Written in the Stars: A Novel

Written in the Stars: A Novel

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  • Create Date:2020-11-11 04:11:09
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  • Author:Alexandria Bellefleur
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Summary

"I was hooked from the very first page!” – Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author of In a Holidaze

With nods to Bridget Jones and Pride & Prejudice, this debut is a delightful #ownvoices queer rom-com about a free-spirited social media astrologer who agrees to fake a relationship with an uptight actuary until New Year’s Eve—with results not even the stars could predict!

After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and the inevitable heartbreak—is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the ass.

Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy... a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle. When Darcy’s brother—and Elle's new business partner—expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. Was Darcy on the same date? Because... awkward.

Darcy begs Elle to play along and she agrees to pretend they’re dating. But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family during the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year’s Eve. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a faux relationship. But maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars?

"Everything I want from a rom-com: fun, whimsical, sexy." – Talia Hibbert, USA Today bestselling author of Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Editor Reviews

★ 08/10/2020

A disastrous blind date kicks off Bellefleur’s excellent rom-com debut. Elle Jones, an eternally optimistic astrologist, and Darcy Lowell, a tightly buttoned actuary who’s given up on love after a past betrayal, realize almost immediately that, though their physical chemistry is electric, their personalities mix like oil and water. Still, when Darcy’s brother, Brendon, who set them up, asks Darcy how it went, she says it was great to get him to stop worrying about her love life. Elle resents being pulled into the lie—but agrees to play along to get her own family off her back. As the women spend more time together, ironing out the details of their fake relationship and going on double dates with Brendon, they begin to see each other’s differences as turn-ons rather than turn-offs, and the line between reality and pretend blurs. Readers will be rapt by the sensuous love scenes once Darcy and Elle throw pretense aside—but Darcy’s inability to admit her feelings might still keep the couple from their happy ending. A moving subplot about Elle’s fight for her family’s acceptance rounds out the story, while astrology memes (“What brunch food are you based on your zodiac?”) and nods to Pride and Prejudice scattered throughout add texture. This is a delight. Agent: Sarah Younger, Nancy Yost Literary Agency. (Nov.)

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Reviews

jrockey

Elle and Darcy may be star-crossed lovers - if only Darcy believed in stuff like that. Darcy likes things neat and tidy: her apartment, her spreadsheets at work, her relationships. She definitely does not buy into things like soul mates. But then Darcy meets Elle on a blind date, courtesy of Darcy's brother, and Darcy can add astrology to her list of ridiculous things she doesn't buy into. Elle is Darcy's opposite: an astrologer, a little messy, and emotionally vulnerable. And despite the sparks between them, Elle doesn't need a star chart to know that it won't work between her and Darcy. But Darcy needs Elle to help her save face in front of her family, and suddenly Elle is in a pretend relationship with the prim and proper Darcy. But when the fake dating starts to get more and more real, Elle and Darcy will have to decide if their signs are aligning or if they're receiving celestial mixed signals. Written in the Stars was an absolute joy to read. Elle and Darcy were both adorable and, at times, adorably frustrating when it came to falling for each other. Elle was free-spirited yet vulnerable, and her personality leaps off the page. Darcy simultaneously came off as a bit closed off in Elle's point of view, yet her character bloomed in her own point of view. Both stories intertwined beautifully in this interesting plot. This story was more than just a girl meets girl tale; Bellefleur shows how imperfections are not flaws, and sometimes the person you think is your opposite might just be your one true pairing.