The Last Song

forgive me book geeks, for i have sinned... it has been 2 weeks since my last confession.

i just finished the book "The Last Song" by Nicolas Sparks. and a Nicolas Sparks book it absolutely is. if you have ever read a book by Sparks you'll know to expect a deep, intense love story between two young people that happens over a summer. to me this book felt slightly young for my reading palate. i can see how the role was perfect for an actress like Miley Cyrus, Ronnie- an adolescent delinquent turned model child who falls in love with the "boy next door" over a summer at her fathers beach house.

Sparks doesn't disappoint for a good tear-jerking, heart- wrenching romance that has all the twists and turns of a true to life first time romance. at various points in the novel- i found myself thinking back to my first love- the ease of summer romance, free of adult pressure and over powering, blissful, naive- love.

again, this is just easy reading. the story is very surface- there really isn't much depth to it. i found it extremely predictable in the first couple chapters it was easy to summize how the story would end, but i did enjoy the lightness of this book. and the tear-jerking ending proved that this book certainly wasn't without emotion.

a terrific light summer reader. i would not suggest reading it after seeing the movie- the literature isn't deep enough to capture you after you know how it is all going to end.

please leave you own comments or pose any questions you have regarding The Last Song- i'd love to see what you thought of the book.