Featured Review: Chasing the Stars (Melanie Hooyenga)

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About This Book:

They’ve both sworn off romance, but love is written in the stars.

Naomi
Insta-love isn’t a thing. Even if fans of my podcast think differently. But I can’t deny the insta-sparks with the cute boy Hunter on my family camping trip. My fans think I’ve got it all figured out, so maybe it’s time to follow my own advice and listen to my heart.

Hunter’s scowly attitude almost makes me hit rewind, but our interfering siblings convince me to give him another chance. Just when he starts to open up, I get an offer that could change everything I had planned for the future—and ruin my shot at happily ever after.

Hunter
My friends say I have a one-track mind, but it’s not what you’re thinking. If I’m going to finish college in three years and be a book editor in New York, I don’t have time for distractions—not even by girls as charming as Naomi.

Despite my attempts, it’s impossible to ignore this love interest who’s fallen into my orbit. I finally have the opportunity to be the hero in my own story, but I have a secret that puts more than just my future at stake, and if I make the wrong decision, it could alter my plotline forever.

Book two in the Campfire Series, Chasing the Stars, is filled with stolen kisses, tipping canoes, and stars so bright you can see into the next galaxy.

 

 

*Review Contributed by Bethany Wicker, Listings Manager*

With the help of her twin brother Theo, Naomi has a popular podcast that offers advice for people looking to find the positives in life. She always manages to find the good in bad situations. Hunter is hoping to graduate from college early to become an editor and won’t let anything stand in his way. He doesn’t have time for anything else except his studying.

When their moms plan a family trip, Naomi and Hunter collide and it isn’t insta-love, because that doesn’t exist. Neither of them have time for or want a relationship, but they can’t deny the attraction sizzling between them. Hunter has his school and Naomi has her podcasts, which she’s trying to decide if she should expand it or not. Their first encounter doesn’t go well when Hunter throws in some snark and stomps on any conversation Naomi tries to start. Throughout the trip, the two butt heads and find themselves going back and forth, until something shifts between them.

CHASING THE STARS is a sweet coming of age contemporary romance that features two teens trying to get a handle on their lives. With their crazy families and unknown futures to consider, a relationship sounds like too much to juggle for both Hunter and Naomi. But surrounded by the beauty of nature makes it hard to focus on the bad, especially when Naomi’s thing is to find the good.

Final Verdict: I would recommend this to fans of contemporary romance. It’s an easy read that I managed to devour in one sitting.

 

 

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