10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommended, March 3, 2007
This review is from: Too Good to Be True (Paperback)
Rennie Young just fainted in the boys' department at Wal-Mart. Fortunately, Truman Sayers was there as she awoke. And who wouldn't love a man with a "voice like dark rich coffee"? Certainly not this java junkie! I was hooked before the end of the first chapter.
Rennie, a teacher with an overbearing rich mother whose husband divorced her, tugged at my heartstrings from the very first page. She is such a sympathetic heroine! I could sympathize with her, without feeling sorry for her too much, and for me, that makes all the difference between a good book and a sappy one.
Tru, our hero, is a handsome labor-and-delivery nurse, and who wouldn't love that about a man? He's not a power-hungry, career-driven, money-seeking guy; rather, he too is sympathetic, with his own mother issues and a large, loving family.
We have plenty of secondary characters, and they are certainly wonderful! I found the camaraderie that Rennie has with her work colleagues much like the best of my own teaching days: fun and true-to-life. Rennie's friend Kara (the heroine from The Guy I'm Not Dating) is fun as a semi-pushy personal trainer. Tru's extended family is great fun as well.
When the inevitable plot conflicts drove our Rennie and Tru apart, I was actually a bit upset with author Trish Perry. Why couldn't she leave these two beleaguered people alone, anyway? Haven't they been through enough? Yet, in this work of fiction as in life, the characters must suffer a bit of faith-testing to strengthen their own personal walks with Jesus as well as their relationship. No one comes out the worse for wear, and the intended and expected happy ending is achieved and welcome at long last.
While this book was published after The Guy I'm Not Dating, it's not necessary to read it before picking up Too Good to Be True. I emailed Trish Perry and told her I liked that about the book, and she told me that Too Good was actually written first. I imagine that some of the background from The Guy might be helpful, but it is most certainly not necessary.
I highly recommend Too Good to Be True.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another fun romance by Trish Perry, May 20, 2007
This review is from: Too Good to Be True (Paperback)
Rennie Young is recovering from a nasty divorce. The last thing she wants is another man, until she passes out in Wal-Mart, and opens her eyes to find the most handsome man she's ever seen. Wonder of wornders, he's holding her hand. Well, really, he's checking her pulse, just a minor detail. His name is Truman, Tru for short, and he wants to see her again in a more personal way. Her cup runneth over.
The relationship between Ren and Tru runs smoothly until they develop mother trouble--both his and hers. The two mothers dump a load of rocks in Tru and Ren's road of love. Of course, Ren manages to put some of those rocks there herself. Can these two find the courage to live their own lives?
Just like Trish Perry's The Guy I'm Not Dating, her Too Good To Be True is a clever, truly enjoyable story with a last chapter that had me smiling through my tears. This one is a winner.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good read, May 22, 2007
This review is from: Too Good to Be True (Paperback)
Not quite as funny as Kara's story, but Ren and her family had me rolling a lot of the time. I hope she has another one in store for Jeremy!
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