When New York architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod to design his best friend’s summer home, he is hoping to make a fresh start. Recently discharged from an upscale psychiatric facility where he was treated for acute depression, he is still wrestling with the pain of losing his beloved sister. Sylvia’s deathbed revelation—that she can see spirits who are still tethered to the living world, a gift that runs in their family—sits uneasily with Tate, who struggles to believe in more than what reason can explain. But when he takes up residence at a historic bed-and-breakfast on the Cape, he encounters a beautiful young woman named Wren who will challenge every assumption he has about his logical and controlled world.
Tate and Wren find themselves forging an immediate connection, one that neither has ever experienced before. But Tate gradually discovers that below the surface of Wren’s idyllic small-town life, hatred, jealousy, and greed are festering, threatening their fragile relationship just as it begins to blossom. Tate realizes that in order to free Wren from an increasingly desperate fate, he will need to unearth the truth about her past before time runs out . . . a quest that will make him doubt whether we can ever believe the stories we tell about ourselves, and the laws that govern our existence. Love—while transformative—can sometimes be frightening.
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Magical.
There are so many other words I can use to describe this book. I’m still trying to process this story. Such a beautiful supernatural love story, but it’s much more than a love story. One of my favorite aspects of the story is the way that Nicholas Sparks and M.Night Shyamalan blended romance with suspense and the supernatural. It was outstanding. I loved the way that Wren was written. I liked her high spirit at times, and of course, the connection that she had with Tate. I think that Tate needed someone like Wren in his life to heal after losing his sister. The two of them had the sort of connection that had me smiling. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough, but simultaneously I was hesitant because I feared what might happen. Remain is not the story you can pull away from. Even when I wasn’t reading, I was thinking about it.
I was curious about the title, Remain when Nicholas Sparks announced that he was writing a new book. Once I started reading the book, the title made so much sense. I also love the cover because it has a romantic and mysterious look on it. I have read all Sparks' novels and even own most of them. I have heard of M. Night, but this was the first time I read something written by him. The two of them make a fantastic team. I liked the way the suspense and the romance blended. In the second half of the book, I found myself turning the pages until I reached the end. All those descriptions had me visualizing everything that was happening, like a movie.
I could keep talking about this book, but that would take too long. After reading Remain, I’m excited for the movie to come out. I think it will be a great movie. I also hope Sparks and Night will team up again for another book. I highly recommend this book for romance, thriller, and paranormal fans.
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