True Believer

By - Nicholas Sparks

I have to admit, when this book got picked for last month's choice, I wasn't too excited...

I wasn't motivated to read it at all, and, in fact, even read another book (The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri) before getting into this one...

It took me awhile to get into it but I have to say, about half way thru, I could not put it down!

It's an easy-breezy read... a nice combo of romance and a little mystery (which really ends up being no mystery at all)!

I liked the personality of Mr. Jeremy Marsh... He sounds quite handsome and smooth... A suave New Yorker, dressed in black all the time. His counterpart, Lexie Darnell is a modern southern belle... I liked her name! ;-) I thought she could be a little too "too" at times (if that makes any sense).

The surrounding characters are fun, especially Lexie's Grandma Doris. I didn't dislike Jeremy's buddies from NY but I did find they way they spoke with each other as a bit hard to believe... It just seems that guys don't really talk to each other that way! At least the guys I know... ;-)

Overall, I enjoyed this book and I'd recommend it as a good, easy, fast, fun read! I mostly got into it once it became more about Jeremy and Lexie!

;-)