I love how heartwarming the author's books are. She makes you feel like you are a part of the story, you can picture exactly what she is describing in the story.

I absolutely loved this book. It was a cute rom com while also tackling some deep topics. This book was well researched and handled the topic in a sensitive manner. 10/10

It's a heartwarming romance with a unique premise that kept me engaged even at moments it was somewhat predictable.

Sadie is an amazing portrait artist celebrating her acceptance as a finalist in a big portrait competition when the unthinkable happens. One moment Sadie is talking to a stranger and crossing the street and the next she is waking up in a hospital bed. What's worse is Sadie realizes something is right when she looks at people's faces... she can't recognize them and nothing matches up. She is diagnosed with "face blindness" and given the not-so-reassuring opinion that it is probably not permanent but they don't know how long it will last. As Sadie struggles with her new reality, she finds herself caught up with two very different men. One is the player who lives in her building and the other is the caring vet who helps her dog Peanut when he takes ill. Her life is a mess and she literally can't see things clearly, but Sadie might learn that it isn't all about what we see, but what we feel.

This book was so fun. I found myself googling "face blindness" because it sounds fascinating, but also terrifying. Sadie has to learn to rely on her other senses and place more trust in people than she has before. As always, Center delivers a heartfelt romance that is both lighthearted and emotional. While I figured out the twist prior to the ending, I still absolutely enjoyed it and fell in love with all the characters. As with all of Center's book, I definitely recommend!

Thank you @netgalley and @stmartinspress for the digital copy in exchange for my honest review. This one is available now!

Sadie is just hitting her peak as a portrait artist when a sudden medical condition leaves her unable to recognize faces. Not ideal timing. But with the help of her friend, a handsome veterinarian, and an always helpful neighbor, she might just be able to get through this, and hopefully be able to recover just in time to compete in a portrait contest.

Although somewhat predictable, I really enjoyed this book. It was cute and funny, and I loved the inner monologue of Sadie as she crushed on the vet, and dealt with all the blows life kept sending at her. She felt very relatable, other than the rare face blindness. But her quirks and humor always showed through.

I’ve enjoyed other books by Katherine Center as well, and I will definitely be on the lookout for upcoming releases!

Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for an advanced copy of this book!

Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life, and the next, she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporary” condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. This is Sadie’s new reality with every face she sees.

I've only read one other book by Katherine Center, but she is fast becoming a new favorite author! I loved this story and the characters (the fact that the main character shares a name with my dog doesn't hurt 😆) and how well they work together. She has a way of tying everything together in a way that's perfect. This should have been a quick read, but I did put it down many times between work, life, and school, and for some reason, I had trouble picking it back up. Once I did pick it up, I flew through it! There was 1 "big" twist in the book, which I did see coming from the beginning, but I really enjoyed how that twist settled and didn't linger. I also loved Joe, and I'm wishing to meet my own one day! 😍 Sadie learned through her face-blindness event and grew from it. I can't wait to read more from Kathrine Center

I rate this book 4.5 🌟

I'd like to say a huge thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I'm a Katherine Center fangirl so I knew I was going to enjoy this. I don't have any prior knowledge of face blindness nor have I read a character with it, so I was invested in navigating this journey with Sadie. Center does a great job of balancing Sadie's self-discovery and the romance. This was such an easy read which it was I desperately needed. I am looking forward to Center's next release.

This book was so refreshing. The miscommunication that caused the breakup was completely believable given the circumstances. I really enjoyed the look into what face blindness looks like for someone. The characters were relatable and I found them to be enjoyable as well.

As always this was adorable and hilarious. The characters were lovable and the story immersive. I’m so excited for the next book by Katherine Center!

Hello Stranger was my second Katherine Center book and it was absolutely adorable. If you’re interested in the concept of face blindness and like a cute and clean romance, you’d probably love this!

