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Written in the Stars a Novel About Albrecht Durer

Alexandria Bellefleur

3.82 AVERAGE

bloodthrstbooks's review against another edition

2.5

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

belle13's review against another edition

4.25

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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❤️Fake dating
❤️Holiday romance
❤️Queer Pride & Prejudice retelling
❤️Sapphic romance
❤️Grumpy x sunshine
❤️Family dynamics

Apart from the numerous HP jumpscares (this book was written in 2020 so I forgive this a little but still come on?? Even in 2020 we knew JKR was a pretty terrible person) it was a near perfect rom com read! It was wholesome and sweet and the tension was *chef’s kiss*

Elle was a wonderful character and all of the friendships were lovely however I wasn’t a huge fan of Darcy. I actually really love a prickly FMC but Darcy leaned towards a little too boring as opposed to prickly at times and I think that made it hard for me to connect with or really feel for her as much as I would have liked. It was however a fantastic, warm and fuzzy holiday rom com.

I would recommend it if you like a very grumpy x sunshine romance, prickly FMCs and top tier fake dating.

Amount of spice: 🔥
Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Open door and explicit 

maggie_e16's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

micklesreads's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Cute, but Elle felt a little too manic pixie for me.

Also, why in the world would someone lick the roof of another person's mouth while kissing? Am I missing something? The author mentioned it in two separate scenes and acted like it was the biggest turn on?!?!

putomlinson's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

ladydemonpenguin's review against another edition

3.0

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

treaclewaffle's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hannahlouise26's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

kmperst's review against another edition

5.0

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So so cute! I love Darcy and I love Elle. I read Count Your Lucky Stars before this book so it was really fun to learn more about the context of their relationship in a kind of backwards way. Also I really liked reading about Elle’s family and how she copes with their style of disapproval. It reminded me of my relationship with my grandparents and it was just nice to see her begin to set boundaries and explore how that kind of dynamic affects her self esteem as an adult.

emilynch1211's review against another edition

4.5

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Generally not a romance reader, but this book was lovely and enjoyable! It did lag at times but overall such a good mix of scenes that kept me hooked in reading. Elle and Darby were such lovely characters and they were more fleshed out than typical “opposites attract” stock characters. Lovely read!