The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

In my nastiest voice I would say this is romantic drivel but, when I ran out of my own books and had to borrow this from Kirk on our last flight, everyone seemed to have read it and loved it. I think it would be a great soppy read for high school kids. I don't know what that says about the reading choices of folks in airports or my husband's choice for that matter. He just likes happy endings even if someone has to die to get to the happy ending ?!.