Another great book from Jill Mansell, a chick lit that I enjoyed thoroughly! The beginning caught my attention right away with the offer that was not to be refused. The author wasted no time in the beginning getting right down to the nitty gritty.
Lola and Doug are from two totally different upbringing and lifestyles, opposites attract would fit their situation very well. Lola and Doug are young and in love. Dougs mother does not want Lola in her sons way of accomplishing his dreams of an (Ivy League School) as we would say in CALI. They spend the whole summer together just doing what couples do having fun , enjoying their young teen lives together. Lola and Doug are inseperable. Doug gets ready to take a tour of the school he will be atteding and Lola is at home working in town. They have plans to spend their weekends together since Dougs school is a ways from town and if that doesn't work then Lola would move up with Doug so they can be together. Perfect plans!
Things change over night and Lola takes off with her friend hundeds of miles away from their little town and doesn't give Doug any explanation just a letter that she's leaving and things are moving too fast for her. It a very sad parting indeed. Really felt bad for Doug. He was so in love with Lola and doesn't understand what happened. Things were going so good for them and when he returned home from his visit to his new school in Dublin Lola is gone with no good byes, no nothing.
10 years later, Lola returns home and Doug and his family are still there. Her father has since passed away leaving her a good amount of money to live off of. She was an avid reader and gets a job at a bookstore. Her co-workers have bright personalities and in time, Lola becomes the manager. As the story progresses, she eventually bumps into Doug and all those feelings she felt for him 10 years ago jump right back into her as if she were a young teenager agan. She still loves Doug, but does he love her? Is he married, is he with someone else, how and what is he doing with his life? So many questions Lola has in her mind, will she be able to get the answers? Does Doug hate her for breaking his heart on the day she left him and why did she leave, he still doesn't know. What is the "Offer that can't be refused", who amde the offer?"
There were times in the book where Lola got on my royal nerves with her " I gotta keep on tryng attitude" so determined to get what she wanted, but sometimes I wanted to say girlfriend give it a rest, you did all you could do and leave it at that.
Gabe, Lola's best guy friend, was a nice character to follow in the book. He was there for Lola thru thick and thin, in her time of need, etc. His lifestyle was interesting and his lifes experiences were very different to follow. I enjoyed his character!
Doug got on my bad side too at times by trying to put up this I don' care attitude because he never got over the break up. He was cruel at times, but deep inside I knew he was just acting out of anger, understandable!
Doug's sister, Sally, was a joy. A bit spoiled but had a great " I'm gonna do what I wanna do" attitude which is what kept her going in life. She became good friends with Lola and in the story she was able to do things different in her life for the better!
I too asked these same questions mentioed above and they are all answered in the book. I enjoyed this book for the suspense and for the other characters in the book that made the book so fun, and a beautiful love story!
Jill Mansell does a great job of developing her heros and heroines in the story. I aso love the way the other characters have their own drama and storyline to tackle which along side the main characters just makes the story that much more interesting and captivating!
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