Review: The Quintessential Gemini – Linn B Halton

For twenty-one years, the focus of Katherine Dale’s life has been her work. Love interests and hobbies came and went, but what has always been there for her was her nine to five habit. Until she’s replaced. With her confidence dented, Katherine is angry at life and at herself. She’s ignored hints of “changes to come” in her horoscope forecasts, written by the wonderful and renowned astrologer, Mark Ainsley-Thomas. Mark is now an “A” list celebrity in the UK and his new Agent is determined to raise his profile in America, so he has to take on the new, but talented, astrologer James Kingman to help him run his web-site. Katherine lives her life according to her daily horoscope. When Katherine finds James has been writing her daily horoscopes rather than Mark, Katherine’s life explodes in confusion and, unexpectedly, love as the three lives become inextricably tangled. Now Katherine has to learn that the stars might be telling her that love is going to feature in her life, but when Katherine finds herself implicated in the headlines ‘Mystic Love Triangle Surprise’ she’s just as surprised as everyone else None of the men in her life are love interests – so what exactly does fate have in store?

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Release Date:  June 7, 2012
Publisher:  Sapphire Star Publishing
Source:  Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

This was a fun, quirky story about second chances and how your daily horoscope can lead to finding the one you were meant to be with.

Katherine loses her accounting job, after being deemed redundant by the powers that be.  Rather than wallow within the darkened walls of her room, she choses to write a book.  Sure she gets sidetracked by romantic comedies on TV, conversations with her mail carrier and her daily horoscope, but she still manages to put forth the effort in writing every day.  For someone who had been so incredibly organized and who’s life was her job, it was fun to follow her as she stepped outside her comfort level to do something she truly enjoyed.

Then there was James.  He was sweet, shy and awkward, but you knew he was just what Katherine needed to keep her grounded.  She may not have seen him as the great love of her life, but he was her rock, whether she knew it or not.  He may have questioned himself and what was happening between him and Katherine, but in the end he knew he could make her happy.

The storytelling flip flopped back and forth between Katherine, Mark and James’ POV, but those changes gave us a well rounded story with character who were fun and endearing.