**You can see this full review and more at Book Briefs: http://bookbriefs.net**Make Me Believe is the first in a new adult contemporary romance series, called the Believe series. This is Karen Ferry's first book and it is inspired by true events. I love that she shares a note with readers about this at the start of the story. It made me wonder the whole time I was reading which parts were true and which were fictionalized. I thought her sharing that with us made this book a little more special in my eyes. That being said, I liked Make Me Believe, but I didn't over the moon love it. It was a decent enough read for me, but left me feeling kind of blah for the whole book.

I liked Daniel and I liked Emma, so it wasn't really a character issue. I thought they were each charming and had great chemistry together. I'm not really sure what it was. I think the book just felt kind of choppy to me. But enough about that, lets talk about what I liked about Make me Believe. I love the concept of the story. Emma is from England and she moves to Copenhagen for university, where she meets Daniel in the bookstore she works in.

Daniel is dyslexic and wants Emma to help tutor him so he will be ready for university. I thought it was really endearing how awkward and nervous Daniel was. He was starting university at age 24 and he was embarrassed about that as well as about his dyslexia. I liked that aspect of the story, and I thought it was handled really well. I couldn't get a good mental image of Daniel though because at first he was described as geeky and gangly with pretty eyes, and then very shortly thereafter he was described as gorgeous by the same character. But putting that aside, I loved Daniel. He was hands down my favorite character in Make Me Believe.

There are some other plots running along side the school tutoring plot, and I thought Karen Ferry did a great job juggling the plotlines and making them work together. I think a lot of people will really enjoy Make Me Believe as it is a very nice romance. I liked it, and I love the cover. The colors and overall look of it are beautiful. Make me Believe was a decent read for me, but lacked something that was hard to pin down, which prevented me from really loving the story. I'll always have a soft spot for Daniel though.

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