Rewrite the Stars

I loved this, and would have read it in one go if I didn’t have to go to work! Well written with engaging characters The story takes Charlotte along the twists and turns of life while she copes with feelings and emotions for someone who may or may not be the one.

Rewrite the stars is actually the perfect title for this book! Emma Heatherington has done it again. She puts a lot of love and family into a story that is perfectly written.

Rewrite the Stars is about Charlotte. At 21, she finds the love of her life (as she thinks). The years that follow, gives us an insight about how Charlotte deals with this love in comparison with the family drama that appears. A couple years later, she finds love somewhere else. However, putting the past behind isn't so easily done. Charlotte deals with her past, while being in her future life. This gives a couple of struggles along. Even though Charlotte ends up in her 30s in the story, the author has put this nicely into the story. It has an easy line to follow throughout the years (story). Not alone the story is quite predominant, it actually has some points to make about life. It is a perfect combination.

This is a real Christmas romance and one that you must read. Can Charlie and Tom make things work after years of knowing each other, it is a real will it wont it read. Very well written and I personally look forward to reading Emma Heatherington other reads. I will recommend this book to everyone and enjoy it as much as I have.

Charlie meets, and instantly falls in love with Tom who is a band with her brother Matthew. But when she realises Tom has a girlfriend, although upste, she moves on. Fast forward five years and she bumps into him ina bump. The feeling is still there and appears to be mutual, so she leaves her friends to go off with Tom, Charlie is pretty aure he could be the one. Brother Matthew has some personal demons to deal with, and Charlie isnt sure how he will react. When she tells him it doesnt go well, spiralling a chain of events that changes life for Matthew forever and causes Charlie to vow she she will move on from Tom. She meets and falls in love with Doctor Jack....but Tom is never far from her mind. A tale of family love, and sliding doors....Absolutely loved this story.

This was a wonderful love story of past and present. All of the main characters had their own quirks. This book was a love story, but not predictable, which is a refreshing change.

This is a very well written and realistic story from the start to the end and I simply didn't want to put it down as so brilliant. Full of how you have to face your feelings for someone and having to let them go for one reason then never forgetting them but trying to move on. It's never to late to say I love you but will it be to the right guy or not. Also plenty of romance and about families to a brilliant Christmas read.
Charlotte is only young and her brother is older and is in a band she writes songs to and Tom is in the group and she falls for him but he's not available so she lets him go. She moves on forgets her singing and becomes a teacher and five years pass and Tim sees her again and they really think they can make a GP of it but due to her brother she has to let him go and she really wonders if she's made the right decision. Her brother has a nasty accident and is in hospital for a long time and she then meets her husband but she can't stop thinking of Tom. She goes to a concert with her husband and then things come out about her past and her husband wants to know if she's ever loved him and he wants her to make up her mind who she wants so he goes away and she meets up with Tom so she can make a decision of if her first love is the one she really wants or her husband who will she choose and can she be happy and can she ever make anything if her singing now or has she left it to late.
A brilliant read highly recommend very emotional and heartwarming.

By far my favorite Emma Heatherington novel! As a woman in my late 20’s, I could totally relate to the main character, Charlotte. She has a major decision to make: does her future involve a man from her past or a man from her present? I was rooting for Charlotte the entire way & found myself asking “what would I do in her situation?” I laughed, cried, and could not put it down! Nicholas Sparks and JoJo Moyes better watch out, because Emma Weatherington is the one to watch out for on Best Sellers lists!

I loved this, I didn't want to put it down. A realistic and honest portrayal of a female character wrestling with feelings and emotions for what may or may not be the one.

I loved this story. The characters felt so real and Charlie’s feelings seemed so honest This is the type of love story I really like. I like to go through an emotional rollercoaster along with the characters and I have definitely done that with this book.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.

