Someone Like You/Keeping the Moon (2 Books in 1) Book

Let me start this review by stating that I will be reading Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen at a different time, and this is only a review of Keeping the Moon by Sarah Dessen. Keeping the Moon is the story of Colie, a girl with several self-esteem issues who travels to her estranged Aunt Mira's for the summer while her fitness fanatic mother does a workout tour across Europe. During her summer vacation, Colie gets a new job, makes some new friends, falls in love, and most importantly, learns what it means to let the names that other people give you fall away. Overall, this book was cliched and repetitive, with no new themes or ideas. The only thing that was interesting was the idea of actually "keeping the moon." The idea is that while we are scared of the unbalance of the earth, like during an eclipse, you keep moving forward, with your head held high until the moon comes back again and returns stability to everyone's lives. I wish this book would have been better, but unfortunately, it was boring and dull.