This Lullaby

Reader reviewed by Sarima89

Reader reviewed by Kaycee Joy

  Remy does not believe in happily ever after relationships.
She believes that no two people belong together forever, she has not
been given much proof to believe otherwise since her mother is going on
her fifth marriage. She does not have the greatest reputation
either, as the cold hearted, rich chick. She is about to leave for
college and thinks no ties should come with her. She meets clumsy,
oh-so positive, unorganized Dexter, who throws her off balance from her typical routine and outline of past relationships. Remy must realize that a relationship should not run on an outline, but instead should be let to run it's course.
  I recommend this book to everyone. It has a bit of everything, the grungy band dudes, the party girl with a bad rep, friendship and love. Dessen is amazing.

Reader reviewed by Laura

Wow this book is an amazing book. The Girl Remy meets this guy who is way differant from her. The guy remy Likes is Dexter and He's in a band a rock band to be exact. I think this book is pretty awsome the first time i read it i could not and i repeat i could no put it down. The characters sound so cool to me, and it's also really funny, and to top it all off both the characters are so differant from each other that to me makes it more interresting.

Reader reviewed by mockock

awww..is all i could think about when i read this book... it has romance, and it is also sad, which i dont like. it is about a girl named Remy that goes thought boys like they are purses. she used they then throws them in the closet. but when she mets someone.. she cant seam to break up with him.. but does she? you will have to find out, if you wanna read this book and i highly recommend this book to any young adult reader who loves to fall in love.
with lots of love,,
girl who got sung to sleep with love.

Reader reviewed by Randi

What if you met someone that for some strange reason you allowed to break all you'r rules? Maybe rules like no eating in your car, or no serious relationships? Well for Remy Dexter defied all the rules she set for herself. After watching her mom go throught SIX marriages sh can't help but keep herself for falling for anyone to protect herself. So she build up a hard exterior full of sarcasim and buntness that no guy could brake. Til Dexter came along relationships for Remy where sex and fun. Then Dexter came along who she hasn't even slept with yet, and she truly falls for him. All the drama wrapped up in breaking Remy's tuff as nails attitude and cover is an amazing read, and the love story behind it all is worth ever minute of reading. I read the book cover to cover. Yeah, it was that good!

Reader reviewed by megannx3

Remy is a girl that never has a relationship with a boyfriend more than for the first few fun weeks. Remy is afraid of committment in my opinion. There is a guy who comes along in her life. Who changes it all. They initially meet in a car dealership, where step-daddy numero tres is waiting.
Remy and her friends are living the life. I love the funn in this book. Very realistic. :D
This Lullaby and Just Listen are my favorite Sarah Dessen Books. 

Reader reviewed by cara

It's Remy's last summer at home, where she and her brother have always been close to their mother, a successful writer of romance novels, who is now in her fourth marriage. Because of the endless failures of love Remy has witnessed, including her own first sexual encounters in high school, she feels she has no illusions about love. The lullaby of the title is a song written by her father, who never was able to love his children, but a song that Remy returns to again and again. Lines in the song say, "even if I let you down/this lullaby plays on." So this is the story of how Remy comes to understand that love, even flawed love, is worth experiencing; that she would rather open herself to life and love than to be so self-protective as to deny herself the experience. Oddly enough, it is her mother, even in the midst of a failing new marriage, who helps her to understand this truth. She also learns about loving from meeting Dexter, a musician who makes her laugh and loosen up a bit. Their relationship defies all the rules Remy usually follows to maintain control of her feelings. And she doesn't sleep with him either, even though that is usually her pattern, Their stumbling, bumbling love affair hardly gets going in the first weeks of summer, as both of them are working hard, busy with friends, planning on futures--Remy at Stanford; Dexter dreaming of his band signing a contract with a music company. Remy knows on some level that her feelings for Dexter are different and that she is in danger of falling in love with him. So she tries to keep the relationship contained to avoid hurt, even breaking up with him to pursue a "safer" situation with another guy--safer in the sense she can enjoy his company and know it won't hurt when they leave each other. With Dexter, she isn't so sure, which is why readers will appreciate the final chapter that takes place in November when Remy is at Stanford and Dexter sends her a package that reveals where their relationship is heading. What is good about this book is the humor mixed with reality, with the honest portrayal of smart, articulate teenagers struggling to make sense of a world of nonsensical expectations. Remy, Dexter and their friends and "families" are exasperating, funny, smart, and quite interesting.

Reader reviewed by cara

It's Remy's last summer at home, where she and her brother have always been close to their mother, a successful writer of romance novels, who is now in her fourth marriage. Because of the endless failures of love Remy has witnessed, including her own first sexual encounters in high school, she feels she has no illusions about love. The lullaby of the title is a song written by her father, who never was able to love his children, but a song that Remy returns to again and again. Lines in the song say, "even if I let you down/this lullaby plays on." So this is the story of how Remy comes to understand that love, even flawed love, is worth experiencing; that she would rather open herself to life and love than to be so self-protective as to deny herself the experience. Oddly enough, it is her mother, even in the midst of a failing new marriage, who helps her to understand this truth. She also learns about loving from meeting Dexter, a musician who makes her laugh and loosen up a bit. Their relationship defies all the rules Remy usually follows to maintain control of her feelings. And she doesn't sleep with him either, even though that is usually her pattern, Their stumbling, bumbling love affair hardly gets going in the first weeks of summer, as both of them are working hard, busy with friends, planning on futures--Remy at Stanford; Dexter dreaming of his band signing a contract with a music company. Remy knows on some level that her feelings for Dexter are different and that she is in danger of falling in love with him. So she tries to keep the relationship contained to avoid hurt, even breaking up with him to pursue a "safer" situation with another guy--safer in the sense she can enjoy his company and know it won't hurt when they leave each other. With Dexter, she isn't so sure, which is why readers will appreciate the final chapter that takes place in November when Remy is at Stanford and Dexter sends her a package that reveals where their relationship is heading. What is good about this book is the humor mixed with reality, with the honest portrayal of smart, articulate teenagers struggling to make sense of a world of nonsensical expectations. Remy, Dexter and their friends and "families" are exasperating, funny, smart, and quite interesting.

Reader reviewed by katie

This book was beautiful! I really LOVED it!! Anyone could and SHOULD read this book. Remy is one tough cookie with a lot of rules about: guys, cars...well, everything! And must of all, doesn't want to fall in love...ever. But Dexter, a corky guy, crashes (literally :-D) into Remy's life and won't stop grinning at her. You fall in love with the characters and don't want to put the book down! 'This Lullaby' was the first of Sarah Dessen's books I have read and won't be my last!

Reader reviewed by lia

An Awesome book to read.
This is the story of Remy who dose not believe in love. When it comes to relationships, Remy doesn't mess around. After all, she's learned all there is to know from her mother, who's currently working on husband number five. But there's something about Dexter that seems to defy all of Remy's rules. He certainly doesn't seem like Mr. Right. For some reason, however, Remy just can't seem to shake him. Could it be that Remy's starting to understand what those love songs are all about?

This is one of my favorite books. You will want to read it again and again.