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A review by kelly97mc
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
3.0
3.5 stars. i finally read my first sarah dessen! i know i'm not her target audience anymore but i always appreciate a fun quick YA romance
i enjoyed this but wasn't in love with it. my favorite parts were auden's relationship with her stepmother and the friendships with the esther, leah, and maggic (specifically maggie). i thought the romance was a little weird because she's spending the entirety of every single night with eli, but i feel like we didn't really see THAT much of them together? so i didn't really feel much chemistry there and didn't care much about their relationship. i think i would've liked this a lot more if it had focused more on the friendship. because this came out in 2009 and auden's attitude at first, i was really worried there would be some girl hating in here that went unchecked, so i'm glad that wasn't the case. overall, it was cute and fun, and i do have 2 other sarah dessen books so i'll probably read those at some point!
i enjoyed this but wasn't in love with it. my favorite parts were auden's relationship with her stepmother and the friendships with the esther, leah, and maggic (specifically maggie). i thought the romance was a little weird because she's spending the entirety of every single night with eli, but i feel like we didn't really see THAT much of them together? so i didn't really feel much chemistry there and didn't care much about their relationship. i think i would've liked this a lot more if it had focused more on the friendship. because this came out in 2009 and auden's attitude at first, i was really worried there would be some girl hating in here that went unchecked, so i'm glad that wasn't the case. overall, it was cute and fun, and i do have 2 other sarah dessen books so i'll probably read those at some point!