The Return
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Ratings11
Average rating3
Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked as an orthopedic surgeon sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he’d inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any.
Tending to his grandfather’s beloved bee hives while preparing for a second stint in medical school, Trevor isn’t prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he can’t ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she’s hiding.
Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in the trailer park down the road. Claiming to be 17, she works at the local sundries store and keeps to herself. Discovering that she was once befriended by his grandfather, Trevor hopes Callie can shed light on the mysterious circumstances of his grandfather’s death, but she offers few clues—until a crisis triggers a race that will uncover the true nature of Callie’s past, one more intertwined with the elderly man’s passing than Trevor could have ever anticipated.
In his quest to unravel Natalie and Callie’s secrets, Trevor will learn the true meaning of love and forgiveness . . . and that in life, to move forward, we must often return to the place where it all began.
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I really enjoyed this story and the information about looking after bees was unexpected. The characters were all likeable. Glad everything worked out in the end - even if it was after he finished his residency which was five years!
I've had this one on my shelf since last year and finally decided to pick it up as a friend asked to buddy read it. I haven't read a Sparks' novel in a while and I'm glad I said yes.
I love a well-written, heartfelt romance with loveable yet at the same time frustrating characters. I also love the angtsy teen with a hidden past that you just want to shake straight. So, needless to say, this was an irritating and fun read
3.5 stars
I've said it a million times before that Nicholas Sparks is my all time favorite author. I preordered this book and by the time it came in the mail I had been fighting off a slump for over a month. I decided to pick it up in the hopes that it would help me out of said slump and I think it did the job.
It was a little slow going for the first half of the book but I was intrigued enough to want to keep reading and find out what happened.
Like I said the first half was pretty slow going but the last half things picked up for me. I loved Callie's story the most. That was what I was most interested in while reading this. The romance however fell a little flat for me and was way too rushed. I would have more time with it.
I did enjoy the mystery included though. There are 3 characters that all have secrets of sorts and we learn them throughout the book. That was another thing that kept me reading. I had to know the truth about each of the characters.
Overall it was an enjoyable read and while it's not my favorite book by him I still had a fun time reading it and got teary eyed toward the end.
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