![]() ![]() I found it difficult to connect with any of the characters, and found both love interests completely annoying. This story, however, was very disappointing. ![]() ![]() Even with the happy endings I usually don't want the story to end. She always finds a way to create her characters in such a way that they capture my heart and keep me so enthralled that I can't put the book down. Sarah Dessen is one of my favorite authors. Sarah Dessen's devoted fans will welcome this story of romance, yearning, and, finally, empowerment. Can she ignore the pull of the happily familiar world of Colby?Įmaline wants the moon and more, but how can she balance where she comes from with where she's going? But she also clings to the deep roots of her loving mother, stepfather, and sisters. Emaline is attracted to the bright future that Theo and her father promise. Theo's sophisticated, exciting, and, best of all, he thinks Emaline is much too smart for Colby.Įmaline's mostly-absentee father, too, thinks Emaline should have a bigger life, and he's convinced that an Ivy League education is the only route to realizing her potential. ![]() But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.Įnter Theo, a super-ambitious outsider, a New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. He and Emaline have been together all through high school in Colby, the beach town where they both grew up. Luke is the perfect boyfriend: handsome, kind, fun. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |