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1	''This Lullaby'' is a 2002 young adult novel by Creator/SarahDessen.
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3	Remy Starr, after eighteen years spent watching her SerialSpouse mother fall in and out of love, has realized that long-term commitment is unrealistic. 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. Her rules: never get too serious, and never date a musician. 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.
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6	!!This novel contains examples of:
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8	* BettyAndVeronica: Dexter plays the Betty to a couple of Veronicas throughout.
9	* {{Catchphrase}}: Truth Squad's "Hate Spinnerbait!"
10	* CharacterOverlap: Scarlett from ''Literature/SomeoneLikeYou'' appears as the manager of a local coffee shop.
11	* ContrivedCoincidence: Remy's mother has been married an absurdly high amount of times. She starts to bond with her love interest, Dexter, because his mother has been married even more times.
12	%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Remy.
13	* DrowningMySorrows: Remy does this throughout but doesn't acknowledge it.
14	%%* TheFashionista: Chloe.
15	%%* FormerTeenRebel: Remy, to an extent.
16	%%* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Remy and Chloe.
17	%%* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Remy goes to Stanford.
18	%%* LadykillerInLove: Remy is a female version.
19	* LoveAtFirstSight: Dexter immediately falls for Remy and promptly tells her so. She, however, needs a lot more convincing.
20	%%* ManicPixieDreamGuy: Dexter for Remy.
21	* MaybeEverAfter: Remy and Dexter's relationship status is left unresolved when she leaves for college at the end. (However, they [[CharacterOverlap reappear]] in ''Literature/JustListen'' to give you a definitive answer._
22	%%* NeatFreak: Remy.
23	%%* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Dexter.
24	%%* OppositesAttract: Remy and Dexter.
25	* PromotionToParent: Remy's friend Jess is one for her little brothers.
26	* ParentWithNewParamour: Remy's mother, who is a serial bride.
27	* ReallyGetsAround: Remy. She inherited it from her mother, who has been married five times.
28	* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: ''This Lullaby'' is a GenderFlip, with Remy as the savvy girl and Dexter as the energetic guy.
29	* SeriousBusiness: Ted is ''incredibly'' fussy over musical lyrics, and pretty much anything related to the band in general.
30	* ShipperOnDeck: Lissa for Remy and Johnathan [[note]]the boyfriend before Dexter[[/note]], but Remy contests this doesn't count because Lissa "likes everyone".
31	%%* UptightLovesWild: Remy and Dexter.
32	* VitriolicBestBuds: Chloe and Jess, although at first they start out as HeadbuttingHeroes.

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