Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Viking, 2013
Pages: 448p
Source: VOYA
Compensation: none
Sarah Dessen’s books all have the same general framework, a
troubled girl meets up with a troubled boy (usually over the summer) and their
friendship blossoms into romance and helps the both of them overcome their
troubles. The Moon and More is a bit
different. Eighteen-year-old Emaline has a good family, good friends, a happy
relationship with long time boyfriend Luke, and is generally satisfied with her
life in the beach town Colby. Things are not perfect, she has a rocky
relationship with her estranged birth father and she is not able to attend the
ivy-league college she has been accepted to because of money, but they are good
enough. Enter Theo, a young man in town assisting a filmmaker shooting a
documentary about a local artist. Theo’s presence adds the trouble and murkiness
to Emaline’s satisfied life and leads her to question everything she once
believed.
Dessen continues to create characters and stories that readers
love. She is a gifted writer The Moon
and More is a welcome change to her standard formula, while remaining true
to her overall theme of young adults finding themselves. Close readers will
appreciate the cameos from previous novels. Dessen fans will not be
disappointed with this latest offering.
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