Justine bumps into Aquarius Nick for the first time in years, he is an actor, struggling to succeed in his chosen career, recently broken up with glamorous model girlfriend, Laura Mitchell. Sagittarian Justine, obsessed with making sure words are spelt correctly, works at the Alexandria Park Star, general dogsbody and runner for 2 years, dreaming of becoming a journalist and securing a cadetship, but the current writers have been in post for a long time, and her prospects look bleak. Justine Carmichael and Nick Jordan's mothers are best friends and the two grew up together in Edenvale until Nick's parents moved away. Minnie Darke writes a lovely piece of romantic contemporary fiction set in Australia. Published on NetGalley and Goodreads on 4.28.19. Thank you to NetGalley, Crown Publishing and Minnie Darke for an arc of this novel in exchange for an honest review. Most other reviewers loved this novel thus I encourage readers to check out other reviews. So much of my time was spent frustrated by the characters actions that I had a hard time connecting and while I so desperately wanted to love this rom com, it just didn’t happen. Unfortunately, I found the writing style to be sluggish and clunky and also felt that the storyline was a bit far-fetched. Initially, Star-Crossed” held a lot of promise. Justine decides to tinker with each month’s astrological predictions for Nick sign (he’s an Aquarius) thinking that he will, of course, follow the path she sets for him. She works for the local paper and it’s there that she finds an opportunity to make Nick rediscover that they are the perfect match! She has this idea, this unbelievably zany idea and yes, she goes through with it. Nick and Justine were best friends when they were kids and both felt “something.” Now, reconnecting in their late twenties, Justine feels “it” again.

Every decision he makes is determined by what his Horoscope tells him to do.

Nick has always lived his life by the stars.

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