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4.8 19

Lock and Key

Young Adult Fiction 508

Upbeat and Fast Read.

July 06, 2009

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4.0

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Reader reviewed by trishalynn0708

I am a new reader, and fan, of Sarah Dessen's.
This is my second book I have read by her. My first book I read by her
was Along For The Ride, which I have not put the review up for. I
really enjoyed this book, but I have to say that Along For The Ride was
better. This book moved kind of slow for me, especially at the end. I
felt bad for Nate because he lived with his abusive father, and I felt
bad for Ruby, and her sister Cora, because they had no one but each
other. I have to say that Jamie, Cora's husband, and Ruby's
brother-in-law was funny in this book. He was so upbeat and joyous all
of the time. He loved the holidays so I am going to share a part of the
book that I thought was funny. This is from page 322:
"I
already knew Jamie liked holidays. There were matching blue shirts, for
one thing, not to mention the thankful lists. But even armed with this
knowledge, I still was not fully prepared for how he approached
Christmas.
"Just stand
still, okay?" Cora said, making a face as she stuffed the pillow father
up under his jacket. "Stop wriggling around."
"I can't," Jamie replied. "This long underwear is a lot itchier than I thought it would be."
"I told you to just wear your boxer shorts."
"Santa
doesn't wear boxers!" he said, his voice rising slightly as she yanked
the wife black belt of his costume tight over the pillow, holding it in
place. "If I'm going to do this, I want to be authentic about it."

This part was just so funny because Ruby and Cora didn't have a tight family so their holidays growing up were not like Jamie's.
This was a good read, even though it was not my favorite by her.

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