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Minnie Darke

Star-crossed

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 the horoscopes for Aquarius. 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 you’ve been looking for. Translated into over twenty languages, Star-Crossed continues to flirt with the prospect of becoming a television series.

Translated into more than twenty languages, Star-crossed is a novel that speaks to the world.

Reviews for Star-crossed

‘Intricately plotted, pacey, racy and deftly written, it is a playful work by an experienced hand who knows well how to obscure the efforts of her labour. That’s why the publishing world is going nuts over it: books of this calibre in this genre don’t come along very often.’
– Amanda Ducker
“I loved this completely. Star-Crossed is all about the human impulse to look to others when we are lost, and so it’s wonderfully relatable not only in its lively characters who read as faraway-yet-familiar as neighbors but also in its navigation of the kinds of decisions we can’t face alone: the phone calls we make to our mothers, the friends we use as mirrors, the horoscope page at the back of the magazine. This is a bright, brilliant, joyful love story that spreads into the size of a small town with its chorus of voices and old homes and childhoods and gossips. A total triumph.”
– Josie Silver
'You don’t need to care a thing about astrology to find Star-Crossed a five-star delight. Minnie Darke has written a sharp, funny, and irresistible rom-com that melted my cold, skeptical (Gemini/moon in Sag) heart. I predict you’ll fall, too.'
– Lisa Gabriele

Danielle lives and works on Mumirimina, Muwinina and Melukerdee country. She acknowledges with deep respect the Palawa people who are the traditional owners of Lutruwita/Tasmania.
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