I have never even considered rating a Sarah Dessen book 2 stars until today. And I am so incredibly disappointed. 
 I love her books because they tell the stories of girls, there is usually a romance, a lot of character development and I grow to love most, if not all of the characters. 
 Unfortunately this didn't happen. I enjoyed the first 10 or so percent of the book, but after that I felt like I was reading for the sake of it. 
 Don't get me wrong, it wasn't one of the worst books I've read by any stretch of the imagination, it was simpley really bland. 
 I felt sad for Louna, but I didn't really feel her grief. It was as if I had to be told how sad she was, rather than feeling it through her actions. Her previous relationship also felt really rushed and I didn't understand why. Sarah Dessen could have written about a relationship that had depth and real detail, but instead it was like one had been quickly slapped together so Louna would have a reason to be miserable. 
 Then there was Ambrose. Again, he was ok, but he could have been so much more. He could be annoying, he constantly fidgeted and talked but he was also kind. But again I felt like these details were forced upon me because they weren't being conveyed in any other way. He didn't develop as a character, he was just there. I didn't feel like I knew anything about him besides the fact that he was nice but irritating. He had no depth, and yet he'd been set up in such a way that he really, really should have. 
 Jilly, Louna's best friend also could have grown, but she didn't. There were all these amazing characters with so much potential but they all fell flat in the end. Jilly was just there to make Louna go out, she had family issues but these were never addressed, there was no point for them. It was like she'd been set up to become this complex character but all we got were a bunch of notes on her and no actual growth. 
 And I'm so, so disappointed. Normally one of the things I adore about Sarah's novels are how the supporting cast manages to have stories of their own, but I didn't feel that at all this time. 
 And then the ending felt rushed, I honestly didn't feel the chemistry that was supposedly there, and the book just ended. I was confused, if I'm being honest. 
 Her last book, Saint Anything, was one of my absolute favourites. I don't know what went wrong this time. 
 As I said it had so much potential, and I'm giving it 2 stars because I carried on reading and it was ok, but it wasn't the magic I've come to expect. 
 It's almost like this was a first draft, where all the events have been sketched but the details haven't yet been filled in, where you're waiting to go back and flesh out the characters to make them come to life. Only they didn't, there was no fleshing out, no making these characters alive. I'm still confused and disappointed, I know that Sarah can write wonderful books that make me laugh, I know she could have made me truly feel Louna's grief, I know she could have created relationships that mean something. So why didn't she?