More compelling are the mysterious e-mails Jeremy receives that suggest Lexie may not be telling the truth (about who the father is, for one thing), and the character of Lexie's psychic grandmother, Doris, who has correctly predicted the sex of every child born in the town. Jeremy's writer's block, instead of heightening the will-they-or-won't-they tension, is as enervating for readers as it is for him. Sparks pulls out all the smalltown stops-psychic grandmother, meddling mayor, sullen townie ex, jealous best friends-and offers Mars/Venus commentary on what makes his characters tick. The book centers on the tension-filled runup to the wedding. Now Lexie's pregnant-but it's true love (and a portable job) that's allowing divorcé Jeremy to move down so they can marry and build a life together. ), the science columnist had traveled from his New York base to Boone Creek, N.C., to get a story-and ended up falling in love with Lexie Darnell, the 30-year-old town librarian. When we last left 37-year-old Jeremy Marsh (a scant six months ago, in Sparks's April pub True Believer
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