So when her newest book, The Rest of the Story, was released, I figured it was time I remedied my unfamiliarity with Dessen's work. For some reason I had never read any of her books, although she certainly had been named as an author worth reading. I've been a huge YA reader for some time now, and as I have selected books through the years, I've seen Sarah Dessen's name pop up. not a deal breaker, but i guess that is dessens charm - you know exactly what you are going to get when you pick up one of her books! just like i could swap out my reviews, i could swap out saylor with any other MC and they would fit.
The only downside to the dessens consistency is her MCs feel like carbon copies of each other. it has that quintessential summertime feeling that is light and fun. I also really enjoy how SD tackles hard and serious topics (this one talks about addiction) and yet the story doesnt feel like a downer. there is no perfect family - each come in different shapes, sizes, and situations - and i love how this story represents that with saylor getting to know her distant relatives. I love how her stories are always so family focused. i could literally copy and paste my review from any of her other books and it would apply to this one. What can i say about a sarah dessen novel that i havent already said before? nothing, because she is the queen of consistency. But when it’s time to go back home, which side of her will win out? It’s hard not to get caught up in the magic of North Lake-and Saylor finds herself falling under Roo’s spell as well.įor Saylor, it’s like a whole new world is opening up to her. Roo holds the key to her family’s history, and slowly, he helps her put the pieces together about her past. Then there’s Roo, the boy who was her very best friend when she was little. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her. The more time Emma spends there, the more it starts to feel like she is divided into two people as well. Her mother grew up in working class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Now it’s just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable…until Emma is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother’s family-her grandmother and cousins she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl.
But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges. Emma Saylor doesn’t remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten.
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