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It never ceases to amaze me how Patterson can go from writing about homocidal psychopaths and then write a beautiful love story ... he really is a wonderfully talented writer. This story is definitely a totally new plot ... one I'm not sure has ever been written about before, and quite ingenius and yet if you stop and think about it ... a wee bit disturbing as well. But you won't be sorry that you read it (I read it in one day) ... Jane and Michael's story will win your heart. It is like all of his other books ... A+!

Get back the time I wasted reading this book? The premise had me very excited. The end result, not so much. I felt EXACTLY like I was reading a Harlequin Romance. And I love romance novels so I'm not knocking Harlequin. The book was just short on substance.

I'm not a fan of women "suddenly" discovering they rock when a man comes into their lives, so that's another problem I had with the book. One of the GREAT things about this site is that I'm only kicking myself for wasting time reading this book and NOT for having wasted the book store price on buying it.

I was completely not expecting this from James Patterson, but I really liked it!
If you want an easy, good read, get this book.
I read it in one day, and I enjoyed all of it!

Jane Margaux is a longely little girl. Her mother, a powerful Broadway producer makes time for her only once a week, for their Sunday trip to admire jewelry at Tiffany's. Jane has only one friend: a handsome, comforting, funny man named Michael. He's perfect. But only she can see him. Michael can't stay forever, though. On Jane's ninth birthday he leaves, promising her that she'll soon forget him. Years later, in her thirties, Janes is just as alone as she was as a child. And despite her own success as a playwright, she is even more trapped by her overbearing mother. Then she meets someone - a handsome, comforting, funny man. He's perfect. His name is Michael...

My daughter loves James Patterson's Maximum Ride series. I thought I'd enjoy this book based on her appreciation for his writing, and my appreciation for his other works.

I did enjoy the book, but I can't give it a full five stars. The characters were developed more through repetition of their flaws or foibles than through insight into their character or reasons behind their behavior. It was assumed that you were familiar with the "type", and that "type" was reinforced by reminding you over and over that this was a "character". In fact, there were few persons depicted in the book about which you could not say "Oh, what a character!" It moved rather quickly, took a strange jump to arrive at the end, and should have had "Happily Ever After" painted over the epilogue. Just a little too pat, and little too rote for my taste.

Good story. Doesn't end how you think it will. Unrealistic, but a happy story.