Ok I’ll be honest when I started this book I wasn’t sure I was going to enjoy it but I’m so glad I stuck with it as it was amazing and I ended up staying up to the early hours of the morning as I couldn’t put it down. This is a beautiful story about love and life and that first love that we all romanticises about and wonder what if. I loved it.

I was lucky enough to get approved to read this book on Netgalley and all thoughts are my own.

Do you ever read a book that you love so much your review is immediate? You need no time to mull it over, you just can't wait to get it out into the world so people pick it up too? Well, this is that book for me.

I put it down minutes ago - I've already added a 5 star rating to Goodreads and I'm smashing my keys on my laptop to let you all know!

I really really loved Charlotte - she's insanely relatable with her bad decisions and her sensitivity. She harbours her guilt and always puts everyone else before herself. She's terrified about letting everyone down - she still does it occasionally but she's so selfless it's refreshing. 

I also loved the character developments for every single character in this book - they added enough to the story without saturating it with nonsense - they actually ENHANCED it! How clever is that? All characters were lovable in their own way, but don't get me wrong, they all frustrate you at some point. I particularly enjoyed seeing Jacks' halo slip - this added another element to his perfect character and it made me love him even more!

So what did I hate? Nothing, hence the 5 star review. I really enjoyed 'One Day in December' By Josie Silver, so when I read that fans of that book would enjoy this one I already had plenty of expectations in my head... this book absolutely smashed through all those expectations and I love it even more than ODID.

Ok so there's a LOT of love from me for this book. The entire book is a tragic love story - peppered with a lot of very raw powerful REAL love stories. If you want to read something that get's your heart ripped into a million wonderful pieces and tears in your eyes, then pick this up IMMEDIATELY.

I realise this is very vague, but as it's a tragic love story / emotion fuelled read, then I urge you to pick it up and see for yourself exactly what I mean. So no Spoilers from me!

A definite wow book and the title says it all. I love following realistic characters who I believe in and like so thanks. Had it not been for general life I could have read it in one sitting although bedtime did get later!! Emma leads the reader through the relationship of Charlotte or Charlie with 2 men but I’ll not tell you the outcome as I hate that in reading reviews. All I can say is it’s a must read. Thanks to Emma Heatheringron and NetGallery.

The story starts in Dublin, December 2010, when Charlotte was 22 years and 9 months old (very specific!) when she first met and fell in love with Tom Farley, a friend and member of a fledgling band her brother was assembling. The minute they met they clicked, much to the annoyance of her brother, but nothing ever came of it because her brother wouldn't let them get near one another.

Fast forward to Dublin, December 2015, when now teacher Charlotte is out celebrating the end of the school term with her sister and a friend, when she unexpectedly bumps into Tom and ends up going back home with him. The spark is definitely still there and they spend a lovely day together. But Tom and her brother, Matthew, haven't spoken for years after the band split up, but Charlotte still doesn't know what happened. But since it happened her brother has slipped into depression, lives back home with their parents, and everyone treats him with kid gloves now. But Charlotte decides that her and Tom deserve a chance of giving their relationship a go and so confronts her brother about it, with dire consequences... and her and Tom don't make it - again.

After this both Charlotte and Tom move on with their separate lives, ending up in music success for Tom and marriage for Charlotte to Jack.

But then an event happens that throws them back together in 2018 and all the 'what ifs' come to the surface for Charlotte. I felt so sorry for Jack, Charlotte's husband, as she had kept all her old guilt and feelings about Tom from him and he was such a really lovely guy and felt so betrayed.

I must admit the way Charlotte completely blocked Tom from her life because of her brother's reaction really annoyed me at the time, but I suppose it was the whole premise of the book, would they/wouldn't they eventually get together, and I must admit after I got over that little hiccup the book just got better and better. A definite fork in the road story, take one road and your life turns out one way, take the other road and there's a completely different life ahead. But which one is the better, and would the path not taken (and always regretted in Charlotte's case) have been the right one?

