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A review by gia0203
Stars Collide by Rachel Lacey
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Aww!! Romance isn’t a genre I often read, but I just finished a long, emotionally heavy book and needed to lighten my heart a little. This was so lovely, for the first half I was giggling and kicking my feet. Though I’ve been out for years now, there’s still something so so healing about reading queer books, particularly because there was never anything like this when I was a teenager.
On the flip side, I do feel like the relationship was quite rushed, but the book was too enjoyable for me to really care about that. I do think that some of the side characters could have had a subplot, because the story was very insulated around Anna and Eden and the other characters really didn’t have any depth. I feel like this story was the authors wish fulfilment (she does talk about her crush on Olivia Newton-John at the end lol understandably) but it’s nice to just sit back and enjoy a cheesy romance without having to think too deeply about anything.
On the flip side, I do feel like the relationship was quite rushed, but the book was too enjoyable for me to really care about that. I do think that some of the side characters could have had a subplot, because the story was very insulated around Anna and Eden and the other characters really didn’t have any depth. I feel like this story was the authors wish fulfilment (she does talk about her crush on Olivia Newton-John at the end lol understandably) but it’s nice to just sit back and enjoy a cheesy romance without having to think too deeply about anything.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse