Summary: Maggie Dawes is a world-renowned photographer who is close to the end of the her life, facing a terminal cancer diagnosis. When she starts to tell her story to a new employee, we learn of her challenging year as a pregnant teenager when her family sent her to live in a picturesque town with her aunt. What ensues is a love story between Maggie and a boy named Bryce during her time away from home.

3.5 stars

I used to read Nicholas Sparks religiously and enjoyed most of his classics!

Things I liked:
- Story within a story
- The coming of age journey as Maggie discovers herself
- A wholesome and sweet relationship with Bryce (and his dog- big fan )
- Navigating difficult family relationships including pretty awful parents. Yay for the supportive aunt.

Things I didn't enjoy:
- Felt super predictable, knew how it would end within the first 20 pages
- Mark was apparently a very forgettable character as I couldn't remember his name while writing this review after she spent half the book telling her story to him
- For some reason I didn't fully connect to Maggie. Felt like I should have but it really didn't tug my heartstrings the way I thought it would

Petty dislike: Nicholas Sparks thinks someone born in the mid-1990s wouldn't know what Pac-Man is