There was a lovely quote near the end - 'imagine if all the time you spent wondering "what if" had been spent on looking at what you already have, instead of what you haven't got', which I think we could all do with sometimes. A really lovely book set in Ireland, with some lovely characters (Jack was my favourite) and a great ending, what's not to like? A great read and highly recommended, I couldn't put it down in the second half!

A very well written and realistic story which I didn’t want to put down as it was so good.
A brilliant read very emotional and heartwarming

This is the third book I’ve read by Emma Heatherington and she has done it again. With an original , believable well written story which touched at my heartstrings.

I think everyone at some point wonders what if ? If our lives had taken a different direction would we also be completely different people?

Charlie Taylor is a young teacher who loves music and songwriting. She falls for Tom a drummer in her brothers band. Her protective brother goes to great lengths to keep them apart.

Time and life throw them together again but in the flick of an eye they are separated again by tragedy.

Determined to let their love stay in the past Charlie marries Jack a perfect caring
husband.

But can Charlie truly forget Tom? Will she try to contact him again? Or will she let the past stay in the past? Does your first love hold a special place in your heart ? Does fate win out in the end? Or can we decide our own destiny?

The importance of family and friends is evident in the story and the duty to care for them sometimes forsaking your own dreams.

My teenage years were revisited while I read the storyline remembering my crush on my best friends brother!!

Thank you so much to the publishers and netgalley for my chance to read this fantastic book.

Oh wow I loved this book. This to me is the perfect love story as it deals with love in a very real way and i'm sure quite a few of us can relate to Charlotte and Tom.

Now i need to find more from Emma Heatherington asap as her writing is just fabulous!

Rewrite the Stars is well written with a good and well developed characters. A good Christmas romance. I recommend this book. I received an arc from the publisher and this is my unbiased review.

A good top holiday read I really enjoyed, especially as the ending was not as expected. Charlie, like many of us from time to time wondered what life would have been like if we had made a different decision.

I absolutely loved this book and was so gutted it had to come to an end. For me, this is more than a romance novel and a will they won't they? It touches on real emotions and feelings that the reader can surely identify with. There is a touch of sliding doors about this story, what would happen if the characters were to take that different path in life and if they had the chance in future to walk that path, would they? Will they? Being in the right/wrong place, deciding on the right thing to do, regrets,guilt,love,family,friends,secrets,lies, this book has it all. It just got better and better as the story unfolded. A wonderfully written heartwarming, emotional story. I heartily recommend reading it.

This book touched my heart in a way few others have. I loved it from start to finish. From tears to smiles and back again. This story reminds us that we all have a past and sometimes it can come back and haunt us.

One of my favourite books this year.

As I opened the book, the song from The Greatest Showman of the same name kept running through my mind. Quite apt, considering the musical theme that runs through the book.

There are moments in all our lives where we wonder "What if?"

This story was exactly that. The story of Charlie Taylor, a young teacher with a passion for songwriting.
She meets Tom, a drummer who plays in her brother's band.

He turns her life upside down within one meeting.
He feels like The One.
He understands her music.
He makes her feel unbelievable.

Yet her brother goes to many lengths to keep them apart.

A chance meeting a few years later makes her wonder whether she should have heeded her brother's warnings, or listened to her heart.

Tragedy strikes and she is torn away from him again.

More time passes and she is happy, settled and married, with a wonderful husband, great friends and a life she is more than happy with.

But that "What if?" keeps popping up in her head, on the radio, in magazines...

What if, indeed.

I'll tell you something, One sign of a good read for me is when I don't constantly look at the percentage counter on my Kindle, to see how much is left, or how much I have read. With this book, I glanced down at 38%. The next time I looked, it was at 73% and then, it was finished!

