written in the stars a novel alexandria bellefleur

Gooey with kindness and affable as a puppy, it’s a warm, near-perfect sink into a sweetness and light. Sometimes, you just want to read a fun romance novel, and Written in the Stars is that. For fake-dating leads to real feelings, and then Darcy and Elle must figure out how to navigate a situation that’s rapidly getting out of control. Their limited fake-dating relationship will span the holidays so Elle won’t have to deal with her disapproving family alone, and end on New Year’s Day, but it has its complications. The two agree to fake-date to get out of the situation, as Elle and Brendon are brand-new business partners on top of it all, with Elle providing horoscope-based matchmaking advice and quizzes for his dating ap.

Which means Elle has to confront Darcy about her lie. Which means Brendon burbles to Elle about how excited he is that Darcy likes Elle and now they can all double date together with him and his husband. Which is why she lies to Brendon that the date went well. Actuary Darcy is an extremely ordered introvert devoted to the soap opera Whisper Cove who Just Wants to be Left Alone after a nasty break-up drove her to live in Seattle. Darcy turns out to be the woman Elle mistook for a hostess at the bar where they’re meeting, and the rest of the date becomes an awkward nightmare which embarrasses Elle and leaves Darcy swearing she’ll never go on a blind date at her brother’s behest again.Įlle is a bubbly, free-living extrovert of an astrology addict who works at a metaphysical bookshop and runs a popular astrology-centered Twitter account. A blind date set up for her by her friend, Brendon Lowell, who was so eager to get his sister Darcy in on the game he didn’t realize that perhaps it would be a good idea to give Elle a description or a picture of her intended. A loose reinterpretation of Pride and Prejudice – the characters are more archetypal than direct representations of Austen’s – Written in the Stars is a fun, light-weight and light-hearted romp through the worlds of two Seattle women who find love together in spite of themselves.Įlle Jones is on a blind date.

Written in the stars a novel alexandria bellefleur