mandyal 's review for:

Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
4.0

I really like the fact that Louna didn’t directly fall for the pretty boy Ambrose. In most books girls are falling for handsome boy even though they know it’s wrong and they have to be hard-to-get. But aren’t. That’s why i liked the beginnening. But when she switched her story into past sentence (she was telling the story between ethan and Louna), I couldn’t follow to be honest. I hadn’t noticed that she was talking about the past and not the present of the book. So I was a little confused at that point. And I actually have a confession to make too. I wasn’t a Ambrose-Louna shipper until he actually told her how he felt about her. Until that point I was a Ethan-Louna shipper. Ethan and Louna’s story I really like to read and it was so beautiful but still heartbreaking. I had tears in my eyes multiple times. And towards the end... I am sure a lot of people would not understand and maybe be mad at Louna for choosing Ben over Ambrose. God even I was at first. But I get it that she thought she only deserved one sunset-walk love. If I was her, I probably would have taken the same decision. Sometimes you do not dare or let yourself be happy or take the happiest decision, because you would feel guilty to be happy because someone you loved with all your heart isn’t here. So you think you can’t be happy because they aren’t here.
I really thought this would be a love story , nothing deep. But that’s not what this book is about. It’s not what you would expect reading the back of the book. But I highly recommend.