This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen is about 18 year old, Remy who doesn’t believe in love. She’s seen too many men come and go in her life. She’s learned exactly how to cultivate the right kind of guy and later ruthlessly cuts them off when it gets to the point where things seem to be getting too serious, avoiding getting involved and scarring her. Who can blame her, for one, she’s watched her mother, a romance novelist, tie-the-knot 5 times. Her father, a 70’s singer, abandoned her before she was even born. Leaving her with only a song, “This Lullaby”, to remember him from, which ironically turned out to be his only hit.

Things seemed to be so perfectly planned out for Remy, attending Stanford after graduation, the usual summer fling. Then, Dexter Jones comes into her life. He is everything Remy thought she would never fall in love with, complete opposite, messy, clumsy, skinny, college dropout, and worse a musician. Yet she can’t seem to stop running into him. Could Dexter be what Remy’s been wanting and waiting for?

This is a great YA fiction novel. Sarah Dessen’s remarkable prose, her amazing word choice and description makes this book worth every page. This book was named one of the Best Children’s Books in 2002 by Publisher Weekly