True to form, Emaline’s jobs play a big role in her summer. Whether it’s Macy’s job at Wish Catering in The Truth about Forever (my personal favorite), Auden’s boutique job in Along for the Ride or McLean’s restaurant work in What Happened to Goodbye, Dessen has a knack for creating jobs for her characters that lead to self-actualization and general Slatebreaking awesomeness. Review: It’s summer jobs week, and nobody writes about summer jobs like Sarah Dessen, the queen of summer YA. High schoolers who are thinking about the next steps after graduation will find a lot to enjoy here. But I love books that take place in that transitional time between high school and college, and what they have to offer to their readers. Who would we give it to? It’s a Sarah Dessen book, so it’s not like it’s hurting for readers.

Romance doesn’t play out quite the way it does in some of her previous books, but I thought it was really satisfying – and definitely Slatebreaking in the way it all plays out. Sure, she makes some questionable choices along the way, but she does so in a way that is really going after what she wants and who she wants to be. So no surprises here, and it’s hardly even worth rolling our eyes at.ĭoes it Break the Slate? Totally! Emaline is one of my favorite Dessen heroines. But we have been loving Sarah Dessen and not so fond of her covers since before we started this blog. Currently Available.įace Value: I have to agree with the ladies of Forever Young Adult, and their assessment that this cover looks more or less like an ad for tampons.

The moon and more by sarah dessen