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A review by avrilk
When Stars Collide by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
4.0
Yaaaaas! I'm always frustrated by authors who write men who are so sure of themselves, successful, wealthy, while the women they write are a hot mess professionally and are still finding themselves, even into their thirties! SEP does a lot of that too, and in recent years I've found it to be annoying.
HOWEVER.
Olivia Shore is NOT that girl. She is smart and talented, driven and successful, and has wealth of her own that wasn't some inheritance. And she knows it. She was such a refreshingly satisfying character to read.
I did think the mystery could've been pulled together a little better, only because it was a little too far- fetched to have so many bizarre things happening at once from different and unconnected actors.
But it's a relatively minor quibble since the book is a romance and not actually a mystery.
I've seen others bemoaning the lack of the alpha male in this Chicago Stars installment, but I found Thad to be nearly as refreshing to read as Olivia. He wasn't terribly manipulative or controlling, and he wasn't a bully, which are qualities I get sick of reading in heroes. A decent man with integrity is someone I can root for, and Thad is both of those.
HOWEVER.
Olivia Shore is NOT that girl. She is smart and talented, driven and successful, and has wealth of her own that wasn't some inheritance. And she knows it. She was such a refreshingly satisfying character to read.
I did think the mystery could've been pulled together a little better, only because it was a little too far- fetched to have so many bizarre things happening at once from different and unconnected actors.
But it's a relatively minor quibble since the book is a romance and not actually a mystery.
I've seen others bemoaning the lack of the alpha male in this Chicago Stars installment, but I found Thad to be nearly as refreshing to read as Olivia. He wasn't terribly manipulative or controlling, and he wasn't a bully, which are qualities I get sick of reading in heroes. A decent man with integrity is someone I can root for, and Thad is both of those.