Title : The Most Wanted
Author : Jacquelyn Mitchard
Ratings : *** (3 out of 5 stars)
Synopsis:
Arley Mowbray is young, smart, and lonely. Very lonely. And then she strikes up correspondence with a prison inmate -- and under the spell of his poetic, seductive letters, falls helplessly. stubbornly in love.
Annie Singer is a tough, dedicated Texas Lawyer hired to help Arley unite with her beloved. She does so, but against her own better judgment -- and soon she's caught up in this disturbing and dangerous romance.. and in her feelings for Arley, who's become the daughter she never had.
When Dillon LeGrande comes after the girl he loves. Arley finds herself both aching for his touch and fearing for her life. And Annie begins to question her own choices -- and to wonder what price she would pay for passion...
What I think of the book:
I think this book has an interesting story. This shows us the power of love. Reading this book makes me feel like watching a good drama movie aired on the Hallmark channel. In a way, I think this book is a bit controversial, as we have the main character, who's only 14 years old, start communicating with a 25 year old man, who's in prison for a crime, and ended up falling in love with him and we then have a 14 year old teenager, who's married and is having a baby. I can't help but thinking that this would be classified under an illegal relationship or something, but apparently this book shows us that love knows no boundaries. Age doesn't matter when love comes calling.
This book is told in two different point of view, of Arlington Mowbray, the 14 year old teenager and of Annie Singer, a 40 year old lawyer that Arlington hires to help unite her with her husband who's in prison. Lack of her own child, Annie starts to get real connected with this girl and is feeling particularly maternal towards her. I can definitely sympathize with Arlington's situation and feel that she could have done a lot better, if dangerous love doesn't come across her path.
The ending of this book is a little bit predictable, but I think that it would be the appropriate ending to this story.
Overall, I think this book is quite interesting and I would recommend it to those who loves reading drama stories, with a bit of romance and a touching story, more like Jodi Picoult books.
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I've read one book by Mitchard - Deep End of the Ocean - and loved it. This one really does sound like something I'd like. Thanks for the review.