Sometimes, just seeing the cover of a book becomes love at
first sight. That’s exactly what happened to me with “The Mason List”. At first
I was hooked on the title, don’t ask me why, if a title contains the word
“list” I am instantly allured.
Our protagonists have been best friends since they were
eight years old, and they couldn’t be more different. Jess Manson, the heir of
the most prominent family in town, and Alex, a homeless girl who, by a stroke
of luck ends up living in his ranch.
The story is told with two different storylines. The fist
one narrates the mental breakdown of Alex, we don’t get to know what happened,
only that it was bad. The other storyline starts off when they first met and
how their lives progress. It is very enchanting being able to take part in the
unique relationship that they share.
The feel-good factor is entwined in the development of their
relationship. We are able to see how they support each other no matter what,
and how words sometimes are better left unsaid. The conversations between Alex
and her father are also very enlightening: we can grasp the difference in their
point of view of the same event: Manson’s kindness. She is torn because of it
and her father embraces it with no doubts.
It is a book worth reading; once you start it you won’t be
able to put it down.
