Along For the Ride
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TITLE: Along For the Ride
AUTHOR: Sarah Dessen
GENRE: YA Contemporary
FORMAT: eBook, 383 Pages
Auden has always felt more alive at night. She escapes the confines of her quiet, scripted life and drives out into the darkness, drinking coffee in all-night diners or just feeling the wind on her face. When she decides to do something different for the summer and stay with her father, stepmother and newborn stepsister in the seaside town of Colby, Auden doesn’t expect her nocturnal existence to change. But as it turns out, she isn’t the only one who stays up all night, and despite everything she’s learned to believe, change still can happen to anyone and anything.
I have so much love for this book. I know it’s often the case that the first book you read from an author is the most magical experience and you won’t be able to recreate it. Sort of like a law of diminishing returns, only for books. But Along For the Ride surprised me by quickly becoming a contender for my favorite Dessen book ever, and this is after reading four of her books within the last few weeks. If you choose The Truth About Forever as your first Sarah Dessen novel, make Along For the Ride your second.