But she wasn't the only one - Cora, Gervais, Nate. Like Jamie, I was pleasantly surprised with how well Ruby transformed. Seriously?!?! Please explain to me the need to write a scene happening in the present and then flashback to a time period that was earlier that morning?!?! I don't understand! Can you not just start the story in the morning and carry on with the day?!?! As you can tell, this lack of chronological order annoyed the CRAP out of me. It was present, then it last week, then it was present, then it was this earlier morning, then it was two days ago, then it was when Ruby was a kid, then it was present again. I do not know what she has against chronological order. Unfortunately, I discovered with Lock and Key that this is Sarah Dessen's writing style. And I didn't like it - mainly because the majority of the part of the story that I made it through was spent in flashbacks and not forward motion. For our BookNerd Lent Challenge, I finally picked up The Truth About Forever. Hence, I own at least 4 and had never read one. Having heard lots of great things about Sarah Dessen, any and all of her books sat on my TBR for awhile - to the point that whenever I found a good deal on one, I bought it. So let me talk about what I didn't like first and get it out of the way so I can end this review with the good stuff.
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