Review: Release the Stars by Harper Bliss

Note: This ARC was provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

With her bestselling series of books being made into a television series, author Charlotte Cross makes the decision to move from New York to Los Angeles. The move also allows her to be as far away as possible from her ex who devastated her when she left Charlie for a man. Now, Charlie refuses to even consider dating a woman who isn't a hundred percent lesbian. But then she meets the woman she's had a celebrity crush on for quite some time, and celebrity chef Ava Castaneda makes no secret of her attraction to Charlie. Unfortunately, Ava isn't the gold star lesbian Charlie's looking for. Does Charlie risk her chance at love and happiness or will she stick to her requirement of only being with someone who's a 100% lesbian?

Release the Stars is the latest standalone F/F romance from bestselling author Harper Bliss and is a story set in sunny California. Charlie Cross is a New Yorker who moves to LA to oversee the writing for a television series based on her bestselling book series. Her last relationship left her jaded and with her ex moving on with a man, Charlie doesn't want to have anything to do with straight or bisexual women. She wants a true blue lesbian, but the woman who captures her interest is Ava Castaneda, a cooking show host who, the last time Charlie checked was either straight or a possible bisexual, and, of course, this is where things get interesting because denying the chemistry between the two of them because mission impossible.

Charlie's past and never-ending insecurities have made her a stickler when it comes to her future partner's sexuality, and I liked how the realizations of what really happened in her last relationship came from the one person you'd never think could open Charlie's eyes. There were times that Charlie's reasoning became frustrating, so I could definitely relate to how the people around her must have felt. This was really the story of her coming to grips with the person that she is and how she needed to make certain changes if she hoped to find something real with Ava in the town of make-believe. With a strong cast of characters and well-paced contemporary love story, Release the Stars is another four-starred winner from Harper Bliss. ♥

Date Read: 25 December 2015

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