Review: Nineteen Letters
Nineteen Letters
Jodi Perry
Synopsis: Braxton and Jemma have a love story that spans nearly 20 years. But 19 days after their wedding, Jemma is injured in a car accident, erasing her memory. Desperate to help her regain her memory, Braxton begins writing letters to her. These letters take her on the journey of their story, highlighting the beautiful moments that brought them to their wedding day.
With everything happening in the world right now, I welcomed a book that was more lighthearted with a dash of “happily every after”. Sometimes, we just need an escape! This was a pretty good choice for an escape read.
Nineteen Letters feels like a cross between The Vow and P.S. I Love You. In that respect, it felt a little bit “been there, done that”. It didn’t strike me as particularly original. That being said, it is a very sweetly, and well written story.
The thing I really liked about the format of Nineteen Letters is that even though we know from the beginning that this is a couple madly in love, through Braxton writing to Jemma, we get to live their story with them, and fall in love with their story ourselves. Braxton’s love and devotion to Jemma is evident from the very beginning. Watching him struggle to balance his relief that the woman he loves is alive, with his desire to respect that she has no memory of him, as well as his desire to be with his wife is heartbreaking to witness. But it is this conflict that brings heart and soul to the book.
Nineteen Letters isn’t a book full of surprises. You can pretty much guess what you’re going to get. But, the story is still compelling, and I really liked the style of Ms. Perry’s writing. She is pretty “to the point”. She keeps the story flowing, and it has an easy, unrushed, but direct pace to it. I always appreciate writing like that.
If you are looking for a relatively light, easy, love story, this is a great one for you! It’s written on the cover, and I fully agree– this is good book for fans of Nicholas Sparks. It’s sweet, simple, whimsical and romantic. Probably not one that I will come back to and reread, but one I’m glad I read, and would recommend. It would be a great beach read!