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Reader reviewed by Rin

Lock and Key (coming out on April 22) is the latest book from Sarah Dessen. I've been a Sarah Dessen fan for years, Just Listen's one of my favorite books so I was really excited to read this one.

Ruby and her mother move around. Alot. And there are times when Ruby's mother just randomly takes off and disappears. But she always comes home to Ruby. Until the day thats he leaves and doesn't come back, leaving (an underage) Ruby alone for months.

Of course Ruby can't hide the fact that she's living by herself forever. Eventually her landlord finds out and Ruby is forced, by the state, to live with her older sister, Cora, who abandonned her when she left for college...years ago.

When Ruby goes to live with her sister, she finds Cora has altered her life, transformed it into a dream. Cora and her husband live in a great neighborhood, have great jobs and basically the opposite of what Ruby and her mother shared.

At the beginning, Ruby worries that she'll be a burden on her sister, who she thinks never wanted her. Also, Ruby doesn't want to live in Cora's world. She was perfectly content on her own. However, after one unsuccessful escape attempt, Ruby finds herself actually living with her sister, and realizes that Cora's abandonnment wasn't all that it seemed to be.

Slowly, Ruby becomes accustomed to her life with Cora. She gets a job and even starts to become friends with her good-looking neighbor Nate.

I adored this book. The characters were realistic, and relatable. Throughout the book Ruby growed and changed and each step of the way you were with her. Pick this one up ASAP!! (reposted from readerrabbit.blogspot.com)