Brenna B. (demiducky25) reviewed on 12/26/2009 + 161 more book reviews

This is a VERY quick read (started it Christmas Eve, finished it Christmas night...that's with all family activities and things in the middle there). I think part of it has to do with the fact that the story is very captivating, and partially to do with the fact that the chapters are short with a title page for each which makes for a lot of pages that only have the chapter number on them and nothing else, so it's really not the 300+ pages that are listed, but rather somewhere around 200 something pages since there's 36 chapters which means you lose at least 36 pages to just titles, not even including the half-pages and quotes that take up a whole page even if they are only a sentence long. Anyway, this is a story that does tug at the heart strings. It's about a young man named Mark Smart who is down on his luck. In rapid succession, his mother died, his girlfriend dumped him, and he lost his scholarship to school. He has no intention of returning home to Alabama (he's currently in Utah) because he hates his father for the way he treated him growing up. He considers ending his life when his car ends up getting stuck during a blizzard, but then he meets a young woman named Macy Wood who helps him feel better. He learns that Macy had a very difficult life (separated from her sister and given up for adoption when she was little to an adopted family that was very abusive). Together, Mark and Macy try to find Macy's sister, despite not knowing her name. The only clue they have is a Christmas ornament Macy's birth father gave her before she was adopted.

This one will make your eyes tear up a bit. Although certain parts are predictable, I found that I couldn't put this book down. It's a great read during the holiday season!

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