Suzanne Young

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?

A Need So Beautiful

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This book… this book.
This book introduces an interesting and UN-FREAKING-FAIR moral dilemma. The main character is, for lack of a more specific term, an angel. And she goes around doing acts of goodness. And she gets PUNISHED for it.
Yep. Oh, and if she happens to NOT do an act of goodness, she’s doesn’t even do anything BAD, just doesn’t do this particular act of goodness, her skin turns gray and she apparently turns evil.
And it's not FAIR!
This book pissed me off and made me cry. By the end, I was literally sobbing, “It’s not fair. It’s not fair.” For the last two chapters at least.
I don’t know. Maybe I’m just taking this personally, because my greatest fear is being forgotten, but I just… this book.
I HATED this book.
Unfortunately, I will be reading the next one. I have to figure out how this ends. There HAS to be some kind of justice.
There just HAS to be.
Harlin! I saw what happened with him coming (view spoiler)[ Okay, I didn’t SEE it coming as in I said to myself, “I bet he’s a seer,” but I said “He has to remember her. if he doesn’t, I will just die.”
Fortunately, he IS a seer, and therefore, he DOES remember her.
By the end, when she was on the bridge talking to Onika, I knew she was going to go into the light, because if she did anything else… well, it just wasn’t in her character. (hide spoiler)]
There will be some justice. By the end of this series, Sarah and mercy will remember her, or I am going to buy a copy of this series, just so I can BURN it.
That’s right, I just talked about BURNING books. That’s how you can tell I’m DEAD SERIOUS.
Now, I have to go cry some more.

**EDIT** (later the same day)
I originally wasn't go to share this, but I am anyway.
I formulated a playlist especially for this book from songs that were just on my iPod. My iPod has 1408songs on it. The original playlist I formatted had 40 songs. 
These 26 songs made the final cut.

Playlist:
Abraham’s Daughter- Arcade Fire
Angel- the Jones Gang
Anyway- Martine McBride
Beautiful Girl- Broken Iris
Broken (feat. Amy Lee)- Seether
Citizen Soldier- 3 Doors Down
The Dirt Whispered- Rise Against
Gotta Be Somebody- Nickelback
Haunted- Taylor Swift
Have You Seen That Girl- Lee Ann Womack 
I Am Only One- We Are The Fallen
Inside the Fire- Disturbed
It’s Not My Time- 3 Doors Down
Kingdom Come- The Civil Wars
The Last Dance- Within Temptation
Leave Out All the Rest- Linkin Park 
Life is Beautiful- Sixx AM
Never Enough- Five Finger Death Punch
Never Too Late- Three Days Grace
A New Hope- Broken Iris
No More Sorrow- Linkin Park
Nothing to Remember- Neko Case
So Long, Good-Bye- Ten Years 
Somewhere I Belong- Linkin Park
Three Wooden Crosses- Randy Travis
Whatever Will Be- Vanessa Hudgens

Other things (that I’m saying cuz I want to get angry and stop crying): 

Harlin is a stupid name.

Sarah is shallow.

Charlotte is still a boyfriend-dependant, crybaby, lame-ass heroine.

But I love her anyway, and it’s not FAIR!

Dang. I HAVE to read A WANT SO WICKED.
Ther has to be some justice in the book.
If there’s not, I’m back to burning this series.
Dang, I’m crying again!
I HATE it when books make me cry!
*Grr—hiccup. Sob*
I’m gonna go read Sweet Evil and hope it gets me out of this slump.

I should probably stop listening to the playlist I made, to…

I'm only giving this book three stars, because I honestly can't say I did anything more than LIKE this book. I feel like I should give it five stars, just because it had such a huge emotional toll on me, and most books don't make me so... emotional. but this one did, and it's kind of rare.
but I still can't say I did anything more than LIKE this book, si it is only getting three stars.

Elizabeth Neill

Leah Patton

Charlotte has unexplaneable, painful Needs that she just can't resist. It's not like an addiction, in face, Charlotte hates these needs, it's a compulsion. She has to do it or risk being torn apart (not really but I imagine that that's what it feels like).
This book was alright. I enjoyed Charlotte's character but sometimes she seemed a little hypocritical. I understand that she is horrified at the possibility of loosing all she is, but she is supposed to be, like, the best of the best, and she periodically talks about how she absolutely hates The Need and only does it to get out of pain. I guess the author was trying to display how charlotte is only human, which she does so perfectly, but Monroe always talks about how Charlotte is so special. I feel as if it is sometimes unwarrented.
I really loved how the title and the whole book were tied together so beautifully. And I also really liked Harlin. He was cute!

Jessica Nottingham

Wow. Just....yeah, wow. I've been trying to write this review for days, and I can't seem to find the right words to share with you how gorgeous A Need So Beautiful really is. See, it's unlike anything I've ever read in so many ways. Suzanne Young has written a story that entranced me, broke my heart, and made me believe in hope all at the same time. I'm being truly honest when I say that this book needs to go on your wish list.

Charlotte is an amazingly multifaceted character. On the surface she is a normal teenage girl. Hanging out with her best friend, sneaking out sometimes, and spending ample hours in the arms of her (extremely hot and swoon worthy) boyfriend Harlin. Just on this level alone I already connected with Charlotte. She was so easygoing, and sweet. However what really made her so fascinating was the heavenly duty with which she had been assigned. This is a girl who, while balancing everything a normal teenager must, has a heavenly duty. She doesn't like it, but it's there.

The Need is what really brought this story to life. Charlotte's sacrifices show the reader how deep of a person she really is. It isn't as though she can run away from it when the Need pulls her. Oh, she's tried. Still, watching Charlotte give up so many things that she really wanted, pulling away from people she loved just to fulfill this Need, is what really got me. I know that being a teenager is tough, and at times egocentric. I've been there. Watching Charlotte battle the two sides of herself was utterly engrossing. Would you be able to give up what was comfortable and easy to fulfill your destiny? I'm not sure I would.

In case you're still stuck up there at the name Harlin, yes there is a romance in this story. A Need So Beautiful provides one heck of a love story. If you aren't sobbing by the end, I'll be truly surprised. Harlin is such an amazing character. He's sweet, funny, and so in love with Charlotte that it's crazy. Rough on the outside and soft on the inside, the perfect boy. Even when everyone around her starts to fade away, it's Harlin that is always there in the foreground. The chemistry between these two made me swoon, and to anyone who says it isn't believable, does it matter? I really wish we all had love like these two do. I really do.

Yes, I'm rambling and I know it. It seems that the more I completely fall in love with a book, the harder it is for me to write a coherent review. The raw emotions that this book evoked for me are hard to explain, but I can say that it's one I won't forget. Plain and simple, you need to read A Need So Beautiful. A heartbreaking story of sacrifice, love, and hope, it's just too fantastic for words. My hope is that you fall in love with as much as I did. Make sure to grab a box of tissues before you read the ending, you'll need it.

A Need So Beautiful

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