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The perfect life? At first glance, Emaline seems to have it all. A great boyfriend, a close-knot family, an idyllic beach town to call home. But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.Then she meets Theo, an ambitious young New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. He's sophisticated and exciting, andThe perfect life?At first glance, Emaline seems to have it all. A great boyfriend, a close-knot family, an idyllic beach town to call home.

But now, in the summer before college, Emaline wonders if perfect is good enough.Then she meets Theo, an ambitious young New Yorker assisting on a documentary film about a reclusive local artist. He's sophisticated and exciting, and thinks Emaline is destined for bigger things.Emaline wants the moon and more, but can she balance where she comes from with where she's going?

Ever since I succumbed to peer pressure and read The Truth About Forever, I've been a fan of Sarah Dessen's. I know there are readers who dismiss her books as being too boring or too girly, and it's true that it's hard to pinpoint anything hugely dramatic that happens in her books plot-wise. But that's exactly what I like about her novels--they're about nothing and yet absolutely everything at the same time.In the summer before college, Emaline is working at her family's vacation rental in the b [.]. After Reading:I love Sarah Dessen, but did not love The Moon and More.

The last 30 pages were better than the first 400, and I feel kind of guilty writing that. Win some, lose some, doesn't really matter!

Her books will always hold a special place in my heart.Before Reading:I get stupidly excited every time a new Sarah Dessen book is announced. I only hope the cross-over characters are a little more interesting this time! I’m also hoping we see Jason again, I’m so curious about him. I'm an avid Sarah Dessen lover and I've been waiting for her next book to come out for two years. As soon as The Moon and More came out, I rushed to my nearest bookstore and picked up a copy. I didn't exactly have high expectations- I knew I'd love almost anything Sarah's written but boy was I wrong.What.

That.Between the summer romance and trials with her father, there was an underlying theme. Things change and life moves fast and you constantly have to battle the good, the bad, the famili [.].

As my first Sarah Dessen novel I was a little worried as it seems people either love her books or don't, so it's a relief that I fall in with her fans. The Moon and More is an especially perfect beach read. It's lighthearted, it's fun, with a great summery atmosphere, and it has enough emotion to keep you fully immersed. This book is not really about anything at all (and I say this in a positive light), or some may say it's about everything; it's about growing up. It spans one summer in Emaline' [.].