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Star-Crossed
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Narrated by:
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Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood
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By:
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Minnie Darke
About this listen
In this sparkling romantic comedy, a young journalist tampers with her magazine's horoscopes to win her friend's heart - and sets in motion an unpredictable and often hilarious ripple effect. . .
When Justine Carmichael (Sagittarius, aspiring journalist and sceptic) bumps into her old friend Nick Jordan (Aquarius, struggling actor and true believer) it could be by chance. Or perhaps it's written in the stars.
Justine works at the Alexandria Park Star - and Nick, she now learns, relies on the magazine's astrology column to guide him in life.
Looking for a way to get Nick's attention, Justine has the idea of making a few small alterations to 'Aquarius' before it goes to print.
It's only a horoscope, after all. What harm could changing it do?
Charting the many unforeseen ripple effects of Justine's astrological meddling - both for herself and others - Star-crossed is the funny, super-smart, feel-good novel of the year!
'The funny, clever, big-hearted love story of the year. Brilliant!' Heather Rose, bestselling author of The Museum of Modern Love
'This delightful debut will leave you with a warm glow . . . In every way a delight, Star-crossed was so much fun this reviewer fell head over heels for it. If you loved David Nicholls' One Day, go out and buy this now.' Herald Sun
'An absolutely adorable Australian romcom . . . the very definition of feelgood.' Red Magazine (UK)
'[A] glorious romantic comedy . . . This is one dazzling, versatile writer, working with impeccable skill, sharp wit and frolicsome charm.' Weekend Australian
'I loved this completely . . . a bright, brilliant, joyful little love story that spreads into the size of a small town, with its chorus of voices. A total triumph.' Josie Silver, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December
'Simply unputdownable. A joy to read, addictive as all heck, this has got to be my favourite book of 2019 thus far.' Samantha Bond, Glamadelaide.com.au
2019, Tasmanian Premier;s Literary Awards, Short-listed
©2019 Minnie Darke (P)2019 Penguin Random House AustraliaCritic Reviews
"The funny, clever, big-hearted love story of the year. Brilliant!" (Heather Rose, best-selling author of The Museum of Modern Love)
"This delightful debut will leave you with a warm glow...In every way a delight, Star-crossed was so much fun this reviewer fell head over heels for it. If you loved David Nicholls' One Day, go out and buy this now." (Herald Sun)
"An absolutely adorable Australian romcom...the very definition of feelgood." [Red Magazine (UK)]
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- Anonymous User
- 28-03-2020
Great but all over the place
So many stories in one and difficult to follow. Did eventually come together for a good ending.
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- Elizabeth Bennett
- 09-08-2023
Clever!
Enjoyed the interconnected stories. Cleverly woven together. The narrator was also excellent. A Siri command during the story awakened my phone though and tried to make a call!
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- Deborah
- 06-04-2020
Feel good listen!
I loved this book!! In our current climate we all need something to make us feel happy, this is the book.
I’d previously purchased this book only to return it as i couldn’t stand the narrator. Now with a new narrator in this release I decided to give it a go and i’m so glad i did!
Couldn’t stop listening and didn’t want it to end!
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- Wednesday's Child
- 07-11-2020
Fun read
This is a fun, light read made EVEN BETTER by the narration of Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood! She is light-years better than the previous narrator.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Suey
- 28-05-2020
good light listen
once I got into it I loved it worth getting through the slow start narrator was brilliant
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- Editor Felicity
- 02-03-2020
It’s a sizzler
Just love Justine’s informal chats with her brain... Gréât characterisations. Five out of five stars :)
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- A. Wright
- 20-02-2020
Loved it
Loved this book. And that's saying something because I'm generally not a fan of chick lit or books with excessive swearing. Be warned, this author does use the F word excessively in my opinion. I'm also not into astrology. However the story is clever and fun, and full of surprises. I don't want to give too much away but there are a lot of minor characters introduced throughout the book and surprisingly this didn't annoy me, but rather, I found myself caring about each character and wanting to know how their story turned out.
The narrator was excellent.
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- IRB
- 12-02-2020
Frustrating
The narration of this story is superb. The story its self frustrating because what I really wanted was more about Justine and Nick.
It started off really well and grabbed me immediately but then became a collection of short stories about Incidental characters that I had little interest in, even though I recognise that was the point of the story. But not the story I was expecting. I loved the first few chapters and the last few but was thoroughly bored for the middle two thirds.
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- Lisa Brown
- 23-02-2020
Heartwarming & quirky
Lovely quirky story about love & the stars.
Is it chance or fate that takes us places & sets the dominoes in action?
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- Barbra Curtis
- 27-06-2023
Clever and lovely
I love the synchronicity in this book, very cleverly woven together. Will win the 💜 of astrology lovers especially.
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