It only took me over two days to read, because kids needed their mother, but a wonderful read. I'd recommend, definitely.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The title of this book suggested to me that someone, or multiple someone’s, were going to be trying to re-write their love story or correct a bad choice or set of circumstances that’d happened earlier in their life. In a way, this is right. But in other ways it’s so wrong.
Many of us face the inevitable “what if” question all the time. This book explores that following a single character (Charlotte), her relationships and general life choices over the span of like 10 years. To most people I believe we’d agree that Charlotte made the right choices. But all she can see is the “what if I’d gone with him” and “what if I’d never done this”.
I really liked how Charlotte explored these choices and the impacts they’ve had on her life today. Both in the way that they’ve given her a great life, but also in the ways that she missed out on opportunities to be with her family when they needed it.
Even though things hit a kind of bad patch towards the end, I loved how Charlotte reconnected and found out what would have happened if she’d made a single choice when she was younger. By doing that, it felt like she was able to finally put those questions to bed and follow her dreams, and her heart, to the happily ever after she deserved.
That emotional rollercoaster of what if’s was so easy to relate to that I couldn’t help but feel like I was involved in her decision-making as I read it. Even the way the final decision was written left everything in the air as to what choice she’d made. So much so that I needed to re-read it to make sure I had interpreted it right.

Many thanks to HarperCollins and Emma Heartherton for the opportunity to read and review this book. Rewrite the Stars was a wonderful romantic , feel good read. I loved the main character Charlie who falls in love with rock star Tom. It never seems to be their time and Charlie sacrifices her one true love to care for her brother when he has a tragic accident. Just when Charlie finds her happy ever after with the lively Dr Jack her happiness is in jeopardy when Tom's band comes touring in her town. Who will Charlie choose. A great read

This book was an enjoyable read and I was quickly engrossed in the story.

The story follows Charlotte/Charlie through the years after meeting Tom - how different would her life have been if events were different?

It is difficult to say more about the story without giving away the various twists to the story - however I found the story to be well written, believable (although maybe Jack was too perfect?) and thought provoking - many of us will wonder what would have happened if some event in their life went differently.

This is the first book I've read by Emma Heatherington and I look forward to reading more if they are as well written as this one.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperFiction for a digital ARC - my thoughts about the book are totally my own.

Once in a while a book comes along that sweeps the reader into the very soul of the writer & her story, for me Rewrite the Stars was this book. From start to finish it had me, I absolutely loved it. it was a first read by Emma Heatherington, but definitely not the last.

Such a beautiful, emotional and heartbreaking love story. This filled me with so much raw emotion because of the two loves in Charlotte’s life, her first true love and the love between her brother and herself. The fact she put her own happiness to the back of her mind so that she could make her brother happy and help him recover from his accident was just too much to handle. My heart didn’t know wether to burst over the love she had for her family or to break over the love she lost. Such a beautiful story with so much power and love. I couldn’t put it down and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is definitely worth a read guys. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read this gem. I loved it.

A proper love story with a proper ending. Lots of relatable characters, and mostly nice people for a change. Plenty going on to add interest. I enjoyed it.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the ARC

This is the PERFECT Christmas read. A beautiful and well written story of an attraction between two people that never quite finds the right time to blossom.

I adored Charlotte as a character and found her to be relatable and authentic. She seems to wear her heart on her sleeve and puts everyone else's needs before her own and I relate to that so much.

I found Rewrite the Stars to be intensely emotional, it had me literally tearing up in places, it is just so beautifully written.

If you love a tragic love story then this is absolutely the book for you!

This book swept me along. I loved the underlying theme of what would change if you were to make different decisions at certain points in your life. I wasn't sure right up to the end what Charlie was going to do but I was totally involved with her character. Family relationships are shown to be so complex and it is interesting to see how at times, Charlie puts her loyalty to her family before what she really wants. A great read which takes a hard look at what matters in a relationship.

Thanks to Netgalley for a copy of the book.

