A Need So Beautiful

Goodreads Synopsis

We all want to be remembered. Charlotte's destiny is to be Forgotten...

Charlotte’s best friend thinks Charlotte might be psychic. Her boyfriend thinks she’s cheating on him. But Charlotte knows what’s really wrong: She is one of the Forgotten, a kind of angel on earth, who feels the Need—a powerful, uncontrollable draw to help someone, usually a stranger.

But Charlotte never wanted this responsibility. What she wants is to help her best friend, whose life is spiraling out of control. She wants to lie in her boyfriend's arms forever. But as the Need grows stronger, it begins to take a dangerous toll on Charlotte. And who she was, is, and will become--her mark on this earth, her very existence--is in jeopardy of disappearing completely.

Charlotte will be forced to choose: Should she embrace her fate as a Forgotten, a fate that promises to rip her from the lives of those she loves forever? Or is she willing to fight against her destiny--no matter how dark the consequences.

By Suzanne Young

Hardcover, 267 pages

Published June 21st 2011

4 out of 5 stars
Genre: Paranormal

I really loved this book. It was one of those stories that just makes you think about stuff that you wouldn't otherwise think about in your everyday life.
Charlotte, the main character, has this need where she has some kind of obligation to help whomever the need needs her to help. If she doesn't follow her need, she's in great pain and gets some dried up, ugly skin too, in one case. She's got a best friend whose life is pretty much out of control, and her boyfriend is suspecting something's wrong with Charlotte, but feels hurt because she won't tell him the truth. Charlotte is destined to be forgotten one day, and this terrifies her. She doesn't want to expect her loved ones to remember her, so being distant with them is what she ends up doing.

So, all in all, this story was truly beautiful and I was so glad for the straight up romance between Charlotte and Harlin. There wasn't any drama or misunderstandings about how they felt for each other. They both knew what they wanted with their life, and they looked at their future together, planned what they would be doing with their lives. I thought that was really sweet, even if they are young and did seem naive at times. But it's a relief to see the main couples in love without any unneccessary drama between them. It was also refreshing to see the girl and boy already together from the beginning of the book. Usually, there's some big story about how the girl and boy get together. Not that I have anything against that, it's just nice to see a story from another angle.

I am a cryer. I cry pretty much at the smallest things, ever, but the ending in this book made me bawl. But, that's probably just me. Still, there was something about it that touched me, made me view lief differently. What would it be like, for even just for one second, for good to prevail the world, for all evil to juts vanish in one instant? Charlotte was the goodness, and it's sad that such evils exhist in our world. Harlin made the ending all the more amazing, and his character is one of my favorites.

There might have been some bland moments here and there, but that didn't really take away from the beauty of the book. The sequel, A Want So Wicked, is definitely on my to-read list!