Sarah Dessen is one of my all-time favorite YA authors. Each new release has been one I’ve awaited eagerly and one that I’ve then read as soon as I could get my hands on it. It’s been a while, though, since Dessen has published a novel. Her last book release was The Rest of the Story in 2019. After reliably publishing a book every year or every other year, the seven year wait for her next release felt unbelievably long–especially amid a world turned upside down with a global pandemic and the rise of authoritarianism, among other things. But Sarah Dessen is back this month with her latest book, Change of Plans . It follows Finley, whose always gone along with the plans her boyfriend’s laid down. She’s not compliant, but rather, she’s just been content to let someone she cares about be who leads her forward. But there’s been a change in her summer plans, and now Finley will be spending several months at a beach house owned by her long-estranged mother and mother’s family.…