First book I've read by this author and I really enjoyed it When Charlotte meets Tom they are instantly drawn to each other but due to circumstances involving her brother her life takes a different direction She never quite manages to get over this love affair and as she finds herself married to her lovely husband Jack she must finally revisit her past before finding happiness in the future A syory of love, friendships and second chancers and with a lovely thread of music woven Into the story loved it

I hadn't read anything by the author before, but I'll certainly be looking for more of her titles. This story of missed opportunities and love left unfinished must resonate with everyone to some extent or another as we all have the one that got away. I got completely wrapped up with Charlotte's story as it moved through the years and the spectre of Tom Farley haunted and occasionally intersected with her. It is beautifully written and perfectly captures how we change as we grow older and view things differently. A thought provoking read with a Christmas flavour.

This was a heartwarming read that I enjoyed in one sitting. The characters were well developed and the plot was one that kept me engaged, as it reminded the reader that everyone comes into relationships with a past and that it can impact the future. I am definitely going to seek out more of this author's books!

Lovely story that keep you involved from start to finish. Definitely recommended to those readers who enjoy reading this type of book.

4.5/5 stars

The path not taken, the choice not made, the what if…

Like many, Charlotte wonders about her life and if there is maybe an alternate route she was meant to take. When faced with the opportunity to explore the other side, what will happen?

So many themes are explored in this novel. I’ve only touched on a few that really resonated for me:

In a way, I think this novel raises the question of if a soul mate and a life partnerare the same. Can you find both in the same person? There’s no doubt Tom is Charlie’s soulmate. The connection these two share, how music seems to combust between them, yet surround and shape them too, is absolutely thrilling to read. But can Tom really be a life partner for Charlotte? Do they mesh in all the ways that make day to day living successful?

Mental health illnessesare so often invisible until they’re horrifically unmissable. Even for sufferers, who don’t really want to admit or realize they may be struggling with something beyond their coping abilities. I think this issue comes out as well in the characters of Matthew and Charlotte, and definitely provides food for thought.

Another theme that struck me is how people are often willing to define themselves by their profession and when faced with challenges there, it can really affect all other aspects of their life, bringing up self-doubts that were perhaps non-existent before. By the time Charlotte’s professional insecurities started to intertwine with unresolved issues in the past. When she started to feel lost in the very environment and with the very people who had given her stability and purpose, I had to take a short reprieve and read a lighter story for a bit before returning.

I do wish more was done with one of the key characters, towards the end. I don’t want to give away too much of the storyline here. One of them needed more exploration or at least justification for his/ her actions. That would have made the story more complete.

Overall, however, I fully enjoyed this story. I think the author captured her characters very well. I found Charlotte to be well- developed and even her weaker character flaws were believable and understandable. I loved how she came to understand and accept her past and how she put her mind to moving forward.

Anyone who loves a good romance needs to read this book. It's so heartwarming and humorous. It's a story of lost and found! Fab read!

Who wouldn't love this book!? The characters make you feel you are part of their lives, you experience their highs and lows just as you would in your own lives with the hope that the ending would turn out well for them, after all a fairy tale always does doesn't it? This is a fabulous book, humorous, poignant and a true reflection of modern life. A great read - highly recommended.

One more chance..do you take the risk?
This is a powerful love story that I have nothing but love for.
Beautiful captured the true essence of love and taking the chance at saying I love you.
This is most defiantly a book to read for anyone who loves a good romance and cannot be missed.

This book could be summed up in one sentence. It's a quote from the story: "You must be yourself, because everyone else has already been taken."

The least you can say about that is that it is a truism. You can dream all you like of course and you can keep on looking back and thinking what if, but the only thing you are sure about is the life you are actually living at the moment. 

You can feel guilty about some things, but you also have to realise that adults are responisble for their own actions. Not a feeling you can easily get over.

Beware: a dream can always turn into a nightmare ...

All the time I was thinking, 'please Charlotte', begging her to do what I would have liked her to do and then the author made my heart stop for a few pages ...

Kudos to the author for giving me that feeling. I just love it when it happens in a book. 

