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Reader reviewed by ladeedah!

Macy is a perfectionist. Besides for the fact that her father's death is still really painful for her, she tries to keep the rest of her life under her control. She has a smart boyfriend, a summer job that will look great on her resume and she plans to spend her summer prepping for the SAT. But after she happens upon a bunch of new friends and a guy named Wes who at first glance seems completely not her type (an artist, former imprisoned), she learns that her life is not as perfect as it seems...and it's okay that way.

Okay! I love Sarah Dessen!! I never want to put down her books, but at the same time I want them to last as long as possible! Her writing draws you in and you really feel what the character feels and can relate. Plus, the reader inevitably falls in love with the guy too! Also, there are always lessons in her books (for example in The Truth About Forever, you learn that perfection is not life's goal), but you learn it with the character in a gentle way i.e. not slapping the reader in the face with a moral.