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After organizing her romance writer mother's fourth remarriage, recent high school graduate Remy Starr knows there is no such thing as love. She sees nothing wrong in drinking and hitting the bars with her three close friends, and having a string of boyfriends whom she lusted after but had no real attachment for. After all, she's the queen of dumping.

Then Remy meets the quirky musician Dexter. Or rather, Dexter bumps into her, literally. Dexter thinks that they have a connection. He's messy, unplanned, and, worst of all, a musician. But maybe he will be the one who thaws Remy's cold, cold heart and shows her the meaning of love. Or maybe, as Remy believes, he is just a blip in her list of past boyfriends. Whatever the answer is, that's what the summer is for.

As usual, Sarah Dessen's characterizations are brilliant and accurate. Readers will empathize for Remy despite her cynical view on love. And Dexter is a gem, a gentleman, sweetheart, and comedian rolled into one. THIS LULLABY will touch your heart and never let go.

Unputdownable!!
Okay, I know that's not a real word, but that is the only way I could describe this book. When it started I did not like the main character, Remy, but as the book continues, you realize that she's just a control freak that gets her world jilted. Dexter is an extremely likable character and you'll feel yourself pulling for him and for Remy. Great, fast read!

This Lullaby was beautifully written. One of Dessen's best pieces by FAR. I was in awe ; it's an absolute read.

It took a bit to get into this, but once I did I enjoyed it. (Sarah Dessen's YA books are truly a guilty pleasure of mine.) Her truths are as relevant to adults as they are to her intended audience.

Even though this book is YA (young adult), I thought I would like it, I mean I liked Twilight and Harry Potter. I have spent the last week reading this book and trying to get in to it, but I just couldn't.

I hardly ever quit a book, but I had so many good ones to read on my bookshelf that I just couldn't justfy wasting my time on it if I didn't enjoy it.

I still have a few of her other books, so maybe I will give her another try at a later date, but as for this one...it was too slow and simple and just did not pull me in.

The science of breaking up...

Remy alwasy knows when to give a guy "the speech"---right after the initial romantic rush, but before anything gets to serious. She's had her fair share of boyfriends, and she's learned all there is to learn from her mother, who's currently working on husband number 5. So why is it that Remy can't seem to dump Dexter? It can't be his name. it can't be that he is messy and disorganized. And it certainly isn't that he is a musician --- just like Remy's father, a man she never kneew because he left before she was born. Could it be that Remy's romantic rules to live by don't apply anymore