Lock and Key

Lock and Key


By: Sarah Dessen
Reviewer: Thing 2, 13
Rating: Loved it!


When you have a drug and alcohol addicted mother life is never easy and 17 year old Ruby decides to leave her life behind the second she turns 18. But before that can happen her mother abandons her, Ruby's sister Cora takes her in, and Ruby completely different new life. Cora and her husband, Jamie live in a fancy neighborhood in a mansion. Cora is a lawyer and Jamie is the creator of a popular social networking site UMe. Ruby believes that Cora has been avoiding her ever since she left for collage so she acts distant and cold.

After finding getting to her new house Ruby decides to run away in the middle of the night. But gets caught and covered by her new neighbor Nate. Cute, popular, & nice, Ruby slowly becomes friends with him and eventually even closer then that.

But something is wrong with Nate. He is keeping and a secret that even Ruby can't get out of him. In this fresh and moving story this book will satisfy all of the Sarah Dessen fans.