REVIEW: Follow a Star by Christine Stovell

In Follow a Star by Christine Stovell, May Starling needs to get away from her demanding career and even more demanding boyfriend ASAP. So when she sees a crew wanted ad, she responds by email and agrees to help deliver a boat to Little Spitmarsh. What she doesn’t expect is to arrive at the bus depot only to not be met by the older man and having to walk to the port where the boat is and hope the elder man is there.

When May starts getting followed by a redheaded man in a truck she starts to freak out. She is in the middle of nowhere and she doesn’t think that she will find help easily. But when the man pulls alongside her and asks if she is May she wonders how he knows. But she soon learns that Bill will be the captain taking Lucille, the boat, to Little Spitmarsh and that his uncle, the person she had contacted is in the hospital.

Bill believes May is a gold digger that just wanted to get rich off his uncle. So when he shows her the boat and the small accommodations they will be sharing, as well as tells her that she will have to be an actual crew and help him, he believes that she will back down immediately. But to his further confusion, she accepts and actually pulls her weight on the boat. But considering his uncle bought her a piece of jewelry he asked Bill to give to her, he still believes that she is angling for money and an easy life.

Being in close quarters and alone will bring Bill and May closer, but with Bill’s misconceptions May will not give in easily and neither will Bill. Which only makes things more interesting as Bill gets jealous of the attention other men give May when they stop to rest at other ports.

But when their journey to Little Spitmarsh ends, their chemistry and possible future will not. Only since May is hiding a secret, things may get more complicated than either of them wishes. Especially when the things she is running from come looking for her.

This was a great story, I loved May and how much courage it took her to finally fight for what she wants, regardless of the people in her life pushing her the other way. But honestly, I hated her mother, instead of being worried about her daughter she only cared about the superficial things and was jealous of her. Her only saving grace in my view was that when May really needed her she finally stood up for her and helped her the best she could.

Bill was an interesting character, I liked how he cared for his uncle and the people in his life, but I was not won over for his prejudiced way of thinking and how he treated May in the beginning. But he did make up for it little by little.

If you want a fun and light read, don’t miss Follow a Star by Christine Stovell.

Book Info:

Published July 7th 2014 by Choc Lit

Sometimes your heart’s the only navigator you need…

May Starling’s had enough of her demanding career and even more demanding ex. Responding to a ‘crew-wanted’ ad, she follows her dreams of escape only to find herself at sea with red-haired Bill Blythe.

Bill warns May that close-quartered living can create a boiling pot of emotions, but even May is surprised by the heat building up inside the vintage wooden boat. And when May and Bill tie up at Watling’s Boatyard in Little Spitmarsh, May’s determined to test her new-found feelings on dry land.

But May’s dream of escaping her former life is in danger of being swept away when several unwelcome blasts from the past follow her ashore, all seemingly hell-bent on reminding her that it’s never that easy to clear the decks.