Nicholas Sparks is one of my all time favorite romance authors. It always amazes me how one of the best romance writers of our time is a man. When the main audience for this genre is dominantly women, how does a man capture that much depth, emotion, detail, into his stories?
True Believer by Nicholas Sparks is about the protagonist named Jeremy Marsh who is a science journalist who debunks myths and hoaxes, mostly things of the supernatural sort. He comes to a small, close-nit town in North Carolina to do research on the mysterious lights appearing in the town's cemetery. Before he knows it he falls in love with the librarian named Lex (whose grandmother is a psychic, by the way). Both come with their own baggage however, Jeremy is recently divorced and Lex has been through two serious relationships that did not end so well, therefore, she is the more cautious one.
The highlight of this story is not in the romance, it's rather in the mystery of discovering what causes the lights in the cemetery. A lot of writing in this book is dedicated to how Jeremy goes about debunking this mystery. Meanwhile, the mystery has a lot to do with the relationship between Jeremy and Lex considering Lex believes she witnessed her parents ghost in the cemetery. Jeremy and Lex are foil character. Jeremy is a big city journalist who lives life according to science and logic while Lex is a small-town witty and southern belle who puts faith into her parents and grandmother. Ironically the two end up attracted to each other which creates the problem in the story.
True Believer is not characteristic of the typical Sparks books that has popularized him like The Notebook or A Walk to Remember. Still its an easy read with clear organized plot and likable characters, besides Jeremy and Lex, who have that fun southern charm to them.
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