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This review is of “Seeing Stars” by Vanessa Grant.

The book begins on a mountaintop in Arizona. It is here that Claire Welland, PhD, the heroine of the book, works as an astronomer. Claire has just received an invitation to her 15th year high school reunion in her birth state of Washington. Claire doesn’t want to go; she didn’t enjoy high school very much, and she doesn’t want to run into her high-school crush, Blake “Mac” McKenzie, again.

With a little nudging from a friend, Claire goes to her reunion. There, she meets up with people she doesn’t remember, people she doesn’t want to see and…Blake, the hero of the book. Blake is a shipbuilder, and Claire is stunned to discover that he reciprocates her feelings. Claire agrees to have a one-week affair with Blake, and then they go their own separate ways, at least that’s the plan.

In addition to his shipbuilding business, Blake helps turn around the lives of at-risk teenage boys, and he asks Claire to help him with some of his current charges.

As Claire and Blake’s relationship deepens and they become lovers, there are issues they have to deal with. First, the disapproval of Blake’s sister, Lydia-who later warms to Claire-and the fact that Claire has a potential job offer which would take her to Chile.

As their week together comes to an end, Blake and Claire have a big argument, with Blake basically calling her a coward who is too afraid to love someone, which is kind of true. After thinking about the reaming she received from Blake-plus the fact that she is pregnant with his child, Claire reassesses her plans, gives up the chance to go to Chile to marry Blake and have a Happily Ever After.

Upside: There is clearly chemistry between Claire and Blake.

Downside: While they may have chemistry with each other, I didn’t feel any chemistry between them and me as a reader. I never felt like they were truly real people instead of words on a screen on my Kindle. The characters are woefully underdeveloped.

Sex; A few scenes which are barely lukewarm.

Violence: None.

Bottom Line: “Seeing Stars” had potential, but Ms. Grant never unlocked it.


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Seeing Stars eBook Vanessa Grant Reviews

Thought the story was nice until about 60% in, nerdy scientist with no social life returns for high school reunion dreaming of the town bad boy. But the bad boy is all grown up and has become quite the catch. He needs help with a troubled teen, she agrees to help in exchange for her dream.

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I started disliking the book when an purposely lied about being on the pill and actually thought oh well at least the kid would know mom loved dad. It was potential storyline when they forgot protection and she wondered what if. But when he asked her flat out, asked her to promise to tell him if she got pregnant and she lied? So she can live where she wants? I was put off immediately, hating the character. HEA or not at the end, that ruined the book for me.
I loved the story from the beginning. The character development of a shy Claire and the former bad-boy/now all-round good guy Blake was nicely done. Most of the dialog was believable and I enjoyed the humor interspersed throughout the book. It could have used a little more editing and there were a couple of scenes where I had difficulty visualizing where people were in proximity to others and the surrounding. The whole idea of showing how much a person can change and become responsible after high school was delightfully refreshing. I loved the book and actually read it 3 times. Would I read another of her books - you bet!

Spoiler alert I would have preferred more closure at the end. It seemed to end abruptly with several unresolved issues. I also was enjoying reading so much I also did not want the story to end so quickly.
Arizona astronomer Claire Welland is happy with her life just the way it is, or is she? She loves her work and she's just found a comet and had it named after her. She's also in line for a prestigious job in Chile. The only real thing she finds lacking in her life these days, is the longing to have a child of her own. Her friend Jennifer has a five month old baby girl named Tammie and Clair can't get over the fact that every time she sees them together, it makes her yearn to have a child of her own.

But right now that's not possible, she doesn't even have a boyfriend and hasn't had one for a few years now. Heck, Kevin was her one and only boyfriend, and that was way back when they were still in college together. That didn't mean she still didn't wish for a child of her own though.

Then one day her friend, Jennifer talks her into going back for her 15th year high school reunion. Claire wants no part of it. She didn't much care for her high school years back then, so why torcher herself by going back now? BUT....After many long talks with Jennifer, she finally convinces her to go. She not only convinces Claire to go, but she also talks her into letting her hair down, and into going after her high school crush and having herself a week long fling with him.

