haleymazzoli 's review for:

Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
4.0




This book was an excellent Dessen Book, I was able to read this no problem. It took me longer than expect to finish this book though. Instead of a quick read, that I had expected, it was a four-day-long type of book.
True love only existed once for Louna, and it ended in a tragic way, she does not want to feel that way ever again. Flashbacks of before and after her tragic end of her relationship was making it hard for her to move on.
When I started this novel, I was expecting a romantic story right off the bat between Ambrose and Louna. Instead I was able to see Louna and her life, and how she slowly moved her life into the direction that she wanted it to be. She was able to make the choices so she could move on and become the person she wants to be.
This is a perfect summer read, about second chance at loving. While reading this book Dessen was able to make me feel as if I was Louna, it gave me great anxiety when things that were in plain sight of how Ambrose felt toward Louna, and she did not notice at all.
When Louna first meets charming and handsome Ambrose, the only thing she can think about is that he is handsome and that she already does not like him. Throughout Dessens beautifully written story, we see how Louna cynicism about the failure of true love.
Ambrose was able give me such a book-boyfriend crush throughout the entire novel. He has the biggest heart and was able to make me feel as if he had a crush on me. He cares so much not just about Louna, about people he just met, or a dog who. Ambrose has such a huge caring heart and you are able to see that in Dessen’s writing. You grow to love him.