It's a story that gave me the 'could have, would have, should have' impression, where you are thorn and find yourself between a rock and a hard place and where you long for something else than what you have got, without the certainty that it would have been better. For all you know it might have been worse.

In my opinion a wonderful book. 5 stars.

Thank you, Emma Heatherington and Harper Fiction

A heartwarming, serendipitous story, about Charlotte's life and loves. At twenty-two, she meets the one, but there's someone else in Tom's life, and the love remains unrequited. The story continues with chance meetings, but life events force them apart.

Music is a recurrent theme in this story, reflecting life events and changes in emotions.

The romance is chequered, but Charlotte faces family tragedies and difficult decisions that shape her as a person. The impact of mental health issues on families is explored with sensitivity. The idea that our lives could be different if we'd made another choice is also a theme of this emotional story. As Charlotte matures and changes, as life events occur.

There is a strong sense of place in this story that grounds it, adds interest and give it authenticity.
The characters are realistic and draw you into their world.

The ending is plausible and positive.

I received a copy of this book from Harper Collins UK - Harper Fiction via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

From the first moment their eyes meet, we know there is something special happening between Charlotte and Tom.
A lovely, if somewhat frustrating, journey for the two who are so destined to be together. I enjoyed this immensely and couldn't wait to find out what would eventually happen.
Thank you to Netgalley and Emma Heatherington for the chance to read this ARC copy of a great book.

This is a beautiful, romantic love story that will certainly pull at your heartstrings.

Set in Dublin, over several years, the book features main character Charlotte, a primary school teacher, free spirit and songwriter. Her world changes when she meets Tom, a friend of her brother’s and member of his band. She immediately falls for his smouldering good looks, easy charm and interest in her musical talents. They don’t meet each other again until five years later when Tom ‘accidentally’ bumps into Charlotte at a local pub. The spark is still there and Charlotte is overjoyed to find that Tom feels the same.

However, the path to true love is never easy and their relationship comes under strain.
Charlotte is torn between the love of her life and a family she adores. When her life takes an unexpected path, the doubts never leave Charlotte. Loose ends crowd her thoughts and she struggles silently, unable to share her uncertainty with anyone.

This is the perfect escape read, with characters who just melt your heart. It is a thought-provoking, charming and beautifully written romance. I loved the Irish setting but it was the main character Charlotte who really shone in Rewrite The Stars.

This is the kind of book that leaves you with tingles down your spine and a warm cosy feeling in your tummy.
I loved the main characters, fist pumping the air a couple of times in elation.
A wonderful love story that you can just melt into on a chilly afternoon. Perfect.

I have loved reading Emma Heatherington's previous books so jumped at the chance to read this one and what a beautiful story.

Charlotte was a character who embraced life who lived and made mistakes and I loved her vivasciousness for life and all it had to offer.

Whilst reading this book your taken on an emotional rollercoaster that leave you remembering you never know what's round the corner and to grab life with both hands whilst you can. A story that will make you laugh, love and left me with tears as I reached the end. This book is a delightful blend of wonderful characters set in the heart of Ireland and I loved it from start to finish.

A lovely story of lost love, guilt, family and how one action can lead to multiple others.

Beautifully written with enough action to keep you reading yet still being believable. A few twists and turns with an ending that I was not expecting but that I was pleased about!

Last year Emma Heatherington's Miracle on Hope Street got my Christmas read of 2018. Rewrite the Stars gets my Christmas read of 2019. An extremely moving and well written story that I read in one sitting.

I really enjoyed this book and could understand the dilemma Charlie faced in regards to being in love with Tom and then having the love of her life taken away from her and the always wondering what if. Then when that chance comes along will it be the same, will it be a happy ever after or should you just be happy with your life.
I thought it was very well written in respect of the characters who were believable and although I was annoyed with Matthew, Charlie’s Brother, the fact that the character provoked a reaction shows how good the writing is in my opinion.
I enjoyed the way Charlie’s friendships were explored, as well as the fact that she had a fantastic Husband but was still tempted by her first love and the raw emotion of her dealing with these feelings was honest and well explored.
Thank you to HarperCollins UK.and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book in exchange for an honest review, which is completely my own.

