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Celebrity, closeted actress, 26 year age
gap, Oscars, small town girl, exes wanting back, huge gestures…so many, many
ingredients that make the right mix for mindless entertainment. But this one
doesn’t make the cut.
Julia Dearling lives on a ranch and owns a diner, Starlight
Diner, in a small town in the desert. She has the biggest crush on Katarina
(Rina) Verralta, a four time Oscar winning actress. So when one rainy
evening Julia comes face-to-face with Rina in the parking lot of her diner, she
is a puddle. Rina is stranded and the only obvious thing is for Julia to open
her home to the star.
The problem with this book was Julia’s uneven characterisation.
It felt that the author planned out the scenes between the MCs but didn’t think
of all the bits that would really bind the scenes together. Bits like building
their relationship, creating connection and chemistry before they have sex,
consistency in characterisation (Julia’s – she goes from star-struck to super
confident without pause; from supportive and understanding to wanting to
break-up because of invisibility without Rina having really given her enough
cause etc. etc.), conversations et al.
This is an easy, but forgettable read.
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