I haven’t read a Nicolas Sparks book for a long time, despite him being my of my favorite authors when I was younger. I have heard good things about this one and finally decided to try it. I’m so glad I did. I knew this book would be emotional, but I don’t think I was prepared for the amount of crying I did at the end. Slow start, but I quickly became enthralled with Maggie and Bryce’s story and Maggie and Mark’s relationship. I knew where we were headed for one of the relationships but it still hit me hard. Beautiful story about love.