Loved this story - so well written with characters you come to care about and the ending...………..gasped out loud! An excellent exploration of love, fantasy, sacrifice and fate with strong characters and family relationships that we very real. Highly recommend.

A lovely, quirky story. I expect most of us have a ‘what if’ in our history, although this one is probably a bit bigger than most! Charlotte is madly in love with Tom Farley, a member of her brother Matthew’s band, but this causes a huge family crisis, tragedy even, and has repercussions for a long time. She does not go off with him as he wants, she promises to follow on when the time is right, so he is always there in the centre of her mind.
Life moves on, and Charlotte goes up in the world. She marries a much-respected doctor, who absolutely adores her, and she is very happy. But the ‘what if’ is still niggling away in the back of her mind. And just when the author persuades you that Charlotte is going to make the biggest mistake of her life ... her world rights itself again.
Well written, and worth reading.

Beautifully written novel that has completely got under my skin and almost had me in tears on public transport!

The book is so brilliant that pretty much anything I say wouldn't be able to do it justice.

I'm trying to put into words what the story is about, but can't quite finish any sentence, so here are some rambling thoughts instead

- How do you know who your true love is?
- Should family loyalty and guilt towards your brother mean you give up on your true love?
- Can you really be happy potentially living a lie, or will you learn what the true meaning of love is?
- Just how frustrating is that voice that says What If?
- How well do you know someone no matter the connection you feel?

Well all of these questions and a whole lot more are certainly answered in this book.

Charlotte's brother's story was the most touching of all and I really did have a lump in my throat a few times when we see what he is dealing with.

This is a novel spanning many years, often in short-ish snippets as time progresses, which is a great way of seeing how life is going for our key characters.

I absolutely love Emma Heatherington's writing style, it really gripped me and I was completely oblivious on my way to and from Birmingham on the train. The book flowed so so well and I clearly felt a lot for all the characters. Someone more emotional than me probably would have had many tears at various key points.

A truly wonderful book to warm your heart this winter, and keep your eye out for a Christmas Miracle too!

Thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

This book is so well written, I absolutely flew through it! I really liked all the characters and had no idea who Charlotte was going to end up with, I didn’t feel it was at all predictable and could have gone either way. I am happy with her choice, and that’s always a good thing! This is the first of Emma’s books I have read, but will definitely be reading others. I recommend this book. Thank you #netgalley.

Rewrite the Stars was the perfect love story, I absolutely loved it, I wasn't sure where the ending would go, but I was so happy in how it ended.

This is such a lovely book that I read in a matter of hours. A book of what ifs and maybes and of true love. It’s a real feel good kind of book and I felt happy when I’d finished it. Although described as a Christmas romance I think you could read this any time of the year and nothing Christmassy in the book would be lost.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC in return for an honest and unbiased opinion.

Thank you so much for allowing me to read this gem of a book - thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end. Didn't want it to end. The perfect Christmas romance.

Rewrite the Stars by Emma Heatherington a five-star read that will make the stars sparkle. This is my first read from this author, but it will not be the last as I love the writing. Charlotte Taylor or Charlie as she is more commonly known is a great character, she is one of those that will warm you up, I am sad that she isn’t real, I don’t know why but I totally fell for her. The slow burn and the will they wont they, wow it just added a whole new level to this story. Tom and Jack, they just made me smile, and I am not telling which I adore more. You have to read the story and make up your own mind. There could have been some polish at some parts, but overall, I loved the lightness to this story.

Do you ever ask yourself the question "What If"
What if I did this, what if I did that.......
This one is a little like a sliding doors type of read, a read where you will think what if I had made a different decision.
How would my life have worked out?

