of parenting, because Lori's dad and Adam's parents made me sooo mad! My god, they overreacted. I hated the way they treated both of them - Lori like she didn't have a brain to make a decision for herself, and poor Adam like he wasn't anything but a criminal. Mrs. Vader even made snide comments to Lori, making me see where Sean gets his personality from. I felt so bad for Adam!

Like I said, it's really like the first book in terms of their schemes, which aggravated the crap out of me. The parents wanted them to show an ounce of maturity, and Adam was actually the one to step up. Lori drove me crazy. I just didn't understand how she didn't realize how what she was doing would hurt Adam.

On the bright side, the EPIC setting and AMAZING characters were back - Lori, Adam, Sean, and we get to see way more of Cameron and McGillicuddy. We got to understand Adam way better, which I, of course, loved! Even though they are not perfect, I love Adam and Lori together!! I am rooting for them FOREVER!

LORI LOVES ADAM
AOAN LOVES LOKI

I liked the first book way better, but I enjoyed them both so much! It was such a put-you-into-the-story book, and I felt like I lived next door to three boys and spent days working and wakeboarding out in the sun with them. I was actually truly jealous of Lori's life! I also think the author did such an amazing job really getting into the characters, especially Adam, Lori, and even Sean, and especially their family dynamics! I'll probably be rereading this book again and again because it was just such a good read! Epic book or what?

I LOVED IT! And again, I AM IN LOVE WITH ADAM VADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Endless Summer The Boys Next Door; Endless Summer Romantic Comedies Jennifer Echols Books Reviews

Review of The Boys Next Door

I started this book highly suspicious of it. I've heard numerous wonderful praise for Echols and her writing, and the covers look nice enough at the book store, but most of the summaries of her books have made me snooze or say to myself, "boring". However, I read a great rec of this one that said it was friends to more than friends. Here was a concept that I could get behind. As I told my husband later, I'm always a huge fan of friends turned romantic interests in my fiction. (Almost as much as I love hateful enemies turned epic romantic lovers, in fact!)

However, with the book in hand, with its vaguely silly cartoonish cover, I was prepare to be underwhelmed. Well, you all know what is said about judging books by their covers. I started the book with disinterest, but only a few chapters later, I was more than into the story. In fact, I read the book twice in a row because I loved it so much. What did I love? Lori, Adam, McGillicuddy, and the relationships between this long time group of friends! Lori and Adam felt real. They had real flaws, but real passions. I hate reading a book and being told what the main character is passionate about or what their flaws are but then never seeing these flaws or passions put into action in the book. Here, you get the feel for the characters' adoration of wakeboarding, Adam's ADHD, the main romance, Lori's need for female friends.

Also, this romance is smoking. I mentally cheered whenever Adam and Lori hooked up, and whenever Lori thought about the brothers. I knew I was a goner when it ended and I was like, "But I want to know more!"

The only, only, only quibble I have with the whole book is how quickly it wrapped up at the end. I think I was so angry at certain characters that Lori's willingness to forgive drove me a little mad. Perhaps I just don't want characters I find understandable to be better than me, though. (I say with a smile!)

Five stars!

Review of Endless Summer

I'm not going to lie, Endless Summer was a bit of a letdown after The Boys Next Door. I think this might be because of dualing POVs. Lori also acts quite a bit more airheaded in this book too, which didn't come through that strongly in the previous book. I did like finding out where their romance was heading. It was interesting to see other people in their lives react to the them getting together, even if most people did not react super positively. I was a little astonished by how many people in the book genuinely seem to be down on Adam. It's as if Lori is the only one in their groups of friends and family who seems to really appreciate him.

Either way, I felt satisfied with the resolution of the two books and happy that we got to spend a little more time with the couple.

Three stars!
This is a two-in-one book containing The Boys Next Door, and its sequel, Endless Summer.

THE BOYS NEXT DOOR

I absolutely LOVED this book! I read it in one day; I could NOT put it down! We hear the story from Lori's mind, and it just flows so smoothly. It was really fun being inside her mind. I could very easily imagine everything that was happening.

There are two aspects of this book that just absolutely excelled - the setting and the characters!

Lori lives on a lake next door to the Vaders, a family with three sons. She spent her childhood hanging out with them and her brother, being one of the guys. The Vaders run a marina, and during the summer, they all work there. After work each day, they go out on a boat and spend an hour wakeboarding.

The setting is summer on a lake, and it is described and done so well! It kind of reminded me of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books. It makes you want to spend hours on end outside, on, in, or around water. It also makes you want to be sporty, doing summer sports like wakeboarding. (After reading this, learning how to wakeboard is now on my bucketlist.)

The characters are AMAZING! The author did an amazing job of letting us in on the dynamic of these two families. I was fascinated with the Vaders! Three brothers!!! Adam or what?

I FELL IN LOVE WITH ADAM VADER!!!!!

ENDLESS SUMMER

The sequel starts out exactly where the first one stops. Pretty much the only difference between this book and the first is that it is told in both Lori's and Adam's POV. I LOVE Adam, so I really liked seeing his perspective, too!

There's no summary for Endless Summer on , so here's mine

After the festival, Lori and Adam have made up and are finally together going on a real date... only to fall asleep. When they wake up and get home, both sets of parents Pitch. A. Fit! They forbid them from seeing each other. When they get caught together again, Adam is threatened with being sent away to military school. Lori decides that in order to show her dad that Adam's not that bad, she'll go out with even worse guys to improve his impression. Adam, of course, despises this plan. Will they get to be together or will Adam be sent away once and for all???

I guess this shouldn't have surprised me, but this book was pretty much exactly like the first. It starts on the very day that the first one left off on, so it's not like they've had time to grow or mature. It just baffled me a little bit how they were still stuck on pretty much the same schemes that drove me and them crazy before.

I also guess I was spoiled with my parents and their style of parenting, because Lori's dad and Adam's parents made me sooo mad! My god, they overreacted. I hated the way they treated both of them - Lori like she didn't have a brain to make a decision for herself, and poor Adam like he wasn't anything but a criminal. Mrs. Vader even made snide comments to Lori, making me see where Sean gets his personality from. I felt so bad for Adam!

Like I said, it's really like the first book in terms of their schemes, which aggravated the crap out of me. The parents wanted them to show an ounce of maturity, and Adam was actually the one to step up. Lori drove me crazy. I just didn't understand how she didn't realize how what she was doing would hurt Adam.

On the bright side, the EPIC setting and AMAZING characters were back - Lori, Adam, Sean, and we get to see way more of Cameron and McGillicuddy. We got to understand Adam way better, which I, of course, loved! Even though they are not perfect, I love Adam and Lori together!! I am rooting for them FOREVER!

LORI LOVES ADAM
AOAN LOVES LOKI

I liked the first book way better, but I enjoyed them both so much! It was such a put-you-into-the-story book, and I felt like I lived next door to three boys and spent days working and wakeboarding out in the sun with them. I was actually truly jealous of Lori's life! I also think the author did such an amazing job really getting into the characters, especially Adam, Lori, and even Sean, and especially their family dynamics! I'll probably be rereading this book again and again because it was just such a good read! Epic book or what?

I LOVED IT! And again, I AM IN LOVE WITH ADAM VADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!