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Sarah Dessen's magic formula is still working its way into girls hearts and The Truth About Forever was another good story. But if I'm being honest, the story lacked the spark that hooked me on Lock and Key and This Lullaby.

Macy is basically working for her mother when she needs her for her events, trying to keep up with her grades and to top that off, she has a boyfriend who has some intimacy issues. She's pretty stressed out when she has to take over her boyfriend's job at the library, because two of his friends are being less than friendly towards her. All of that changes when she decides to help out Wish when they are struggling to get everything done at the party Macy's mom is throwing. She helps out, and rolls into a job pretty quickly. It all takes from there when she realizes that she is now working with Wes, a lovely guy with his own problems.

I really liked reading the story, but the reason I didn't love it was because I didn't feel connected to the characters at all. Macy doesn't want Jason's job at the library, yet does it anyway and takes whatever crap his two female friends throw at her. If you don't want it, don't do it! I was very annoyed by that. What also didn't help was that I absolutely hated Jason's guts. He has some intimacy issues, sure, but he is downright rude to Macy when she tries to work on their relationship and only tries to make it up to her when it's too late.

I couldn't feel what the characters were feeling, something that Dessen brought across wonderfully in Lock and Key, immediately skyrocketing it to a spot among my favorite books ever. It missed a spark, and while I still liked it, I have to say that this is my least favorite Sarah Dessen book to date. I have three more of her books though, and I'll make sure to read the other three as well - because I think Sarah is a wonderful author. This book just didn't touch me like I wanted it to.

My overall rating: 4/5

Four stars for Macy and Wess - and hopefully a lot more stars for Sarah's other books :)

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This review was published on Loving Books.

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fast-paced

4.0

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3.0

Jason was a terrible boyfriend.
Thank you, next.

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4.0

Heartwarming, fun, and a little cliche. The Truth About Forever is one of those stories that is predictable, yet told in an honest, relatively believable way.
Macy, the main character, struggles mightly with life after her father's death. She is obsessed with perfection, until she makes new friends and learns that it's your flaws that define you, not how perfect you are.
A Truth About Forever is meaningful YA book, and while it can come off as a little predictable, but the characters are well developed, and the plot has enough depth to keep it interesting. Fun read for teens and up.