Miranda in Retrograde
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4.4 • 65 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
After getting passed over for tenure and having her life upended in the process, a physics professor decides to throw caution to the wind and live by her horoscope predictions for a year in this effervescent rom-com from the New York Times bestselling author of Made in Manhattan.
As the youngest physics professor at her university, practical-minded Miranda Reed plans her life with minute precision. But that’s before she’s denied tenure and the promotion she thought was guaranteed. Suddenly, her tidy life is anything but constant.
Overdue for a sabbatical, Miranda takes some time to look towards the stars—only this time, she’s not looking for black holes. With her faith in science shaken, Miranda turns to a practice she’s long dismissed as preposterous: astrology.
Determined to figure out why her life has suddenly gone sideways, Miranda commits to a year of letting her horoscope guide her. Soon she’s taking on new home improvement projects, adopting a new pet, and studying what the stars have to say about her ideal love match. The intriguingly aloof artist living next door? Never. His Aries energy is all wrong. On the other hand, the charming father of her new tutoring pupil is Sagittarian perfection. Made for her...right?
As Miranda navigates life with new a perspective, she slowly discovers neither science nor the stars have all the answers. And that, when it comes to love, you sometimes just have to trust your heart.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
When her belief in herself is shaken, the woman in this lovable rom-com puts her faith in the stars. Physics professor Miranda Reed’s plan for her life was perfect—well, until that promotion she was counting on didn’t happen. Now, nothing makes sense. But instead of starting over, Miranda decides to try something new. She’ll spend a year making every decision based not on logic or even on science (since they’ve both failed her miserably) but on her astrological chart, which she’s never taken seriously at all. Miranda is just the kind of smart, good-hearted, imperfect heroine we want to root for. Each chapter begins with a new horoscope, and it’s delightful to discover how Miranda will decide to interpret each one—especially when you add her brooding, handsome neighbor to the mix. Miranda in Retrograde is a heartfelt novel about the astronomical power of opening your heart and trusting your gut.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This grumpy sunshine contemporary from Layne (Passion on Park Avenue) brims with wit and warmth. Astronomer Miranda Reed is approaching Neil Degrasse Tyson levels of fame thanks to her approachable and entertaining teaching style, so it's a big shock when she's denied tenure at the fictional Nova University. Forced into taking a one-year sabbatical and crashing at her aunt's Manhattan townhouse, she throws herself into an entirely unscientific endeavor: astrology. Since she no longer trusts her own judgment, she'll allow her horoscope to make her decisions for her. Meanwhile, she takes on tutoring clients, including astronomy-obsessed Kylee, and meets her new neighbor Archer, a reclusive artist who enjoys painting by night on their buildings' shared roof. As Miranda and Archer form a tentative, bickering friendship, she begins dating Christian, Kylee's knight in shining armor of a father. But is their relationship really written in the stars? What begins as a bog-standard rom-com quickly develops subtleties and nuances as Miranda undergoes some serious personal growth. The result is a rich tale of self-discovery and empowerment, complete with a romance that readers will root for.
Customer Reviews
So Disappointing
An interesting and original premise that turns into a generic Hallmark movie - with a truly offensive ending.