Star Shipped - Cat Sebastian
This is my first Cat Sebastian book - I think it's her first contemporary romance, and I very much hope it isn't the last! I've heard such good things about the author's style of writing and I'm another one who absolutely loved it. 💕
Star Shipped is written from the point of view of one of the main characters, Simon, and I think this allows us to really understand him, his thoughts and feelings, and also his struggles with anxiety, OCD, and migraines.
Simon is an actor on a long running sci-fi show, but does not like his co-star Charlie, who is popular, charming, and fun.
When Simon decides to leave the show after many years, he's worried that it'll look like he's hard to work with and prevent future opportunities (even though he is actually hard to work with). So to improve his image, he and Charlie agree to spend some time together in public to show everyone they do get on (even though they have had lots of issues working together.)
However, after spending time together, Simon realises he may have misjudged Charlie a little. And when they have to go on an out of town road trip, he learns a lot more about Charlie's background and family, and perhaps realises that there's a lot more to him than he or anyone else knew about.
I just really, really loved this book, and the style of writing. It was more a slice of life than anything else, just two people growing closer.
Simon was such an interesting character - I really liked him. Yes, he was difficult at times, but because we got a deep dive character study into his thoughts and feelings, we knew why he could be like that. Before this book, the only person he trusted was his best friend Jamie, and apart from that he isolated himself from all his colleagues.
It was beautiful seeing how he slowly began opening himself up to Charlie, and the way his feelings changed.
I think this may be my first book in this particular style and I love it. 💕
Thank you so much to
@catswrites @harper360uk and
@instabooktours for having me on this book tour! 😀
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