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Summary: In the summer between high school graduation and college, Remy has a plan to tie up all her loose ends so she can start fresh. Until a clumsy musician named Dexter—the exact opposite of her type—barges in on her neat little plan.

Review: A perfect read for my summer beach vacation. This is my first Dessen book, and I will definitely be reading more.

I got so wrapped up in this romance that I stayed up two hours after my family went to bed to see how it would turn out.

Here’s where Remy meets Dexter:
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I just looked at him. Wrong day, buddy, I thought. You caught me on the wrong day.

“The thing is,” he said, as if we’d been discussing the weather or world politics, “I saw you out in the showroom. I was over by the tire display?”

I was sure I was glaring at him. But he kept talking.

“I just thought to myself, all of a sudden, that we had something in common. A natural chemistry, if you will. And I had a feeling that something big was going to happen. To both of us. That we were, in fact, meant to be together.”

“You got all this,” I said, clarifying, “at the tire display?”

“You didn’t feel it?” he asked.
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I also loved the banter between Remy and her closest girlfriends. Kind of like the Sex in the City gals, YA style. ( )

I liked this lullaby, but not as impressed as I expected to be. I don't know how to describe my reaction, but it is almost like I would have enjoyed the book better if I had read it earlier. Instead, it kept reminding me of other books - I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone, bloom, girl, HERO - so I think this lullaby came a tad too late.

Yet I cannot deny that there was a beauty to Remy and Dexter's relationship, however fragile it appeared to be. The skepticism, the optimism, the challenges each presented to the other. I especially liked the challenges - serious and silly - that Dexter presented.

Dexter seemed to be the perfect complement for Remy, and I could relate to Remy as she came to terms with her feelings - how scared and unsure she became.

If you enjoyed cracked up to be (sidenote: I would say Remy is friendlier than Parker) or I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone, this lullaby may be right up your alley with similar themes and personalities, but it definitely focuses on relationships moreso than the other books. ( )

This is my first book for the Sarah Dessen Challenge that I am taking part in. I've not really read any of Sarah Dessen's books, except for flicking through Just Listen a few years back. So imagine how I felt when I started This Lullaby; completely amazed. Sarah Dessen is a great YA author, like many out there, but she is also so much more. She really writes as though she is Remy (the narrator of This Lullaby). She lets us follow Remy as she realises she's not as clued up about life and all it's heartaches as she first thinks.
Remy Starr, our narrator, thinks...
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A heat-felt story about consistancy and change

Remy and Dexter's relationship is so unique that the book holds it's place on the bookshelf for a while, and it deserves it's spot. The characters have their own unique twists and turns, brinign you along with them through their happiness, tough times, and heartache. This book is an awesome one. Sarah Dessen is amazing. ( )