All in all, this was a really great book. I loved the plot, the characters, and the character development (my favorite part in books, just not my favorite part when I myself am writing them!) and I was hooked – hook, line, and sinker in the first chapter and I didn’t set it down once!

The MC, Macy Queen, secludes herself from the rest of her friends and even from her own mother – trying to save herself from the grief she faces when her father died two years before. She plays safe – she makes sure she always appears calm and collected; perfect. Starting with her perfect boyfriend right down to her perfect study routine. But then she meets the whole Wish Catering gang and her whole summer turns around. There’s Kristy Palmetto and her peculiar scars, Monica Palmetto who’s anything but the outgoing, loud sprite her sister is, Delia, the pregnant owner of Wish Catering, Bert, her youngest nephew and Wes – her oldest nephew. The one who always tells Macy the truth.

I wasn’t impressed with the overall story line; it was sort of cliche and to me, the book didn’t stand out much from others like itself, and so it’s not necessarily on my favorites list. Like I already said, though, I loved the character development. Sarah Dessen definitely did a great job on that. Macy really changed by the end of the book, and I loved that about this book. One thing that did make it different was that the character development allowed Macy to grow and learn from her past throughout the book without the book feeling stilted and drawn-out.

By the end, I was very much in awe over The Truth About Forever. I really liked the characters – every character was well formed, particularly the Main Character, and I really enjoyed reading it. I’d definitely read it again, without hesitation. Two thumbs up!