The book begins with news of Remy's mother's impending fifth marriage to a man named Don Davis. The book takes place the summer before Remy leaves for college, and as the novel progresses, Remy learns not only how to trust her boyfriend Dexter, but also how to trust herself enough to finally let herself fall in love. Vitriolic Best Buds: Chloe and Jess, although at first they start out as Headbutting Heroes.This Lullaby, a romance novel by Sarah Dessen, features main character Remy Starr, an eighteen-year-old who struggles to have faith in love after her mother's many failed marriages.Shipper on Deck: Lissa for Remy and Johnathan note the boyfriend before Dexter, but Remy contests this doesn't count because Lissa "likes everyone".Serious Business: Ted is incredibly fussy over musical lyrics, and pretty much anything related to the band in general.Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: This Lullaby is a Gender Flip, with Remy as the savvy girl and Dexter as the energetic guy.She inherited it from her mother, who has been married five times. Parent with New Paramour: Remy's mother, who is a serial bride.Promotion to Parent: Remy's friend Jess is one for her little brothers.
(However, they reappear in Just Listen to give you a definitive answer._
Maybe Ever After: Remy and Dexter's relationship status is left unresolved when she leaves for college at the end. She, however, needs a lot more convincing. Love at First Sight: Dexter immediately falls for Remy and promptly tells her so. Drowning My Sorrows: Remy does this throughout but doesn't acknowledge it. She starts to bond with her love interest, Dexter, because his mother has been married even more times. Contrived Coincidence: Remy's mother has been married an absurdly high amount of times. Character Overlap: Scarlett from Someone Like You appears as the manager of a local coffee shop. Catchphrase: Truth Squad's "Hate Spinnerbait!". Betty and Veronica: Dexter plays the Betty to a couple of Veronicas throughout. When a series of encounters with Dexter (a, yes, musician) and his friends forces her to reconsider her rules, Remy must face the cold, hard truth: maybe she doesn't know everything about love. Her rules: never get too serious, and never date a musician. Working from a mathematical formula, she enters relationships based on the principle that they will never last, leaving her free and clear to leave for college in the fall with no attachments. Remy Starr, after eighteen years spent watching her Serial Spouse mother fall in and out of love, has realized that long-term commitment is unrealistic. This Lullaby is a 2002 young adult novel by Sarah Dessen.
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