The Last Song Review

I recently read The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks.

Ronnie's mom is making her visit her dad in Wrightsville Beach,

North Carolina.Even though she was dreading it,she went begrudgingly.But before her and her brother went to their dad's house,they went to a local fair that was held on a pier.While everyone was doing their own thing,Ronnie,went to watch a volleyball match.Trying to retrieve a ball,one of the player's knocked soda all over her.She also met Blaze and Marcus.Blaze is a goth looking girl with black curly hair,and she always hung out with Marcus.He also had long black hair and he did these odd fireball tricks.so,thinking they were cool,she started hanging out with them.Marcus realized how pretty.That made Blaze jealous.But Ronnie just thought he was a creep.Luckily,she saw the volleyball player,Will,again while she was setting up camp to watch a baby turtle nest that was in her backyard.She asked him if he could put a barrier around it to keep creatures out.He promised he would.But when she woke up,she found it the same.She was angry at him.But he said he had called the aquarium were he worked to set it up.That was the beginning of a friendship.Later,Ronnie decided to look around town.She saw Blaze at a music store.She tried to tell her she was not interested in Marcus whatsoever,but instead Blaze framed her by putting cd's in her bag to make it look she stole them.She got caught with them.No doubt,her mom was furious due to her previous records,but her Dad believed her.After that,Will decided to take her

to his parents house.His mom didn't like her at all.But he still invited her to be his date to his sister Megan's wedding.Marcus was there and caused trouble,which Will's mom blamed on Ronnie.But at other times,Marcus even tempted Will by threating to reveal secrets about his volleyball partner.He also let Blaze catch on fire.That is when Will fought him and two of his friends.But nothing prepared Ronnie for what came next.While they were watching the turtles,her dad started throwing up blood.When they went to the hospital,they found he had only a year to live due to stomach cancer.When he died,she finished a song he worked on and used it to audition for Julliard.

I liked this book because it had a lot of tender moments.It also teaches that you do not know what you got till it is gone.