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When event planner Hallie Goodman receives party-inspiration material from the bride of her latest wedding project, the last thing she expects to find in the files are digital videos from Darcy’s ex-boyfriend. Hallie knows it’s wrong to keep watching these personal videos, but this guy is cute, funny, and an astronaut on the International Space Station to boot. She’s only human. And it’s not long until she starts sending e-mails and video diaries to his discontinued NASA address. Since they’re bouncing back, there’s no way anyone will ever be able to see them... right? Christopher Ortiz is readjusting to life on earth and being constantly in the shadow of his deceased older brother. When a friend from NASA’s IT department forwards him the e-mails and video messages Hallie has sent, he can’t help but notice how much her sense of humor and pink hair make his heart race. Separated by screens, Hallie and Chris are falling in love with each other, one transmission at a time. But can they make their star-crossed romance work when they each learn the other’s baggage? Space is the last thing an event planner and an astronaut need in this charming new romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Samantha Young.
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Thank you so much to Berkley and Netgalley for providing an advanced copy of this. All thoughts and opinions are still my own.
Unfortunately this romance just wasn't for me. I absolutely loved the setup for this one and I've really loved this author's books in the past. But there were some characterization things that just aren't my favorite and knew would bother me if I continued with the book.
This story follows our quirky heroine who is an event planner. She gets herself into all kinds and oddball situations - getting her coat caught in a train door, trying on someones clothes in a store. And after the many-ith time of this happening in the first 18% I started to find this "quirk" obnoxious - it was just too much.
On top of that the heroine is the caricature of a pushover. She lets everyone demean and use her for anything and just lets it happen. To the point where she creates an apology video to a famous stranger... and I just couldn't get on board.
I felt like the author tried way too hard to make the heroine quirky (did I mention she also has pink hair) and it left me finding her annoying rather endearing like intended.
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