This book was deliciously tropey in the best way.The writing style was addicting and this book made me both laugh and tear up from the rollercoaster of emotions. I can’t wait to read more of Lindsay Hameroff’s future. works!

Soft yearning? Emotional tension? A man who has been in love the whole time and just never said anything? Yes please.

Rewrite the Stars gave me the kind of quiet, pining that makes me want to shake the male lead and also hug him at the same time.

The tension in this book dramatic. And honestly? That kind of slow-burn emotional payoff hits harder than chaos sometimes.

I loved the “he fell first and never recovered” energy. There’s something so satisfying about watching years of quiet feelings finally bubble to the surface.

This was such a wholesome story with a super sweet romance. I really loved idea of this book and how every detail came together. The actress x contractor dynamic was so fun and I was truly rooting for Marissa and Jesse’s happiness the entire time. There was so much love and growth and some great neurodivergence rep in this book. Overall, a wonderful read.

A sweet, emotional romance with plenty of heart. Marissa’s journey of rediscovering herself beyond motherhood feels real and relatable, and her slow-burn connection with Jesse is both tender and swoony. The cozy lake setting adds to the charm. Overall a warm, satisfying read.

Marissa Morgan used to spend most her days in the spotlight, but these days she has chose a quieter more secluded life for the sake of her children. She has hit pause on her acting career and decided to give her kids the life they deserve. But just as they settle into their new norm her ex-husband decides to announce his high profile engagement...which completely implodes her quiet little life.

Rewrite the Stars is a perfectly crafted story of new beginnings, healing, second chances, friendship, and finding that once in a life time kind of love. In this one we meet a single mom who has just given up her career as an actress for a much simpler life, but just as her and her children settle into their new routine, her ex husband decides to disrupt it. So, she decides a change of scenery, away from the paparazzi, is in order, which takes them to a dilapidated lake house in the Poconos. It's evident that their new home away from home needs a little work, now she just has to find home renovation company to make the repairs. And that is where things take an interesting turn...

This first time read took me by surprise, in a good way of course, the writing was so easy to just fall into and get wrapped up between the pages. The emotional bits were raw and rich with feeling, the characters perfectly designed and easy to love, and the story line so engaging... a perfect escape in my book! Highly recommend!

I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.

Lindsay Hameroff’s Rewrite the Stars was such a beautiful and heartfelt read. Lindsay writes a story that explores what motherhood truly looks like and NOT the polished, picture-perfect version, but the messy, emotional, exhausting, and deeply rewarding reality of what it truly is....

This book touches on the trials and tribulations of motherhood in a way that felt incredibly authentic, especially through the lens of parenting a neurodivergent child. It highlights the constant balancing act of trying to juggle life, divorce, raising children, and somehow still attempting to figure out who you are outside of all of that. The emotional weight of carrying so much while also trying to take care of yourself felt honest and real.

As a mama with a neurodivergent kiddo myself, parts of this hit especially close to home. There were moments that felt deeply relatable, and I really appreciated the care and nuance woven into those experiences. It’s not always an easy journey, and seeing those realities represented meant a lot.

And then there’s Jesse and Marissa. I absolutely adored their story and loved watching them find their way back to each other after so many years apart. Their connection felt natural and genuine, and their journey was filled with warmth, emotion, and so many moments that had me rooting for them. Lindsay has such a talent for writing relationships that feel layered and lived in. Beyond the romance, this book is about second chances in more ways than one: second chances at love, at happiness, and at rediscovering yourself after life takes unexpected turns.

I love Lindsay Hameroff’s books, and Rewrite the Stars was another reminder of why. She writes stories filled with heart, emotion, and characters that stay with you long after you finish reading. This one completely captured me, and I highly recommend it.

📚 Second chance
🎬 Celebrity romance
🪜 Small town
📚 Single mom
🎬 Actress FMC
🪜 Carpenter MMC
📚 Childhood crush
🎬 Motherhood & identity
🪜 Neurodivergent rep (autism)
📚 It’s always been you
🎬 First person, dual POV

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I’ve never read any books by Lindsay Hameroff before, so how does her writing feel like coming home? She writes with a certain humor and familiarity that I was drawn to from the start. I loved her writing so much that I 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 borrowed another book of hers from the library so I could keep reading her words.

I smiled too many times to count while reading this book. It’s a perfect summer romance set in the Poconos, but it’s also a lot more. It’s about motherhood, family, friendship, finding yourself, and knowing you always have a home to come back to. There’s a lot happening here, but at the center of it all, there’s a woman named Marissa.

I loved getting to know Marissa both as a mother (a very dedicated one) and on her own, without her kids. Seeing Marissa rediscover who she was as a person was without a doubt my favorite part of this whole book. She’s a mother, yes, AND she’s her own person. Marissa didn’t change fundamentally, but became stronger in her sense of self. Watching her experience that realization and put it to action was incredibly rewarding.

Each character in this story was really fun to get to know. I particularly loved Pooja, the supportive, hilarious queen she is, and both Isla and Levi. The relationship between these two siblings warmed my heart, and it brought tears to my eyes, the way Isla cared for her little brother so fervently.

“𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. 𝘖𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”

Marissa’s relationship with Jesse was instrumental in helping her realize a lot about herself. He helped her come alive, and she did the same for him. I’m a sucker for a second chance, “it’s always been you” romance, and this one was really sweet. Jesse has held a candle for Marissa for such a long time, and for them to finally end up together felt like kismet.

Without giving away any spoilers, I have to say that every single part of that ending had me wanting to jump up and down and scream, “yes yes yes!” It was perfection.

Several things I loved:
• Diesel 🐾
• Pooja (I love her so much, I’d put her for every bullet point if I could)
• book recs
• the flashbacks
• “good girl”
• Ina Garten’s Cookbook Club

“𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺. 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭.”

“𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴.”
“𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵?”
“𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦.”

“𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮."

Thank you to Lindsay, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for the early copy of this book! 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

Rewrite the Stars was an absolutely charming and emotional romance that completely pulled me in from the first chapter. The small-town lake setting was cozy and nostalgic, and I loved the mix of second chances, childhood memories, and slow-burn chemistry between Marissa and Jesse. Their relationship felt genuine and mature, with both characters carrying realistic struggles and personal growth throughout the story. The banter, heartfelt moments, and family dynamics (especially Toby and Shelby) made this book impossible to put down. It was the perfect balance of sweet, funny, and emotional, and I found myself rooting for them the entire time. A beautifully written rom-com that leaves you smiling long after you finish.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.