I let my head sink until my lips touched her hands, but my eyes never left her green eyes. Love hurt. Honesty made it worse, and I could hardly stand it.
I sat next to him on the bed and smiled sweetly at him. "You're so tense, Parker. You're not still worried about Adam and my brother kicking the shit out of you, are you?
Paperback: 624 pages Publisher: Simon Pulse ( 25 May 2010) Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Source: Author
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The Endless Summer is a compilation of the first book "The Boys Next Door" and "Endless Summer" I'll be reviewing both without giving away any spoilers!
He moved to my ear again, and my body braced for the shockwaves. Just before his lips touched my skin, he whispered, " I guess we'll know when we get there."
My Thoughts - Now that she's sixteen Lori wants to finally be noticed by her neighbour Sean. She wants everyone to realise that she is evolving into a women, and hey, she's going to do everything it takes to make sure they notice. Plenty of batting lashes and bikinis are involved but for poor Lori - Sean doesn't really seem to notice in the slightest, or does he? She has practically grown up with both brothers and is sick of how they treat her like their little sister, and Lori has more than just the one plan to shake things up. But for any of this to work she's going to need the assistance of her best friend and younger brother of the two Adam. Now Adam is my kinda guy. Lovable, sweet and caring. However, he's a little ADHD ridden and slightly crazed. Crazy as in he will do the most dangerous stunts and not have a care in the world. He has a temper though and with his brother and his friends picking on him because of his ADHD - doesn't do the boy any favours. Adam also happens to be crazy in love with Lori. .
Endless Summer is hilarious. I need to warn you about this aspect because it's not just hah hah funny but LMFAO *rolling on the floor* HILARIOUS! Despite looking quite daunting in size it took no time at all to get through and I spent all night engrossed which probably was a baaaadddd idea because I'm sure my crazy laughing woke up the mother! I seriously couldn't get past how funny it really was. It takes a lot to make a reader laugh, but even more to have them breathless and clutching their stomach. I knew I was an Echols fan for a good reason.
There are a few things I must mention though. There isn't much character growth between the first and second book which is a shame; this was needed because of Lori's immaturity. She did some really silly things and during the second book her plans to get Sean were horrible and actually annoying. I mean the fact that she even thought of ever doing those things, and then thinking it was ok had me slightly perplexed. I understood his frustrations when she explained her ridiculous plans, I mean, if I was him I would have broken up with her right there and then, no matter what her intentions were. Also, I thought the reason behind why she even obsessed over Sean was ridiculous. I mean she liked him for the wrong reasons. How can you expect a relationship to work when you want to want to be with someone for personal reasons rather than because you genuinely really like him. It also didn't help that Sean was a jerk! He really got on my nerves. But then so did Adam. Adam was different though. I had my moments with him where he would really anger me but then he would say something sweet and turn me to mush- whilst Sean was pretty easy to stay annoyed at. Sean baiting Adam constantly and using Lori to get to him didn't put him in my good books either. Although Adam's temper got out of hand at times, and he did have his fair share of antics also; his heart, for the most part, was in the right place. Not to mention his strong feelings for Lori and the one liners he tended to pull when she was around were not only amusing but endearing.
There's no denying that Endless Summer is a highly entertaining read which completely won me over. I don't think I have laughed like that in a long time, and although I had my days with Adam, Sean and Lori I found that after finishing the book; I missed them. If you want a fast, sweet, entertaining read then Endless Summer is the perfect read for you.
"Young lady," he said, which was a pretty good start for the Talking - To, "I am so proud of you." DAMN IT! "Thank you!" I beamed at him like I knew what the hell he was walking about.
I knew how he felt. Tracing my fingernails down his back again, I whispered, "stubble or what?"
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