Written in the Stars
After a disastrous blind date, Darcy Lowell is desperate to stop her well-meaning brother from playing matchmaker ever again. Love—and the inevitable heartbreak—is the last thing she wants. So she fibs and says her latest set up was a success. Darcy doesn’t expect her lie to bite her in the ass. Elle Jones, one of the astrologers behind the popular Twitter account Oh My Stars, dreams of finding her soul mate. But she knows it is most assuredly not Darcy... a no-nonsense stick-in-the-mud, who is way too analytical, punctual, and skeptical for someone as free-spirited as Elle. When Darcy’s brother—and Elle's new business partner—expresses how happy he is that they hit it off, Elle is baffled. Was Darcy on the same date? Because... awkward. Darcy begs Elle to play along and she agrees to pretend they’re dating. But with a few conditions: Darcy must help Elle navigate her own overbearing family during the holidays and their arrangement expires on New Year’s Eve. The last thing they expect is to develop real feelings during a faux relationship. But maybe opposites can attract when true love is written in the stars?
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On a Seattle Bumble blind date set up by her brother Brendon, the buttoned-up actuary Darcy Lowell meets the social-media astrologer Elle Jones, and the night ends in disaster.
Yes. It is contemporary YA dealing with forced marriage in a Pakistani-American family. It is widely taught in middle and high school.
Saeed has said the novel is informed by real cases of forced marriage she encountered in her advocacy work, but the characters and plot are fictional.
Written in the Stars was written by Alexandria Bellefleur, published in 2020 by HarperCollins Publishers.
Written in the Stars is 193 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Written in the Stars takes most readers 3 to 4 hours to finish.
Written in the Stars is a standalone novel by Alexandria Bellefleur, not part of a series.
Written in the Stars is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.