Review: Sadie & Zander
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
Sadie is a very broken woman after her husband is murdered in their home. She is only 26 years old but she & Jake grew up together & were childhood sweethearts. She doesn't know how to go on living without being part of a couple. Luckily she has some great parents who practically force her to speak to the organ recipients & that is how she ends up traveling to a small island in Georgia and meeting Alexander (Zander) who now functions from the heart that previously belonged to Jake. This could be a completely sappy story and even though Sadie & Zander have this strong immediate connection extending beyond their physical attraction, Sadie has not resolved herself to how she feels about losing Jake. She is in limbo and as her mother wisely states Sadie has two doors open and she must shut one before walking through the other door. We all hate it when well-meaning family members want us to move on & be happy, but Sadie has an excellent support system & they put their time in & devote themselves to helping her get her life back. Zander is the black sheep of the family & after his heart surgery he is very isolated & lonely, no longer able to be the bad boy with bad habits now that Jake has given him a new lease on life. There are parts of this story, understandably so, where is gets very deep & sad. In the end you just hope that dealing with the grief will bring Sadie back to Zander because God knows that is exactly where she wants to be. She feels like Zander needs her just as much as she needs him!