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Star Kissed #1
Star Struck
Melrose Morgan was your typical teenager, flipping burgers and surviving high school the best she could. Yet all that changed after a chance encounter took her face to face with the world’s biggest superstar.
Living every girl’s fantasy, Melrose falls for one fifth of the most successful boy bands on the planet, Cole Newton. He invites her on a date and she can’t help but fall in love with her idol.
But in a world that is full of shining stars, can one small town girl really capture the heart of a supernova? Find out in the first installment of the Star Kissed series.
Living every girl’s fantasy, Melrose falls for one fifth of the most successful boy bands on the planet, Cole Newton. He invites her on a date and she can’t help but fall in love with her idol.
But in a world that is full of shining stars, can one small town girl really capture the heart of a supernova? Find out in the first installment of the Star Kissed series.
70 pages, ebook
Published January 10, 2014
About the author
Jamie Campbell
138 books271 followersJamie was born into a big, crazy family of 6 children. Being the youngest, she always got away with anything and would never shut up. Constantly letting her imagination run wild, her teachers were often frustrated when her ‘What I did on the weekend’ stories contained bunyips and princesses.
Growing up, Jamie did the sensible things and obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from Southern Cross University and worked hard to gain her membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Yet nothing compared to writing. Quitting the rat race to spend quality time with her laptop named Lily, Jamie has written several novels and screenplays. Spanning a number of genres and mediums, Jamie writes whatever inspires her from ghost stories to teenage love stories to tantalising murder mysteries. Nothing is off limits.
A self-confessed television addict, dog lover, Taylor Swift fan, and ghost hunter, Jamie loves nothing more than the thrill of sharing her stories.
Growing up, Jamie did the sensible things and obtained a Bachelor of Business degree from Southern Cross University and worked hard to gain her membership with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
Yet nothing compared to writing. Quitting the rat race to spend quality time with her laptop named Lily, Jamie has written several novels and screenplays. Spanning a number of genres and mediums, Jamie writes whatever inspires her from ghost stories to teenage love stories to tantalising murder mysteries. Nothing is off limits.
A self-confessed television addict, dog lover, Taylor Swift fan, and ghost hunter, Jamie loves nothing more than the thrill of sharing her stories.
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June 13, 2016
This book was short but it was good
September 22, 2016
Ok, el libro es corto... pero Cole es un encanto!!
Ya espero el segundo!
Ya espero el segundo!
August 16, 2019
Heerlijk wegdromen met deze serie die leest als een tienerdroom. 3.5 sterren
September 20, 2014
I'm not normally a reader of romance books, but I had to read one in order to fulfill a reading challenge. After browsing the Romance bestseller lists and not finding anything I liked, I decided to try Star Struck by Jamie Campbell.
I must say that I wasn't disappointed at all, which is saying a lot for a romance book. Star Struck is a novelette and the first book in the Star Kissed series. Despite being short, the story delved into the characters of Melrose and Cole thoroughly enough that I felt like I knew them. And to my pleasant surprise, I liked them, which is particularly surprising in the case of Cole because most guys who YA girls fall for are mysterious and/or bad boys and Cole wasn't like that. I also liked Melrose's friend, Dallas, and the interaction between the two dissimilar girls. I can imagine the two of them hanging out and gossiping together like typical teenagers.
The story itself was very cute and on the light side, which is what I wanted. I liked that it wasn't the typical insta-love that's found in so much YA today, even though Cole was a hot commodity from the beginning due to his boy band status. The relationship between Melrose and Cole developed as realistically as what you might find if they had met in real life.
If you're a fan of young adult romance, I highly recommend trying out the Star Kissed series!
I must say that I wasn't disappointed at all, which is saying a lot for a romance book. Star Struck is a novelette and the first book in the Star Kissed series. Despite being short, the story delved into the characters of Melrose and Cole thoroughly enough that I felt like I knew them. And to my pleasant surprise, I liked them, which is particularly surprising in the case of Cole because most guys who YA girls fall for are mysterious and/or bad boys and Cole wasn't like that. I also liked Melrose's friend, Dallas, and the interaction between the two dissimilar girls. I can imagine the two of them hanging out and gossiping together like typical teenagers.
The story itself was very cute and on the light side, which is what I wanted. I liked that it wasn't the typical insta-love that's found in so much YA today, even though Cole was a hot commodity from the beginning due to his boy band status. The relationship between Melrose and Cole developed as realistically as what you might find if they had met in real life.
If you're a fan of young adult romance, I highly recommend trying out the Star Kissed series!
November 10, 2014
I thought this book was a really cute, easy read. I have started the next book in the series and so far i am enjoying it. It's a book that you will be able to read in one sitting as it is quite short.
