I love her carefree, ditzy spirit, which is a brilliant contrast to Darcie's standoffish persona (although she's a complete marshmallow on the inside). She wouldn't know.”Įlle is definitely my favourite character. “Elle loved herself, but what a feeling it must be, being loved by someone else exactly as you are, quirks and warts and all. Elle is trying to make a success of her business while dealing with the constant overshadowing of her family and feeling like a disappointment. Darcy is struggling to cope with heartbreak and her meddling, over-protective younger brother. Meticulous, realistic, and standoffish on one hand and an ever-optimistic, free-spirited astrologer on the other, they're a match made in disaster! A blind date gone wrong, Elle and Darcy get off on completely the wrong foot, neither one expecting to see the other ever again.īut a little white lie grows out of control, and the two soon form a truce through a mutually beneficial fake relationship.įake relationship and slow burn, enemies-to-lovers are some of my favourite tropes! I love the tension and chemistry build between two characters who, at first, don't see eye-to-eye and have to fight their feelings for each other.īoth characters are complex and well-developed.

“There was only so much chafing a girl could handle, and Elle Jones had reached her limit.”ĭarcy and Elle are complete opposites. It's an 'own voices' f/f romance, with lesbian and bisexual rep with influences from Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones, and it was so much fun to read. I'm really annoyed at myself for waiting so long to read this! The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a fake relationship.īut maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars? 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. When Darcy begs Elle to play along, she agrees to pretend they’re dating to save face. When Darcy’s brother-and Elle's new business partner-expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle.

But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the ass.Įlle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account, Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Love-and the inevitable heartbreak-is the last thing she wants.

After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again.

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