Also, I can’t get over how cute this cover is 😍😍😍

I am not sure Katherine Center’s books are for me but that is okay!! Strong character development but I personally prefer my romances with a bit more spice! I did love the Bodyguard and this one was not quite there but I am still going to look out for Center’s next books. Thanks for letting me read this one early

I have yet to read a bad Katherine Center title, or even one that was not a very good read. Hello Sttranger sets the reader right in the middle of the best and worst moments of Sadie's life. With everything she knows and loves threatened by a condition that may or may not be correctable, the characters surrounding her will force her to face the possibilities head on, while she'll discover that her life before and her life after do not have to be dramatically different to be wonderful.

Katherine Center never fails to leave me with a warm and fuzzy feeling in my heart and a smile on my face! While this was not my favorite from her, it was a quick and light read with a loveable love interest. Center will always be an auto-buy author for me!

This is the perfect book to go into BLIND as can be. I loved everything about this, and the characters and their chemistry were outstanding. I even appreciated the author's notes at the end, and I hardly ever read them! This was a very poignant and beautiful story, and I am so glad I read it.

The author did a great job incorporating a rather serious illness with the light hearted nature of the story. This book reminded me of why I started reading this author.

I love all of Katherine Center's books but especially this one. The twist at the end was surprising and the subject brings light to a condition I have never heard of before. Highly recommend.

Ughh Katherine is so so good!! One of my favorite feel good authors. I can always trust her books to not hurt me. Whenever my anxiety is too high to deal with things, I turn to her books to distract me. This new one is no different! What an incredible and different concept for a love story.

Sadie, a strangling artist, who also doesn’t have the emotional support for this career from her father, and her mother has since passed away. I find a lot of relatability there. As an artist myself, on top of all of that, I couldn’t imagine then losing my eyesight without even a little clue it was coming.

After she’s saved in the middle of the street by a Good Samaritan, she had surgery and when she wakes up she’s unable to see people’s faces. Everyone looks like a stranger to her. At the same time she becomes a finalist in a prestigious portrait contest.

I loved the representation for a disorder I didn’t even know existed. And the twist was perfection.

Sadie, a budding portrait artist, catapults into the art scene with a promising entry in a prestigious show. However, her dreams shatter when a sudden collapse leads to brain surgery, leaving her with face blindness. A portrait artist now struggling to recognize faces, Sadie grapples with the looming contest, familial tensions with her (evil) step-sister Parker, disappointed father, and an unexpected love interest. In the chaos, she must confront her altered reality and decide whether to embrace the challenges or forfeit the opportunities that have unfolded before her.

I'm a huge fan of Katherine Center, but if you haven't read "The Bodyguard," I would start there! It's still my favorite of her works!

4.5

“I guess that’s the great thing about life; it gives you chance after chance to rethink it all.”

This book had such a unique concept, face blindness. I have only read one other book that hits on this topic but it was nowhere near this. The way the story was written, weaved and then layered was fantastic.

I mostly enjoyed Sadie's character, she was relatable to me only in the way she was always in her head reaching for conclusions, even if they didn't quite make sense. Joe's character was a bit off putting at first but eventually grew on me.

While the 'twists' and reveals were so predictable (saw it coming from the beginning) I think the center of the book was on learning to love yourself where you're at and through your journey. The way you can be free to love someone else more solidly when you have a foundation of self love to pull from.

What I didn't like - the best friend dynamic; I didn't understand how Sadie's best friend, someone you are supposed to be closer to than anyone else, could continuously forget about all the stuff she was facing and be so flippant about it.

Hope. This fills you up with it - I think it's been a theme for me lately. August = Hope

This is a book that isn't driven by plot or characters but a blend of the two delivering a story that is entertaining but also emotionally captivating.

I always forget Katherine Center is fade to black and pretty tame and I kept trying to fall into this book but it just wasn’t for me.

This is the 5th book I've read by K.C. and she doesn't disappoint. While I found this one pretty predictable, I think that was the point. We know who the people are (or suspect) but Sadie doesn't. She only has certain ways to tell who a person is and she keeps those tells in a box. Sadie's character development after her surgery is huge, and i love watching her character grow -- especially when she begins to accept Lucinda. Like she's not the greatest but she's not a monster.

But Parker - I don't know how you redeem someone like that.
Joe & Oliver - I have all the heart eyes.