I got this book for free from Amazon for my kindle and when i finished it, i instantly searched for the next books on my iphone.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick read. It is a perfect book for girls/boys who love bands and dream of being with one of the members.
Starstruck was a great book and i hope the rest of Starkissed(and the other books in the series) continue to entertain me.
I got this book for free from Amazon for my kindle and when i finished it, i instantly searched for the next books on my iphone.
I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick read. It is a perfect book for girls/boys who love bands and dream of being with one of the members.
Starstruck was a great book and i hope the rest of Starkissed(and the other books in the series) continue to entertain me.
March 11, 2014
A very quick read to pass the time. The band in this story reminded me of One Direction, I don't know why but everything that was said about them made it felt like this is some 1D fan fic!
I found Melrose quite bland a character and even annoying at times, though I suppose that's because of her family history. Dallas was even worse, I wondered why Melrose was even friends with her, Dallas clearly wants to be miss popular!
Like I said before, a very quick read, though don't be surprised if you don't like the characters as there was clearly not enough page time for character development.
I found Melrose quite bland a character and even annoying at times, though I suppose that's because of her family history. Dallas was even worse, I wondered why Melrose was even friends with her, Dallas clearly wants to be miss popular!
Like I said before, a very quick read, though don't be surprised if you don't like the characters as there was clearly not enough page time for character development.
February 14, 2017
I actually really liked this book, it was so cute and light. I had not expected to like this book as much as I did, I found it for free on iBooks and decided to give it a try. Oh boy was it worth it! At first I actually thought this book might have been an old One Direction fanfiction because there were a lot of similarities but in the end I could not help but fall in love with both Melrose and Cole, and with this book/short story. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
September 16, 2017
This is a cute YA story. I think just about every teenage girl dreams about having a member of their favorite boy band notice them and want to date them. Melrose ends up having that dream fulfilled. I liked the way she handled it all, holding herself back from being the all over him fan girl. And that's part of why Cole liked her, I'm sure.
This is a short novella, and just the first part of the story. If you want to see what happens with Melrose and Cole, you'll have to read the rest of the series.
This is a short novella, and just the first part of the story. If you want to see what happens with Melrose and Cole, you'll have to read the rest of the series.
December 13, 2018
Cute, light, YA romance short story. First in an ongoing series - doesn't end in a cliffhanger, but it's definitely not a really complete story (basically it covers them meeting and their first date). Plenty more to cover until they reach their HEA. Completely clichéd, but still enjoyable. I guess it would have rated it higher if there was a little more meat to it (a little two quick for me, and obviously setting up future books), but for what it was, it wasn't bad.
March 24, 2021
Starstruck over this book!!
When a celebrity stumbles into Melrose's work to hide from fan girls, an adventure is bound to happen. This lovely short story had me living all of my middle school fan girl crush moments! We used to dream about situations like this happening, it's the dream of MANY young girls. I couldn't help but fall for the characters as the story unfolded. I can barely wait to read the next in the series and see what happens after.
When a celebrity stumbles into Melrose's work to hide from fan girls, an adventure is bound to happen. This lovely short story had me living all of my middle school fan girl crush moments! We used to dream about situations like this happening, it's the dream of MANY young girls. I couldn't help but fall for the characters as the story unfolded. I can barely wait to read the next in the series and see what happens after.
December 8, 2022
😍😍😍😍😍Sooooo cute!!!😍😍😍😍😍
Honestly it reminded me of a very non-rich similar experience at camp. Besides that the odds of someone so hot and popular liking someone so average and introverted as me are impossible.
This book made that dream come true. Cole is nothing but sweet seriously, if I didn't have a book crush on Keefe from Keeper of the Lost Cities, I would have one on Cole.😍
Honestly it reminded me of a very non-rich similar experience at camp. Besides that the odds of someone so hot and popular liking someone so average and introverted as me are impossible.
This book made that dream come true. Cole is nothing but sweet seriously, if I didn't have a book crush on Keefe from Keeper of the Lost Cities, I would have one on Cole.😍
April 17, 2019
Wow, this was bad. Insta love and choppy dialogue. It was basically a 1D-fanfic? I didn’t have high hopes but I didn’t think it would be this bad. Oh well, worth a try! The free books on iTunes are really a hit or miss and since I only read this to complete a challenge for The magical readathon I’m not too upset!
May 20, 2020
Language: PG (6 swears, 0 "f"); Mature Content: PG; Violence: G
A cute story where the girl meets her famous crush. The awww moments made a smile come to my face every time. My only problem is that it is too short.
A cute story where the girl meets her famous crush. The awww moments made a smile come to my face every time. My only problem is that it is too short.
