Hello Stranger Review (NetGalley)


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Happy Pub Week!!! 


What a bright, beautiful & fun book cover! While I have several of Katherine Center's books, this is the first one that I have read and I absolutely loved it. This is a book that I would love to see turned into a movie. 


This is such a sweet, heartwarming story! Sadie has overcome so much in her life and  the hits just kept comingโ€ฆher seizure, slow recovery from her brain surgery (with complications), family drama, health issues with her senior dog, etc. While there were some moments of weakness, I truly enjoyed reading how she prevailed and dealt with any issue that came at her. 


Such a delight to meet all of these characters - I loved Joe & Peanut!!!  I thought there was great character development. This story grabbed me from the beginning - I was going back and forth between the ebook and audio because I just couldnโ€™t put it down! I loved everything about this story! It is definitely a book that I would read/listen to again. I really enjoy when an author brings awareness to illness, issues, events that one may not typically know about. Katherine did this so beautifully!  I have never heard of Prosopagnosia (Face Blindness) before. Sadieโ€™s story definitely shows you that you shouldn't take anything for granted - sight in her case, because you never know when it will be taken away. 


Hello Stranger is truly an epic love story - with โ€œfabulous anticipationโ€! I adored the ending and the author's note at the end was icing on the cake. 


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Strangers to friends to lovers

Miscommunication 

Love Triangle 

Mental Health Trauma 

Health Issues - Face Blindness


I had both the ebook copy and audio of this book. Patti Murin did a wonderful job with the narration! 


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๐€๐ฎ๐๐ข๐จ ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก:10 hours, 39 minutes

 

Thank you to @NetGalley, @stmartinspress, @katherinecenter & @macmillan.audio for the Advanced Readers Copy of this book for my honest review!