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Written in the Stars
By Alexandria Bellefleur
🎧 Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
Series: Written in the Stars, Book 1
Book 37 of 2024

I’ve been meaning to read this series forever, and I can’t wait to continue it!

If you read the book synopsis (in the comments), the book is marketed as having nods to Pride and Prejudice, and I can always use more of the source material. Written in the Stars really only uses the archetype of the main characters – Darcy is a bit cold and reserved, and Elle is more free-spirited. 

While I overall enjoyed Written in the Stars, and thought it was a fun romcom, there are a few elements I wish were different that may have made it a five star for me. 

First, I feel like with the opposites attract trope, especially in the case of this story where Darcy was kind of mean to Elle at the beginning, we need the more reserved or stuck up character to fall first and fall harder. Darcy starts out being attracted to Elle, but really doesn’t like her personality. For me, this made the beginning slow and it made it harder for me to really like Darcy or root for her love story. Don’t worry though, she did really like Elle after getting to know her, and respect her belief in astrology. 

Once our couple started spending real time together and getting over their first impressions, it was a really fun read! 

🎧 I listened to this all via audiobook and really enjoyed Lauren Sweet’s performance. I sometimes have trouble when the two POVs share a gender, but I found it easy to tell who’s POV we were in!  

[book synopsis]

With nods to Bridget Jones and Pride and Prejudice, a charming #ownvoices queer rom-com debut about a free-spirited social media astrologer who agrees to fake a relationship with an uptight actuary until New Year’s Eve—with results not even the stars could predict!

After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and the inevitable heartbreak—is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the ass.

Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account, Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy… a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle. When Darcy’s brother—and Elle’s new business partner—expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. Was Darcy on the same date? Because… awkward.

When Darcy begs Elle to play along, she agrees to pretend they’re dating to save face. But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family over the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year’s Eve. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a fake relationship.

But maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars?