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A Need So Beautiful (A Need So Beautiful, #1)

Suzanne Young

Start date: September 1, 2011

Finish date: September 30, 2011

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. **Firstly, thanks so much to HarperCollins Australia for sending me a copy of this to read and review!**

Suzanne Young鈥檚 novel A Need So Beautiful is like nothing I鈥檝e ever read before. So incredibly beautiful in its pain and anguish, I promise you it will stay with you long after you turn the final page. It will not be forgotten......

I don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever read a book like this before. Going into it I was expecting a roundabout angel tale and instead this book was so filled with so much depth a **Firstly, thanks so much to HarperCollins Australia for sending me a copy of this to read and review!**

Suzanne Young鈥檚 novel A Need So Beautiful is like nothing I鈥檝e ever read before. So incredibly beautiful in its pain and anguish, I promise you it will stay with you long after you turn the final page. It will not be forgotten......

I don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e ever read a book like this before. Going into it I was expecting a roundabout angel tale and instead this book was so filled with so much depth and emotion that at times I wasn鈥檛 even sure what to think, let alone feel. Having just finished reading it, I鈥檓 not quite sure what to write to accurately describe the emotions this book drew from me. Reading about Charlotte鈥檚 journey, Young ripped me raw and tore me apart as I saw Charlotte鈥檚 world as she knew be ripped apart and watched her faced choices that people aren鈥檛 supposed to face.

I admit it took me a tiny bit of time to become absorbed with this book. The beginning seemed slow, but once I fell into the groove of it, I didn鈥檛 wanna leave. I cannot deny that this book was filled with wonderful characters, from Charlotte herself to her incredible foster family to her best friend, boyfriend and amazing family friend who helps Charlotte in her difficult journey, however it was the overall plotline and theme behind this book that truly captivated me. Suzanne Young has woven together and incredible tale of angst and choices that makes you think.
I believe we all like to think that we鈥檒l leave a mark on this world, even if it鈥檚 in some small way. That eventually when this life ends we鈥檒l be remembered for something we鈥檝e done or a life we鈥檝e touched, and in this fantastic paranormal YA tale we explore this idea. A Need So Beautiful forces you as the reader to imagine Charlotte鈥檚 fear and anguish and even desperation as she fights to stop what it ultimately her destiny.

There鈥檚 so much growth in Charlotte, from start to finish in this book and she goes from being an everyday teenager with regular problems to realising she鈥檚 something more too untimely deciding if she can accept all she was meant to be. Charlotte鈥檚 beautiful story of life and acceptance is one that鈥檚 tinged with a romance that felt real and realistic and will catch you from the beginning. Charlotte was an amazing character. With a plotline as strong as this one, as the main character Charlotte needed to be someone readers could emphasize with and understand....and she certainly was! Her fears and feelings were rational鈥攜ou could understand why she acted the way she did, why she fought so hard against that which she couldn鈥檛 change and every single one of her denials make absolute sense. Her world was being ripped out from under her and she had no control over it. It was outside her hands and as she struggled to believe and accept that, you were torn apart as you watched her because her situation was so dire, and yet incredibly beautiful at the same time. All Charlotte was, all she鈥檇 ever been was catching up with her and forcing her to make the ultimate choice. Every single action and emotion that went through Charlotte鈥檚 head and heart were completely justified.

The ending of this book still clings to me even as I write this review and I鈥檓 so unsure of what will happen next. It was not exactly what I was expecting and yet I know this heart-tugging story and bittersweet ending will captivate readers, exactly like it has done me and leave us all breathless and begging for more.....
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