I think the biggest reason why I love reading Sarah Dessen books is that she writes to the most basic and probably most ignored aspect of life. Everyone has a story, a novel, a life that is all their own, and we are constantly intertwining our stories with those of others, sometimes planned, sometimes unexpected. Sometimes our stories only overlap for a moment or a sentence, or a glance, and sometimes they mesh together for entire chapters, changing the direction of what's written entirely. Sarah Dessen's books intertwine, as What Happened To Goodbye has bits of Keeping The Moon, The Truth About Forever, and (I think) Along For The Ride, and maybe others that I missed. Either way, her books, especially this one, reminds us that everyone has a story of their own, and she does it in a well-written way with great characters.