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Once and for All by Sarah Dessen
4.0

This is the second Sarah Dessen book I've read, and I enjoyed it more than Along for the Ride.

That being said, it had its good and bad moments.

I liked the mixture of sad and funny parts that this story had. The alternating timelines were good for the story because they broke up the devastating past and hilarious present.

Even though the Ethan relationship began so quickly, I still liked him with Louna. The chapters where she talks about him were really hard for me to read because they were so sad.

My favorite character was Ambrose. Even though he was cocky, I found him to be funny and charming. He was also really good at balancing out Louna.

Louna as a main character was just okay. She frankly wasn't that likable. There were times that she was so cynical and selfish. I understand that she went through a horrible tragedy, but I still didn't really like her.

The side characters in this story weren't that great either. I felt like they didn't make that great of an impact to the story, and I just didn't really like any of them that much.

Also, the ending was kind of weird to me.

Overall, this book was good, but I probably wouldn't read it again.