One of my all time favorite books was 'this lullaby' by Sarah Dessen. It had been a few years since I read anything by her, so I was ready to put my toe back into the Dessen pool to see what I had been missing the last few years. Let's just say I'm ready to dive back in and read more of her new-ish stuff! I am behind so they are new to me! I love the characters she comes up with, Dessen and Echols are two authors I read more for character developments because I'm in love with the relatioships that she forms more then their acutal plots. I hope no one takes offense to that! This book I think I could relate to, the character was very internally drawn in and was learning about the things she missed out on. People think I live under a rock so I could understand the characters confusion. She feels she misses a childhood because of her sibling I can almost understand that, one sibling being more responsble then the other. I liked this story, besides giving me a HUGE craving for cupcakes, because the characters had to fight for what they wanted, things didn't work out for them. This book made me a puddle of happiness afterwards, all smiles.