Search - Mr. Maybe

I have read a number of Jane Green books, and although she is one of my preferred ‘chick-lit’ authors, this isn’t one of my favorites by her. It was a bit too predictable, and at times I didn’t care for Libby, the main character.

Libby Mason is a fairly successful publicist, living the singleton life in London. She falls hard for her no strings attached ‘friend’ Nick, who is gorgeous but poor. After the inevitable parting of the ways, she is wooed by exactly the catch she has always dreamed of… one if the wealthiest men in England. There are a few problems though; he’s rather stodgy and not very handsome. But Libby is so blinded by how much he adores her and his luxurious lifestyle that she turns a blind eye to many of the troubles in the relationship. Soon she is planning a wedding while wondering if she is doing the right thing.

My major complaint with this book is the shallowness of Libby. It seems as if the only thing she was concerned with was money and social status. I also didn’t like how she was a ‘chameleon’ girlfriend, changing her personality to please the current boyfriend. There were some interesting secondary characters, but the entire book was all about Libby and her search for love with the proper billionaire, and I found it tiring at times. The ending of the book is obvious from page one, so that also took away some of the pleasure of the book. Read Jemima J or Bookends by this author. Those books were much better and had some more serious undertones than this one, which was pure fluff.

couldnt finish

Love, Love, LOVED this book. I'm a fan of Jane Green and this book just makes me an even bigger one.

enjoyable and quick read!

It is no secret that I like Jane Green, she is one of the authors that after reading the first book of hers I promptly picked up as many of the others as I could get my hands on to try to complete the collection. Mr. Maybe for me was not her best work. It was not a bad book but it just did not seem to have the usual flair that I have come to expect when reading a Jane Green.

There are several points in the book where it just seems to drag on and there are things that just do not seem to be needed. Libby Mason as a character, well I felt I could not connect with her much. She is very superficial, and a bit over dramatic and there are most assuredly times where I want to swat her upside the head. I even found myself wishing her best friend in the book Jules would do just that.

Now with the negative parts said, I did still enjoy the book overall. It was not a waste of my reading time and it did have some great parts. Nick was by far my favorite character, at first I was not sure I would like him as he was being played up as a kind of wastrel but overall he was the brightest spot in the list of characters in this book, he is witty, funny and not a wastrel but a creative mind who may not have taken the best route to what he wants but he got it in the end.

I love this book it's my favorite of Jane Green's