The last thing she expects when she comes home to Port Townsend, Washington, for her high school reunion is to be swept off her feet by Blake McKenzie, or Mac as everyone seems to call him these days..

Claire is surprised to find out that Blake is not the bad boy he once was, no...Blake is now a prominent shipbuilder dedicated to helping local troubled teens make something out of their lives. He's also been raising his much younger step siblings for several years now all on his own, after both of their parents had passed away.

Blake has been having problems trying to keep, Jake one of those troubled teenagers in line and out of trouble. Jake is a really smart kid, but he became lost and out of sorts after his parents sudden death. Since then he has been shuffled from one foster care home to another, and then finally he was thrown into a group home. And that's where the big problems really started. Jake has already tried to take his own life once since he's been there, and he'd also gotten into the drug scene, too. Needless to say...Mac is so desperate to find a way to help him get back into something that would catch his interest. Something that hopefully would help turn his life around again. Something that would make him want to really make something of himself one day. So when he asks Claire to talk to one of his boys about astronomy, he's only thinking she might give some meaningful directions in life to a troubled kid.

He never dreamed she'd agree to do it, but there was a catch. She said she'd only agree to help, if Mac would agree to a one week affair with her. He agreed, after all how could he not? He do just about anything to help his kids. Besides.... He had always had a secret thing for those huge blue eyes of hers back in high school, and she was even more beautiful now, then she was way back then.

So in the end they both agreed to have a no- strings attached week long fling, but nothing else. And when the week was over, they'd both walk away with their hearts still intact. Or would they?

The only reason I gave this story a 4 star rating, is because I would have loved to see a more detailed ending, or at least an epilogue. I would have loved to see if the boys ever got their telescope built. I would have also liked to see if the telescope project had any real lasting effects on Tim and Jake's lives. How did the boys turn out later on in life? Did Claire and Mac get married and adopt the boys? IMO- there was so many loose ends that could have been wrapped up, if there had been an epilogue.

Would I recommend this book? Yes, I would highly recommend it!
This review is of “Seeing Stars” by Vanessa Grant.

The book begins on a mountaintop in Arizona. It is here that Claire Welland, PhD, the heroine of the book, works as an astronomer. Claire has just received an invitation to her 15th year high school reunion in her birth state of Washington. Claire doesn’t want to go; she didn’t enjoy high school very much, and she doesn’t want to run into her high-school crush, Blake “Mac” McKenzie, again.

With a little nudging from a friend, Claire goes to her reunion. There, she meets up with people she doesn’t remember, people she doesn’t want to see and…Blake, the hero of the book. Blake is a shipbuilder, and Claire is stunned to discover that he reciprocates her feelings. Claire agrees to have a one-week affair with Blake, and then they go their own separate ways, at least that’s the plan.

In addition to his shipbuilding business, Blake helps turn around the lives of at-risk teenage boys, and he asks Claire to help him with some of his current charges.

As Claire and Blake’s relationship deepens and they become lovers, there are issues they have to deal with. First, the disapproval of Blake’s sister, Lydia-who later warms to Claire-and the fact that Claire has a potential job offer which would take her to Chile.

As their week together comes to an end, Blake and Claire have a big argument, with Blake basically calling her a coward who is too afraid to love someone, which is kind of true. After thinking about the reaming she received from Blake-plus the fact that she is pregnant with his child, Claire reassesses her plans, gives up the chance to go to Chile to marry Blake and have a Happily Ever After.

Upside There is clearly chemistry between Claire and Blake.

Downside While they may have chemistry with each other, I didn’t feel any chemistry between them and me as a reader. I never felt like they were truly real people instead of words on a screen on my . The characters are woefully underdeveloped.

Sex; A few scenes which are barely lukewarm.

Violence None.

Bottom Line “Seeing Stars” had potential, but Ms. Grant never unlocked it.