Mostly, I felt stupid for falling for his big talk, the very thing my mother had warned me about. Even from a distance he'd taken me in, and I'd gone, gullibly and willingly.

About Sarah Dessen

Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist known for her contributions to young adult fiction. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996, and has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of...