Stephanie's Reviews > Sprinkled in the Stars

This was a pretty cute, closed door, sapphic romance between a single mother and a movie star. There’s also neurodiverse rep as AJ’s daughter Parker has autism and it’s discussed that Melanie is on the spectrum as well.

The beginning (the first 30%) was very slow to me. We see AJ and Mel orbiting each other and sometimes crossing paths, but it takes a while before they officially meet and have a real conversation.

I thought it represented the struggles of being a single parent and of dating someone in the limelight (with a famous ex and lots of tabloid coverage) well.

I really liked the relationship that developed between Mel and AJ’s daughter, Parker, but some parts of the book felt underdeveloped to me. Parker at times seems so young but then in other times she speaks eloquent words of wisdom. The whole subplot of AJ also being an artist and being taken advantage of by a place that was selling her art without her knowledge wasn’t really talked through.