March 24, 2018
Sweet YA romance novella about a girl meeting the guy of her dreams. First book in a series, leaves you hanging wanting to read the next book to find out what happens
August 26, 2017
So fake
August 19, 2018
A teen girl's dream
A cute beginning of a romance that's every teen girl's fantasy - the celebrity boy you "love" meets you and falls for you too.
A cute beginning of a romance that's every teen girl's fantasy - the celebrity boy you "love" meets you and falls for you too.
September 18, 2018
The plot is all convenience and coincidence. Writing wasn’t bad, but no substance to make it believable or to make you root for anyone. Just a predictable short series of chapters......
March 3, 2019
Cute story, totally fictinal though.
July 4, 2019
I came into this wanting a fun, quick, wattpad-style story, and that’s exactly what I got. Nothing spectacular, but it’s very cute and exactly what I wanted.
June 6, 2020
Cute, but short
August 31, 2024
Quite cute but nothing special. Read while testing my kindle.
September 9, 2024
A nice read.
September 13, 2024
2/5
Pero.. pero.... es cortisimo y arriba no termina
WTF??
Pero.. pero.... es cortisimo y arriba no termina
WTF??
June 8, 2015
WARNING: NOVELLA/NOVELLETE/SHORT STORY AUTHORS TAKE NOTE
This is a short story done right. After all of the novelettes that I have read, this one has actually felt like it was worth my time. It took me maybe thirty minutes to read; I was bored, it was late, I didn’t want to try to tackle a two-and-a-half-hour book at nine at night so I thought, “Why not?” And as it turns out, that was a really great idea.
I feel that the main issue in novelettes is that authors feel the need to make their characters develop somehow. If you have around seventy pages to impress a reader, you don’t have the time to have a character develop. For the most part, at least. Unless you can write a seventy page book and make it feel like a two hour long action or romantic comedy or adventure movie, don’t try to include character development. That doesn’t go to say that these authors can’t write if they can’t pull that off, far from it, because Campbell can write.
Melrose Morgan isn’t your average teenager working at a fast food joint. It’s obvious that she isn’t, but you aren’t explicitly given a reason why, which was fine. It wasn’t necessary. What I did notice about Melrose, and I’m not sure if it was just placed to add depth or if it was foreshadowing for the next book, was how observant she was about how her sister Jemma was feeling. Even when Melrose wasn’t in the mood to talk, she still made sure that Jemma was okay and if she wasn’t, she spent time with her until she was. When I think about it, that might have been just to add depth, but it added the right amount of depth. It showed me, as a reader, that Melrose wasn’t the type of person to discount a person’s emotions just because they were younger. Instead, she truly cared and did her best to ensure that Jemma knew she cared.
For the most part, you don’t know too much about any of the characters. You receive the basic information about them all, but that didn’t interfere with me loving them all. I loved Melrose and her relaxed attitude and Cole Newton with his adventurous and cute demeanor. I liked Melrose’s best friend, Dallas Love (yes, Dallas Love, there’s an explanation in the book, don’t worry!), and her loyalty to Melrose and her bubbly personality and even Jemma and her younger sister charm.
The plot was simple and straight to the point. Not a single page, word, or comma was used to create fluff. Everything that Campbell wrote had the purpose of moving the plot along which is dire in a short story. I appreciated that she didn’t include “insta-love” in order to move the plot along, instead she had Cole and Melrose get to know each other on a date and kept going from there. There was one or two errors that I saw, but they were minor and didn’t bother me and weren’t worth subtracting any stars. It’s a novelette, so there isn’t too much to say about the plot without spoiling it all, but I would recommend that you take some time to read the book.
Note: This novelette does have five stars, but not on the same scale as novels. I don’t believe it would be fair to have novelettes and novels on the same scale as they are largely different, both in size and content. That being said, Star Struck has a five-out-of-five star rating on a novelette scale as do all other novellas and novelettes I have reviewed.
This is a short story done right. After all of the novelettes that I have read, this one has actually felt like it was worth my time. It took me maybe thirty minutes to read; I was bored, it was late, I didn’t want to try to tackle a two-and-a-half-hour book at nine at night so I thought, “Why not?” And as it turns out, that was a really great idea.
I feel that the main issue in novelettes is that authors feel the need to make their characters develop somehow. If you have around seventy pages to impress a reader, you don’t have the time to have a character develop. For the most part, at least. Unless you can write a seventy page book and make it feel like a two hour long action or romantic comedy or adventure movie, don’t try to include character development. That doesn’t go to say that these authors can’t write if they can’t pull that off, far from it, because Campbell can write.
