Looking After Lily

Being a young reader battling similar problems that Woody had with falling in love with someone he knows he shouldn't, I thought this book was filled with passion. You could feel Woody's pain and see Lily's determination.

THE CHARACTERS WERE SO BELIVABLE THAT I TO FEEL IN LOVE.ONCE I FINISHED READING,I TRULEY MISSED ALL OF THE PEOPLE AND THERE LIVES THAT I HAD COME TO KNOW AND SHARE.

In all honesty, I read this first, before "Lily: A Love Story." And I preferred this story, whose focus has shifted slightly onto Haywood Beatty. Bonner isn't afraid to portray her characters as human beings with shortfalls that make tragic mistakes, who fall in love at inopportune times and who seek to better themselves. And Haywood's innate goodness is a pleasure to read. This is just as romantic, just as adventurous as "Lily" and just as entertaining.

"Looking After Lily" is a good book, but I think that "Lily" is a much better book. "Looking After Lily" seems like it wants to be more like "Lily". Marion and Lily fell completely in-love and that was something meant to be. They are so in-love, and for Lily to even think that Haywood is a comparison to Marion is very disturbing to me. I think that it was an outstanding book, but it definitely shouldn't have been a sequel. There are times in the book where it just draggs on, parts where it is very slow. The only question I can ask is, What sequel is better than the first novel?

Just as Bonner's first book "Lily," this book is a delightful read with memorable characters.