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Miranda in Retrograde by Lauren Layne
Genre : Contemporary Romance
Publisher : Gallery Books
After getting passed over for tenure and having her life upended in the process, a physics professor decides to throw caution to the wind and live by her horoscope predictions for a year in this effervescent rom-com from the New York Times bestselling author of Made in Manhattan .
As the youngest physics professor at her university, practical-minded Miranda Reed plans her life with minute precision. But that’s before she’s denied tenure and the promotion she thought was guaranteed. Suddenly, her tidy life is anything but constant.
Overdue for a sabbatical, Miranda takes some time to look towards the stars—only this time, she’s not looking for black holes. With her faith in science shaken, Miranda turns to a practice she’s long dismissed as astrology.
Determined to figure out why her life has suddenly gone sideways, Miranda commits to a year of letting her horoscope guide her. Put a down payment on a home? Not while Mercury’s in retrograde. Spontaneous dinner party invitation? Sorry, horoscope says Gemini Rising best stay in tonight. And as far as the intriguingly aloof artist living next door? Never. His Aries energy is all wrong. On the other hand, the charming father of her new tutoring pupil is Sagittarian perfection. Made for her...right?
As Miranda navigates life with new a perspective, she slowly discovers neither science nor the stars have all the answers. And that, when it comes to love, you sometimes just have to trust your heart.
Lauren Layne is one of my all time favorite authors(I'd happily read her grocery list at this point)so I couldn't resist reading the ARC this early even though it releases on 08/13 😂
Miranda Reed has a PhD in astrophysics and is one of the youngest physics professors at her university but when she's denied a tenure position, she's left feeling a bit lost. When she's nudged to take a sabbatical, she decides to use this time to rediscover and try new things and what better way to do this than to look at astrology - something that she doesn't really believe in. But with the help of her aunt and her best friend - who's an astrology enthusiast, she decides to take a leap of faith by living according to some of the predictions - a bit difficult for the ever-practical Miranda but she's up for a challenge!
This one had everything I love in an LL book - easy-to-love characters, some witty banter and humor along with the romance! Miranda was a bit different from the usual LL heroine but she was also very relatable at times. While the blurb might hint at a love triangle I feel like the love interest was pretty obvious! The romance between Miranda and Archer was a super slow burn(had me feeling like it was a Mariana Zapata book😂) but really amazing with a healthy amount of opposites-attract tension and banter! I love how Asher was so astute in his observations about her and saw her for who she was. I loved pretty much all of the characters in this one and had so much fun reading it. My only complaint is the lack of steam in this one 😩 makes me miss the old LL books. But honestly everything else was perfect and I can't wait for everyone else to fall in love with this story too!❣️✨
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*I was provided with an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*
Lauren Layne is the New York Times, USA TODAY and Amazon
bestselling author of more than thirty romantic comedies. Her
books have sold over a million copies, been translated into more
than a dozen languages, and have been featured in Oprah Magazine,
Publishers Weekly, Glamour, The Wall Street Journal, and Inside
Edition. She’s based in New York City where she is married to her
high school sweetheart.
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