Dear Nicholas Sparks,

On behalf of girls everywhere, I would just like to say, you are the worst. We have spent hundreds of rainy days, dozens of hours at the beach, and plenty of late nights reading novel after novel of yours. We have forced boyfriends to watch all of your movies with us and may have even cried a few tears along the way. Our hearts have bubbled over with love for your characters, and our dreams have all changed to living your perfect North Carolina fantasies. But, do you have any idea what this does to us?

I am in a happy relationship with a wonderful guy, but when I finish reading your books I am left wondering why my boyfriend isn't some quiet, sexy cowboy, or a heroic soldier who states his love for me through romantic letters. I mean come on. Being in a relationship comes with plenty of emotional waves as is; these lofty, yet dreamy standards from your books don't help a thing.

And, please, don't even get me started on the fight for love. Until reading your novels, never, ever did I wonder what my soulmate would do if I was in a coma, or moved away for years. But, now? I'm going to be wanting to know all this straight up. Does he want kids? What are his future occupational plans? Would he be willing to hand-build me a giant, dream home as a symbol of our love, even if I am miles away? Just stuff like that. If we're being realistic here, that's nto fair to any guy either...isn't there any kind of bro-code you need to follow?

And, Nick, these movies. I know you don't fully control them, but you have to work on them. The only way, and I mean the only way, to make my mental image of your stories better is to have people like Ryan Gosling and Channing Tatum bring them to life. So now, not only are your characters charming, adoring, mindful, and hardworking. But on top of that, also incredibly gorgeous. How many people have you met in your life who are actually like that? If the answer is a lot, believe me, you have a whole fan base who would be interested in meeting them.

So, Nick, do I want you to stop writing novels? No. Of course not. No other books could fit the spot of being my "easy read, summer, romance novels" as well yours do. Will I still set ridiculously high expectations, fantasize about living the life of a North Carolinian in your stories, and make my boyfriend endure hours of watching your movies? Of course.

Sincerely,

Girls Everywhere.