Where the Forest Meets the Stars

Such a good heartwarming book. Ursa is the cutest, sweetest girl ever and I'm obsessed with Gabe. Cried multiple times, obviously. Highly recommend. Such a good book.

A sweet and magic story

At times the dialog was a little awkward and there are some goofy moments, but overall it was a sweet story that was interesting and fun.

This is not my normal cup of tea but I was able to listen to it for free through the 2-month free offer of Kindle Unlimited. The mystery of who is this girl kept me listening.

Jo, a woman doing birds nest research in rural America meets girl who claims to be an alien sent down to witness 5 “miracles” before she returns home to her planet. She ends up co-parenting this child with neighbour Gabe, as they debate whether they should hand over the child to police.

Jo and Gabe both have a lot of backstory (illnesses, a tragic past) but it's presented to the reader through the two characters basically word vomiting this out to each other. I felt like the author was trying to give flavor to these two characters but it didn't quite land right.

Jo and Gabe's romance feels very rushed, and Jo comes across as very pushy towards Gabe and it's like she just magically cures him of his mental illnesses.Also it's actually quite creepy how Jo and Ursa are so obsessively attached at the end. Jo kinda goes nuts, surely that sort of erratic behaviour wouldn't make a good candidate for foster parent? That problem isn't really addressed and it all ends happily every after. I will admit I actually thought the girl was an alien until it was revealed at the end that she was not. Looking back, how can a 9 yr old pull off the deception that well??

It can get a little wordy, and heavy on the exposition at times, but that's the worst of it. The story was sure enough in what it was telling to take it's time, and worth the read.

great concept but so poorly executed ended up very cheesy and predictable, stripped of real emotion and filled in with one dimensional characters and poorly written dialogue. it wasn't offensively bad and had parts i liked, but overall not for me

Unpopular opinion: this premise had so much potential- and I really enjoyed the beginning. But unfortunately, for me, it ended up being like a cheesy hallmark movie.