Auden is spending the summer with her dad and his new wife Heidi. Heidi just has got a baby, Thisbe, and Thisbe won't stop crying, until Auden comes..
It's been so long since Auden slept at night. Ever since her parents' divorce - or since the fighting started. Now she has the chance to spend a carefree summer with her dad and his new family in the charming beach town where they live.
A job in a clothes boutique introduces Auden to the world of girls: their talk, their friendship, their crushes. She missed out on all that, too busy being the perfect daughter to her demanding mother. Then she meets Eli, an intriguing loner and a fellow insomniac who becomes her guide to the nocturnal world of the town. Together they embark on parallel quests: for Auden, to experience the carefree teenage life she's been denied; for Eli, to come to terms with the guilt he feels for the death of a friend.
I really have to give you this note: I was a bit dissapointed in Along for the Ride.
Somehow I thought during the story that I have read this before. It can be a great novel, but not if you have read more Sarah Dessen books previously.
The story itself was nice, but it was lacking perspective, it was dreamy, but very slow and that annoyed me. I think it wasn't Sarah's best book, I have read books by her that I liked better and that had a better storyline (I just loved Just Listen , Lock and Key and How To Deal)
If you like dreamy girly novels, this can be your book, if this is your first Sarah Dessen book, give it a try, but I recommend other ones by her to spend your time with.
But I did like Sarah's video here about the book !
