Counting Miracles: A Novel

I just finished Counting Miracles by one of my favorite autobuy authors.... The Nicholas Sparks and I will stop fangirling long enough to tell you what I thought!

Tanner loves his nomadic life... Army ranger, spending all his time abroad... Until his grandmother gets sick and he comes home... She drops the mother of all bombshells on him then passes away.

Going to find his dad becomes the latest adventure but the real adventure starts when teenager Casey hits his car and he then lays on her mother Kaitlyn.. His wandering heart suddenly feels like his nomadic heart has stilled just a little bit....

Jasper, an old man who lives in a cabin, feels a powerful pull to the white deer that has been spotted in the forest and has a need to protect it...

There is something about the way a Nicholas Sparks book hits you in all the right places. He doesn't make things look bright and shiny and there is something super profound about that. Tanner has no family left or so he thinks and I don't think he much cared about finding his dad but what his grandmother said hit him somewhere deep inside.

Kaitlyn is a single mother and she wasn't looking for someone but meeting Tanner.... It clicks but it's never that easy. You will need some kleenex... Jasper's story is beyond tragic and I had a hard time seeing the kindle through my tears.

Nicholas Sparks always weaves his characters together in such a classic way and you will feel like you are right in the pages watching the magic unfold. You won't find a classic romance read here but you will find a book that will touch the depths of your soul.

5 stars.

Thank you to @penguinrandomhouseca for my gifted copy and you can get your copy now!