I adore reading this authors books.
I know when I receive her book I'm in for a great read, I know I'll probably shed a few tears but ultimately I will close the last page with a feeling of satisfaction and a little sadness if I'm honest that I have a wait for her next one.

Rewrite The Stars is romance at its best.
We meet Charlotte (Charlie to one special person) who is a teacher but her first love is music.
One day she meets Tom Farley, her brothers best friend and she knows, he knows, this is it. This love at first sight is what people wait a lifetime for.
But life happens, they take other paths all the while never forgetting each other.....
So with every page I turned, I was wondering and hoping that they would meet again and that this time will be their moment...
I laughted alot and most certainly cried plenty but I fell in love with Charlie & Tom and their story....
Emma's characters are interesting, her storyline a pure romance.....

I always believe everything happens for a reason in life and this couldn't be more apt in this novel...

I can't recommend it highly enough to you...
A feel good, happy, sad and completely satisfying read. You will love it ❤

Well done Emma, you should be very proud...x

Having loved my previous Emma Heatherington book I was extremely eager to start reading this beautiful book and boy did it not disappoint. I fell head first into this tale and very reluctantly put the book down at any one point when life (work) got in the way.

This story was all consuming, there's no two ways about it. I was instantly pulled into Charlotte's world and whisked away on a whirlwind ride of romance and heartache that left me breathless. What if.....is an extremely powerful and emotive phrase that can hinder and eat away at happiness and I'm sure it's a question we have all asked ourselves at one point in time. But should this question rule your life? It's a turmoil of twisted emotions that Charlotte faces with a journey that is raw and honest to witness.

No great love affair takes the easy road to happy ever after and this tale was no different. With a star crossed story Shakespeare would be proud of I found myself gripped to each and every moment. Every heartbreak and emotional trauma was felt as I turned the pages at lightening speed to see how the story would play out and I was left second guessing until the final moments.

Charlotte was a flawed and tortured soul which made her real and relatable in my eyes. Her sincere nature and penchant to wear her heart on her sleeve left her vulnerable and open to life's dark realities. The writing delved deeply into the mind of our heroine to reveal troubled and turbulent thoughts of a disquiet nature that were all consuming and agonising to endure. This accute pain was the catalyst that drove the story on and shaped several powerful moments in the book.

Rewrite the Stars is a vivid depiction of life and love in all its ugly glory. It's candid approach is honest and raw with a love that will stay with me for many years to come.

This book makes you think about how you are living your life. It certainly makes you stop and think. Beautifully written.

21 year old Charlotte thinks she has found love with her brother's friend Tom, but moves on when she finds out he already has a girlfriend. Five years later, they bump into each other and the feelings are still there but Charlotte's brother has personal demons to face which get in the way and Charlotte moves on with Doctor Jack instead, but Tom is never far from her mind. A lovely, heartwarming tale of love and family ties.

Another book read via Netgalley and I loved it. I want to say so much but to do so will give the story away. I enjoyed the characters right down to Peggy who plays an almost non existent part in the book but whose words of wisdom resonate through our lives. I am sure the premise of the book is known to many people – star crossed lovers – and all the what ifs that go with a relationship that Charlotte and Tom have or have not over the years. Again a great read and I would so recommend it to book lovers everywhere

THIS is my new favourite book, I simply LOVED it so much and want everyone else to discover this wonderful story.

Charlotte in her early twenties meets her brothers new band mate Tom. It is love at first sight for her. We then fast forward a few years later and her brother no longer is in the band. It all went terribly wrong for unknown reasons and her brother never quite recovered from this. Charlotte then reconnects with Tom, can they give their attraction another chance? Or would it be too upsetting to her brother?

The story follows Charlotte as she try to move on and live her life and be the good loyal sister. This is a story about first love, lost love, complex family relationships and wondering if the path she has taken is the right path.

I literally swooned at times from the intense emotion and managed to read this book in the one sitting.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the copy for in exchange for a honest review.