Sarah Dessen does it again. Louna works in her mom’s wedding planner business and it’s wedding season! You’d think that since she works in a world filled with love and romance she’s be a sucker for love but she’s a huge cynic. Ambrose is a co-worker who dates constantly and… are there sparks?? Louna isn’t going to let him close enough to find out!
Thoroughly enjoyed this addition to the Sarah Dessen universe.

A great preview of what ended up being a wonderful book. All of Dessen's books are amazing, and she never disappoints

This book was everything you'd expect and want from a fun Sarah Dessen summer romance. The concept of the wedding planner who's lost faith in love is great. I was really rooting for Louna!

Seeing as how this was only a short excerpt that I was given on Netgalley, this review will also be rather short as well.
I did end up reading the entire book once it was released, as I am a huge Sarah Dessen and have been religiously reading her books since I was a freshman in high school. While I have to say that I think that her earlier books are certainly some of her best, I have enjoyed some of her newer books as well, but unfortunately Once and For All was not one of them. It hurts my heart to say that I really didn’t like this book at all and in fact, it was actually painful to get through. But I struggled through it because I just couldn’t bring myself to DNF a Sarah Dessen book. It was one of those books that had a whole lot of nothing going for the entirety of it, and I really just didn’t understand the point of any of it. I did’t care about the plot, the characters, or the romance.

I love you Sarah Dessen, but this book just didn’t do it for me.

This was not my favorite of Sarah's books, and usually I love her stuff. The relationship between the two main characters moved too quickly to feel believable, and it kind of felt like a school shooting was the next of topics Sarah felt like she had to cover due to the tragic relevance in our society.

Sarah Dessen has become a fan favorite for many reasons, but the best being that her novels are always enjoyable. Once and For All doesn't disappoint by bringing us another strong female lead and a love interest you can't help but be charmed (and annoyed) by. This is another delightful novel that's perfect for summer.

It’s a sample that shows you what Louna’s jobis about and she’s with a bride who gets cold feet. It’s quite funny how they’re all saying how long the marriage will last considering how the bride had the worst case of cold feet and was asking about true love.

Since this was just a sneak peak, I'll have to read the whole book before writing a proper review! It was a great start and my first Susan Dessen read. I'm eager to buy the book and read the rest!!

This review was written after I read the whole book.

Cynical and heartbroken Louna, meets her match in a irresponsible, carefree boy, named Ambrose, who barrels his way into her life as an employee of her mother's wedding planning business. The two clash right away, but after a summer of working together, Ambrose makes Louna believe that she can find true love again.

Overall, I found this book to be okay. I really liked Dessen's last book, Saint Anything, better. It seemed to have a little bit more substance and structure to it. This one came across as slightly too melodramatic. That being said, Dessen has a talent for building characters, both main and secondary, that feel very real and have well developed histories. I really felt like I knew Louna and her family and understood the way they worked. I also enjoyed the look into the world of the wedding planning business. You can tell that Dessen did her research and knew what she was talking about. The only thing that tripped me up was the slightly elevated tone of melodrama and some character reactions that didn't really make sense.

Recommended for those who are fans of Dessen's past books and of teen romance in general.

I love books by Sarah Dessen! As usual, she provided a quality romance novel suitable for all readers. Full review to come on my blog soon!

I read the first few pages of the book and I was not sold. Sarah Dessen is one my favorite YA authors, but this book did not draw me in like Along For The Ride or This Lullaby. The plot was going in the right direction, I think, but overall I did not like it.

This sounds like a good book but not in my interest. *read only on excerpt*

A great extract and it has left me wanting to read more!!
I don't tent to gravitate towards romance so much but when I do want a cute and fun chick flick I want one that wont disappoint. I was far from disappointing with this beautifully written book!

This excerpt had me excited for the rest of the book. Will definitely have to check it out when the publishing day comes.

I "picked up" this book excerpt on a whim -- I usually do not read much romance, but thought, why not? The preview was a fun little fling with characters that made me laugh (or smirk), but I am not sure I will pick up the rest of the book to read unless I am looking for a light beach read.

That was really good. Definitely a solid Sarah Dessen novel. I read it all within the span of a few hours because I didn't want to put it down. I really liked Ambrose and his weird/cute little curl of hair coming off his forehead. I really appreciated the original and heartbreaking backstory behind the main character, Louna. All of the side characters were very likeable and added to the story. There was one intense moment near the end where I was literally banging on my forehead going, "No! No! No!" because of the suspense, but it's all good. Hooray for happy endings.


Having now read all 13 of Sarah Dessen's books within the course of the last year or so, I shall now rank them from best to worst, in my opinion:

1. The Truth About Forever
2. Saint Anything
3. Just Listen
4. Along For The Ride
5. Once And For All
6. Lock and Key
7. What Happened To Goodbye
8. Dreamland
9. Keeping The Moon
10. That Summer
11. Someone Like You
12. This Lullaby
13. The Moon And More

Hopefully there are many more Sarah Dessen books to come in the future. <3

A tease of any Sarah Dessen book is never going to be enough! In the middle of reading the entire thing and will post a review on goodreads when I've finished. Loving every second so far.

I always heard a lot about Sarah Dessen books, so when I saw once on NetGalley, I jumped on the occasion. I began to read it, could not stop, and realized that it was a SNEAK PEEK!!!!!! So I got the whole book and devoured the rest. There are just so many twists in the story that I couldn't put it down. I now understand why so many people love this author!!

I enjoyed this sneak peek, but wish you would allow us to read the entire novel--otherwise why are we on NetGalley?

I really enjoyed this little sample of the book. I am looking forward to finishing it soon. Thank you for the preview and the opportunity to read it before its release.

Truly,
Jennifer