Synopsis:
Hollywood’s best matchmaker may have finally met her match.
Genevieve “Eve” Davis is Hollywood’s best, most sought-after matchmaker. Just about in the City of Angels owes her for their happily ever afters. She’s been in the business for ten years and has never made a false move. The only person she hasn’t been able to hit with Cupid’s arrow? Herself.
Then Jemma, Hollywood’s most recent “it” girl, appears on her doorstep. But rather than having an extra bounce in her step, she looks like a dog just crapped all over her brand-new designer boots. The date Eve set up for her was anything but a fairytale beginning. In fact, it was a downright disaster. The first bad review Eve has ever had. If she can’t fix this, her perfect reputation will be torn to shreds.
Even worse, the deeper she digs for that secret ingredient that will help her find Jemma’s perfect match, the harder she falls.
Review:
I always have high hopes for sapphic romances and more often than not, they let me down. Love Among the Stars sounded super cute, but I didn’t realise how short it was. This is less than 200 pages, so it’s a novella. Meaning there was no time to develop the relationship.
Well, that’s a little harsh of me. The relationship between Jemma and Eve is somewhat developed, but not to the extent that (spoiler) they profess their love for each other at the end. I’m all for a whirlwind romance, but they’ve technically only seen each other around five times.
I enjoyed the antics of the different dates Jemma went on, but most of it was ‘this happened and now it’s over’. No time was really taken to actually describe the events and this made the whole book feel very rushed.
Another issue I have with the dates is that they all went really well right until the end when something needed to go horribly wrong so Jemma would end up with Eve. I understand that this is the reason for the book, but maybe sprinkle these issues in a bit more delicately, so it’s not. I’m having a really good time on this date, the person is really nice and caring, oh wait what’s that? A bird is about to attack me so they’ve run off. This is legit what happens.
My biggest issue with this particular date is 1. Jemma’s date is a wildlife photographer so I don’t think you’d be that scared of a bird and 2. Why on Earth would a zoo let you into the bald eagle enclosure? Makes literally no sense.
One positive I will give Love Among the Stars is how quick it is to read. I read about 95% of it in one night and I could have finished the whole book in one sitting if I wasn’t so tired. It’s a good read to bump up your reading numbers, but don’t expect anything amazing.
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