Everyone has heard of the books "The Notebook", and "Dear John". Nicholas Sparks has had eight of his 18 thrilling novels made into movies. I am hopeful that his newest novel will not take long to be picked up and made into a movie. In October of 2015, Sparks came out with his most recent book about the love of two people who probably shouldn't be together. Now, I am not much of a reader (unless it is for class of course), but this summer I picked up "See Me."
Now, I can be the first to admit that this book was a little slow in the beginning, but after a thorough explanation of who everybody is, and their background, a real mystery begins. In most mysteries, the reader follows the detective or a dog named Scooby, but this book is still a love story. Instead of hearing information from both sides of the story, the only thing that we really know is what is going on in the lead female character, Maria's, life.
The lead male character is a gym-aholic, bartending, still-getting-things-together boy named Colin. Colin has a bad relationship with his family and a worse relationship with the law, but after moving away and trying to start over, he meets daughter of Mexican immigrants, workaholic lawyer-to-be Maria. After meeting these characters separately, you would never think that they would ever work out together. Yet again though, Nicholas Sparks makes it work. After meeting over a flat tire in the classic pouring rain, Colin and Maria start to fall in love. Spoiler Alert: there is a fallout, but it isn't between Maria and Colin. Instead, it is between a prior client of Maria's. When a court case went bad and a woman was killed by her stalker boyfriend, Maria is the prime target and to blame by the family of the poor girl.
After it is revealed that Maria is being stalked by the brother of the deceased girl, Colin steps up to protect her... but how long will that be able to go on before it gets to much for even him to handle?
Even though most summers all you want to do is watch Netflix, I am sure that there is a little block of time where you can pick up a book. This book is a combination of love and mystery and always leaves you guessing. If I am the one referring and recommending a book to you, then you must know that it is in no way a waste of your time.
