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Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks




I love Nicholas Sparks! I know, you're thinking it's probably because I'm a girl, and you would probably be right. Most guys do not sit around reading a bunch of novels or watch movies that involve romance. And that's all that Sparks rights about. Every one of his books involves a man and woman who are complete strangers who wind up falling in love, with some sort of plot twist where the two find it hard to stay together due to illness or an ex. Safe Haven is no different.

Katie is the new girl in a small North Carolina town - the setting for most of Sparks' books. She is quiet and shy, keeping to herself although she works at the busiest restaurant in town and its hard for anyone in a small town not to know everything about everyone. She reluctantly becomes friends with Jo, her next door neighbor, and Alex, a widowed store owner with two small children, and slowly begins to let down her guard. As she begins to make a life in this small community and grows attached to Alex and his family, her past that she has been running away from comes back to haunt her. With the help of a friend, she must choose to keep running or face her past, however hard or whatever the consequence, to choose love.

 
“Love doesn’t mean anything if you’re not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.” - Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
 
 
After reading Nicholas Sparks for a few years now, I knew that it was inevitable for me to shed a few tears, or gasp in horror at some unfortunate events that befall the hero/heroine and tries to keep them apart. But again, I did not see this conclusion coming AT ALL!! Sparks really knows how to capture his audience and the hearts of readers - young and old, male or female - and leave them guessing as to what is going to happen next. Will they end up together? Or will the past force the two to part ways?
 
If you like Nicholas Sparks, especially if you enjoyed The Notebook, you should definitely buy this book. I would also suggest seeing the movie, but I read the book first - I made that mistake with The Notebook. I watched the movie before reading it and now when I try reading it, I can't finish it because what happens in the movies is not always what happened in the book.  I'll see for myself when I watch Safe Haven, and you'll hear all about the differences. Stay tuned! ;)

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