Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

  

My rating: 4.5 of 5 stars

Category: Adult
Genre:  Romance
Content: Strong language, Some making out but nothing too explicit.

 

Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry.

Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition—the next, she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporary” condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. Imagine trying to read a book upside down and in another language. This is Sadie’s new reality with every face she sees.

But, as she struggles to cope, hang on to her artistic dream, work through major family issues, and take care of her beloved dog, Peanut, she falls into—love? Lust? A temporary obsession to distract from the real problems in her life?—with not one man but two very different ones. The timing couldn’t be worse.

If only her life were a little more in focus, Sadie might be able to find her way. But perceiving anything clearly right now seems impossible. Even though there are things we can only find when we aren’t looking. And there are people who show up when we least expect them. And there are always, always other ways of seeing. 

I loved this book so much! I loved these characters and the way they meet and interact with each other. There were some twists that I suspected as I read but couldn't quite figure out how it would work that way until all was revealed. I will say that it feels a little far-fetched that these two people wouldn't have said some things to each other that would have clued them in, but I'm not going to pick it apart. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. 

Going into this I had no idea there was a thing called face blindness and that many people actually have it. After reading the afterward I can tell the author did her research on the subject. It's early in the year, but I feel like this is going to stay as one of my top romance reads for this year. So far I'm 3 for 3 with Katherine Center's books and I'm looking forward to reading more of them. I would recommend starting with Happiness for Beginners if you've never read any of them.