{"id":28155,"date":"2022-05-11T08:18:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T12:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=28155"},"modified":"2022-10-16T03:46:24","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T03:46:24","slug":"review-starry-eyed-love-by-helena-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/11\/review-starry-eyed-love-by-helena-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-28155\" data-postid=\"28155\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-28155 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/starry-eyed-love-helena-hunting.jpg?resize=333%2C500\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Having just broken up with her boyfriend, London Spark is not in the mood to be hit on. Especially not when she\u2019s out celebrating her single status with her sisters. So when a very attractive man pays for their drinks and then slips her his number, she passes it right back to him with a \u2018thanks, but no thanks\u2019. As the business administrator for their family\u2019s event hotel, the Spark House, London has more important things to worry about, like bringing in new clientele.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">As luck would have it, a multi-million-dollar company calls a few months later asking for a meeting to discuss a potential partnership, and London is eager to prove to her sisters, and herself, that she can land this deal. Just when she thinks she has nailed her presentation, the company\u2019s CEO, Jackson Holt, walks in and inserts himself into the meeting. Not only that, but he also happens to be the same guy she turned down at the bar a few months ago.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">As they begin to spend more time together, their working relationship blossoms into something more. It isn\u2019t until their professional entanglements are finally over, that London and Jackson are finally ready to take the next step in their relationship. But between Jackson\u2019s secretive past and London\u2019s struggle with her sisters, London must question where she really stands &#8211; not just with Jackson, but with the Spark House, too.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_23787e9 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_2d1ea91  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16466 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg?resize=135%2C44\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> May 10, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual\/Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Macmillan<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0St. Martin&#8217;s Press<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $7.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><blockquote class=\"quotes\"><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cAnd I realize that this is the spark I\u2019ve been missing all along. And now that I\u2019ve found it, I want to nurture it and turn it into a flame that will never extinguish.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>London Spark\u2019s<\/strong> life is too busy for a boyfriend, and she just hasn\u2019t found the person who makes her heart go pitter-patter. After ending her most recent relationship, London is hit on by a stranger at a bar but decides to lie that she has a boyfriend. Fast forward three months, and Spark House is being considered for a Teamology project with Holt Media. Little does London know that the CEO of Holt Media, <strong>Jackson Holt<\/strong>, is also the man she rejected that night many months ago.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">This book confused me somewhat. Mainly because it felt as if it was written by two different people. The first half lacked passion, engaging conversation, and real chemistry between any characters not just the leads. The author tried tremendously hard to pack in everything that was missing in the beginning into the second half, and it did not work. At least for me.\u00a0 I wish some of what I saw in the second half had been sprinkled throughout the story because it would have the made the book more engaging and fun. I think this had the ability to be great, but the slow pacing in the beginning and awkward conversation dragged it way down. It utilized too many over used tropes but didn\u2019t do anything new or exciting with them.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, it was just a kind of an okay read for me. I am sure that if you are already a fan of<strong> Helena Hunting<\/strong> or authors similar to her like <strong>Lauren Layne<\/strong> and <strong>Carly Phillips<\/strong> then this book might be better for you than it was for me.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Michelle<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_eb0616c customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/37A0Lgb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/39GBLEv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/starry-eyed-love-helena-hunting\/1139985372?ean=9781250624734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/starry-eyed-love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Helena_Hunting_Starry_Eyed_Love?id=2LI9EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having just broken up with her boyfriend, London Spark is not in the mood to be hit on. 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Especially not when she\u2019s out celebrating her single status with her sisters. So when a very attractive man pays for their drinks and then slips her his number, she passes it right back to him with a \u2018thanks, but no thanks\u2019. As the business administrator for their family\u2019s event hotel, the Spark House, London has more important things to worry about, like bringing in new clientele.<br \/><br \/>As luck would have it, a multi-million-dollar company calls a few months later asking for a meeting to discuss a potential partnership, and London is eager to prove to her sisters, and herself, that she can land this deal. Just when she thinks she has nailed her presentation, the company\u2019s CEO, Jackson Holt, walks in and inserts himself into the meeting. Not only that, but he also happens to be the same guy she turned down at the bar a few months ago.<br \/><br \/>As they begin to spend more time together, their working relationship blossoms into something more. It isn\u2019t until their professional entanglements are finally over, that London and Jackson are finally ready to take the next step in their relationship. But between Jackson\u2019s secretive past and London\u2019s struggle with her sisters, London must question where she really stands - not just with Jackson, but with the Spark House, too.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3-hearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"135\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong><br \/>Release Date:<\/strong> May 10, 2022<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong> Sensual\/Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Macmillan<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0St. Martin's Press<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $7.99<\/p><hr \/><p>\u00a0<\/p><blockquote><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cAnd I realize that this is the spark I\u2019ve been missing all along. And now that I\u2019ve found it, I want to nurture it and turn it into a flame that will never extinguish.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>London Spark\u2019s<\/strong> life is too busy for a boyfriend, and she just hasn\u2019t found the person who makes her heart go pitter-patter. After ending her most recent relationship, London is hit on by a stranger at a bar but decides to lie that she has a boyfriend. Fast forward three months, and Spark House is being considered for a Teamology project with Holt Media. Little does London know that the CEO of Holt Media, <strong>Jackson Holt<\/strong>, is also the man she rejected that night many months ago.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">This book confused me somewhat. Mainly because it felt as if it was written by two different people. The first half lacked passion, engaging conversation, and real chemistry between any characters not just the leads. The author tried tremendously hard to pack in everything that was missing in the beginning into the second half, and it did not work. At least for me.\u00a0 I wish some of what I saw in the second half had been sprinkled throughout the story because it would have the made the book more engaging and fun. I think this had the ability to be great, but the slow pacing in the beginning and awkward conversation dragged it way down. It utilized too many over used tropes but didn\u2019t do anything new or exciting with them.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Overall, it was just a kind of an okay read for me. I am sure that if you are already a fan of<strong> Helena Hunting<\/strong> or authors similar to her like <strong>Lauren Layne<\/strong> and <strong>Carly Phillips<\/strong> then this book might be better for you than it was for me.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Michelle<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/37A0Lgb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/39GBLEv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/starry-eyed-love-helena-hunting\/1139985372?ean=9781250624734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/starry-eyed-love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Helena_Hunting_Starry_Eyed_Love?id=2LI9EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28933,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28155\/revisions\/28933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}