The Astronaut and The Star by Jen Comfort
The Astronaut and the Star by Jen Comfort
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Out of this World Romance Is Hot and Funny
What you need to know about “The Astronaut and The Star”:
✔ Opposites Attract Romance
✔ Dual Point of View
✔ Celebrity/Astronaut Romance
✔ Regina “Reggie” Hayes, astronaut, wants to be the first woman on the Moon
✔ Jon Leo, actor, trying to make it to the A list
✔ Forced proximity
✔ Grumpy x sunshine
✔ Complete Standalone
Regina “Reggie” Hayes is a tough astronaut who wants to be the first woman on the moon. She’s admittedly cold, emotionally cut-off and singularly focused on her goal. However, after a big mistake on her part, that moon mission isn’t looking too good.
So Reggie volunteers to be the NASA liaison / teacher for an actor looking for an immersive astronaut experience to prepare for a role. She hopes this will convey to NASA that she’s a team player.
She finds out that the actor, Jon Leo, is considered easy to work with and a “nice guy”. Reggie doesn’t like or want to be around nice people.
Reggie: “Was she cursed? Would nice people infiltrate her entire life, forever haunting her like ghosts who hadn’t died right?”
Jon Leo is an actor most known for the cult hit “Space Dude”, who feels a little out of his depth when first introduced. He wanted to be an astronaut when he was a kid (as a lot of kids do) so he’s incredibly excited to meet Reggie. But more than that, “This movie was his big break – a chance to be more than a show pony.”
When Reggie and Jon meet there is so much chemistry and attraction on both sides but neither wants to admit it.
Reggie is terrible in every social situation and on camera and Jon admits to her that it’s pretty much all that he’s good at. So, he offers to help her.
They fight themselves and each other as their attraction grows stronger.
The Astronaut and The Star is such a great romance. It is an opposites attract, grumpy woman, sunshine / cinnamon roll hero story. It’s funny, charming and resonates emotionally on so many levels.
For me, as someone who was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, it really meant a lot to me to have that represented in a romance that I absolutely loved.
It was also gratifying to read about two adults battling their own sometimes negative self-images. These characters were given many facets which made them seem more real. I loved their self-doubt, their strengths, their love, their faults, and their crazy (terrible in Reggie’s case) families.
I absolutely love personal growth in a romance so I adored how Jon and Reggie affected one another and that they learn and grow from that. They are always equals in their treatment of, and responses to, one another.
The Astronaut and The Star is an out of this world romance. It’s hot, funny, emotional and smart. I can’t wait to read more from Jen Comfort.
WRITING STYLE: 5/5
PLOT: 5/5
WORLD-BUILDING: 5/5
PACING: 5/5
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: 5/5
ROMANCE: 5/5
HEAT: 5/5
I received an e-ARC of this book, my opinions are 100% my own.
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Amazon Link: The Astronaut and The Star
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