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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’ve started this review a few times because I’m not sure what to say. This is a well written story that was easy to follow. I was captivated. It’s hard to explain because there is no drama, no suspense…just a very realistic love story that not everyone is lucky enough to have. The reason for not 5 stars is because I didn’t feel as connected emotionally to the characters as I would have expected to be. Overall a really great book that I would absolutely recommend.
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
I really enjoyed the book. I liked how parts of the story were revealed later on and how it all came together in the ends. When I read the first read, I felt that the book would remind me of Nicholas Sparks writing, and I have to say I still agree with this. While reading this book, a lot of the story reminded me of when I first read the notebook. The characters even reminded me a bit of the main characters from the notebook as well. It had the small town and everything. The writing felt a little choppy at times, but overall I generally enjoyed the book. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys reading books with the small town feel, such as books by Nicholas Sparks or even Robyn Carr with the Virgin River series. I do love how the story started at the end, how we got how the characters got to that point within the story, then picked up with where the book started at the actual end.
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
The Keeper of Stars is a sweet second-chance love story that spans decades.
Ellie and Jack met as teens and over one magical summer they fell in love. Both held hopes for a future together, but forces beyond their control, and added miscommunication, kept them apart, forcing them to grow separately for many years before fate brought them back into one another’s orbit.
This story includes many classic romance tropes, such as second chance romance, small town romance, miscommunication, and clean/ closed door romance. Very closed door, with definite Christian vibes, which definitely threw me off a bit, but thankfully weren’t a huge part of the story.
This would be a great choice for anyone who enjoys The Notebook, or any other works by or similar to Nicholas Sparks, as well as those who enjoy very sweet, clean/ closed door romance.
Many thanks to Buck Turner and Bookish First for the gifted copy.
Ellie and Jack met as teens and over one magical summer they fell in love. Both held hopes for a future together, but forces beyond their control, and added miscommunication, kept them apart, forcing them to grow separately for many years before fate brought them back into one another’s orbit.
This story includes many classic romance tropes, such as second chance romance, small town romance, miscommunication, and clean/ closed door romance. Very closed door, with definite Christian vibes, which definitely threw me off a bit, but thankfully weren’t a huge part of the story.
This would be a great choice for anyone who enjoys The Notebook, or any other works by or similar to Nicholas Sparks, as well as those who enjoy very sweet, clean/ closed door romance.
Many thanks to Buck Turner and Bookish First for the gifted copy.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A romance set against the backdrop of the sea that fate has already written in the stars.
Jack Bennett has lived in a small, seaside town in Tennessee his entire life. He dreams of nothing more than spending his time on the water and taking care of his mother. That is, until Ellie Spencer appears before his boat, demanding that room is made for her to come aboard. For Jack, it's love at first sight. As for Ellie, it doesn't take long for a single spark to become a summer of romance. But can a teenage summer romance survive the test of time when outside forces seem so set on keeping Jack and Ellie apart? Or will they find a way to rewrite the stars and claim their own destinies?
This one was a pretty mediocre read for me. I really enjoyed the beginning when Jack and Ellie fall in love as young adults. I thought the moments on the island were cute, the presents that Jack gave Ellie were meaningful, and I love the story of the mockingbird and how Jack tied this to their relationship. It was a cute set-up and made me want to root for the two of them. However, the back and forth that the two went through of being on-again off-again was very annoying and had me lamenting the fact that these two couldn't make up their minds. Did they love each other more than anything else or not? I know love is never simple, but I honestly can't believe that these two didn't blow their chances with one another by their indecisiveness alone.
I'm going to sound this at risk to sounding like a broken record, but this story really reminded my of Spark's "Dear John" mashed together with "The Notebook." I know that many adult love stories encompass very similar tropes and themes (even many of Spark's books read near the same thing), but I often found it strange how much this book reminded me of these two Sparks novels. This isn't exactly a bad thing, but it really did up the predictability by quite a bit when many of the same things happened throughout the story in hauntingly similar ways.
I think my favorite thing about this book had to be the usage of stars. The fact that Ellie is an astrologist and Jack is a sailor means that both of their livelihoods depend on the stars. I thought this made it extra cool to use stars metaphorically throughout to talk about how small humans are, how fate can seem predetermined, how "fated" things can change on a whim, and how Jack is Ellie's North Star, all while Ellie is Jack's "keeper of stars." It might not be the most unique concept, but paired with the mockingbird and the arrowhead, I thought that Jack and Ellie had a pretty solid selection of objects to imprint on and metaphorically wax poetic about.
Overall, "The Keeper of Stars" was a decent romance between a small town boy and a girl with dreams as untouchable as the stars. I didn't particularly connect with Jack or Ellie and I found the rest of the character's to be, for the most part, quite petty. I didn't hate the romance, but I didn't find myself exactly rooting for it either (as long as Jack didn't end up with Sara *shudder*). In the end, the book was quite predictable and the way that the story got to that point was often frustrating. All in all, a very middle of the road kind of romance—not terrible, but not anything amazing.
Jack Bennett has lived in a small, seaside town in Tennessee his entire life. He dreams of nothing more than spending his time on the water and taking care of his mother. That is, until Ellie Spencer appears before his boat, demanding that room is made for her to come aboard. For Jack, it's love at first sight. As for Ellie, it doesn't take long for a single spark to become a summer of romance. But can a teenage summer romance survive the test of time when outside forces seem so set on keeping Jack and Ellie apart? Or will they find a way to rewrite the stars and claim their own destinies?
This one was a pretty mediocre read for me. I really enjoyed the beginning when Jack and Ellie fall in love as young adults. I thought the moments on the island were cute, the presents that Jack gave Ellie were meaningful, and I love the story of the mockingbird and how Jack tied this to their relationship. It was a cute set-up and made me want to root for the two of them. However, the back and forth that the two went through of being on-again off-again was very annoying and had me lamenting the fact that these two couldn't make up their minds. Did they love each other more than anything else or not? I know love is never simple, but I honestly can't believe that these two didn't blow their chances with one another by their indecisiveness alone.
I'm going to sound this at risk to sounding like a broken record, but this story really reminded my of Spark's "Dear John" mashed together with "The Notebook." I know that many adult love stories encompass very similar tropes and themes (even many of Spark's books read near the same thing), but I often found it strange how much this book reminded me of these two Sparks novels. This isn't exactly a bad thing, but it really did up the predictability by quite a bit when many of the same things happened throughout the story in hauntingly similar ways.
I think my favorite thing about this book had to be the usage of stars. The fact that Ellie is an astrologist and Jack is a sailor means that both of their livelihoods depend on the stars. I thought this made it extra cool to use stars metaphorically throughout to talk about how small humans are, how fate can seem predetermined, how "fated" things can change on a whim, and how Jack is Ellie's North Star, all while Ellie is Jack's "keeper of stars." It might not be the most unique concept, but paired with the mockingbird and the arrowhead, I thought that Jack and Ellie had a pretty solid selection of objects to imprint on and metaphorically wax poetic about.
Overall, "The Keeper of Stars" was a decent romance between a small town boy and a girl with dreams as untouchable as the stars. I didn't particularly connect with Jack or Ellie and I found the rest of the character's to be, for the most part, quite petty. I didn't hate the romance, but I didn't find myself exactly rooting for it either (as long as Jack didn't end up with Sara *shudder*). In the end, the book was quite predictable and the way that the story got to that point was often frustrating. All in all, a very middle of the road kind of romance—not terrible, but not anything amazing.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
emotional
slow-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