Melrose Morgan isn’t your average teenager working at a fast food joint. It’s obvious that she isn’t, but you aren’t explicitly given a reason why, which was fine. It wasn’t necessary. What I did notice about Melrose, and I’m not sure if it was just placed to add depth or if it was foreshadowing for the next book, was how observant she was about how her sister Jemma was feeling. Even when Melrose wasn’t in the mood to talk, she still made sure that Jemma was okay and if she wasn’t, she spent time with her until she was. When I think about it, that might have been just to add depth, but it added the right amount of depth. It showed me, as a reader, that Melrose wasn’t the type of person to discount a person’s emotions just because they were younger. Instead, she truly cared and did her best to ensure that Jemma knew she cared.
For the most part, you don’t know too much about any of the characters. You receive the basic information about them all, but that didn’t interfere with me loving them all. I loved Melrose and her relaxed attitude and Cole Newton with his adventurous and cute demeanor. I liked Melrose’s best friend, Dallas Love (yes, Dallas Love, there’s an explanation in the book, don’t worry!), and her loyalty to Melrose and her bubbly personality and even Jemma and her younger sister charm.
The plot was simple and straight to the point. Not a single page, word, or comma was used to create fluff. Everything that Campbell wrote had the purpose of moving the plot along which is dire in a short story. I appreciated that she didn’t include “insta-love” in order to move the plot along, instead she had Cole and Melrose get to know each other on a date and kept going from there. There was one or two errors that I saw, but they were minor and didn’t bother me and weren’t worth subtracting any stars. It’s a novelette, so there isn’t too much to say about the plot without spoiling it all, but I would recommend that you take some time to read the book.
Note: This novelette does have five stars, but not on the same scale as novels. I don’t believe it would be fair to have novelettes and novels on the same scale as they are largely different, both in size and content. That being said, Star Struck has a five-out-of-five star rating on a novelette scale as do all other novellas and novelettes I have reviewed.
March 13, 2016
Star Struck était une histoire vraiment mignonne, douce et acidulée, très rapide à dévorer. On ne sort pas des sentiers battus, on est dans une typique romance où une ado tombe amoureuse de son idole et qu’elle arrive à le faire craquer. Mais voila, Jamie Campbell maitrise totalement l’histoire, la qualité est au rendez-vous malgré la longueur assez courte de ce premier « tome ».
Melrose ou plutôt Rosy comme elle préfère être appelée, est une adolescente banale, ni une geek, ni une reine du lycée. Elle adore le nouveau groupe à la mode, Two Dimensions, fond totalement pour le leader et travaille dans un fast food. Typique d’une ado américaine de base quoi. Elle est mignonne, gentille et loyale envers sa meilleure amie, mais son univers est chamboulé par sa rencontre inattendu avec Cole, son fantasme.
Cole tombe immédiatement sous le charme de la simple et calme Melrose. Elle est différente des autres fan, elle l’aide, discute avec lui normalement, comme s’il était un adolescent normal. C’est ce que recherche Cole avant tout, la normalité malgré sa célébrité et son amour pour ce qu’il fait. Il est vraiment mignon dans sa façon de draguer Rosy et de mettre en place un rencard démesuré, mais quelque part normal et drôle.
Le livre étant court, la relation du couple évolue rapidement mais sans jamais sauter d’étape. C’est romantique à souhait, on ressent une certaine alchimie entre eux et on a droit à des scènes amusantes. Jamie Campbell a fait l’effort d’approfondir au maximum les personnages et leur couple en peu de pages et c’est agréable. Une belle romance YA pleine de fraîcheur que je recommande !
Melrose ou plutôt Rosy comme elle préfère être appelée, est une adolescente banale, ni une geek, ni une reine du lycée. Elle adore le nouveau groupe à la mode, Two Dimensions, fond totalement pour le leader et travaille dans un fast food. Typique d’une ado américaine de base quoi. Elle est mignonne, gentille et loyale envers sa meilleure amie, mais son univers est chamboulé par sa rencontre inattendu avec Cole, son fantasme.
Cole tombe immédiatement sous le charme de la simple et calme Melrose. Elle est différente des autres fan, elle l’aide, discute avec lui normalement, comme s’il était un adolescent normal. C’est ce que recherche Cole avant tout, la normalité malgré sa célébrité et son amour pour ce qu’il fait. Il est vraiment mignon dans sa façon de draguer Rosy et de mettre en place un rencard démesuré, mais quelque part normal et drôle.
Le livre étant court, la relation du couple évolue rapidement mais sans jamais sauter d’étape. C’est romantique à souhait, on ressent une certaine alchimie entre eux et on a droit à des scènes amusantes. Jamie Campbell a fait l’effort d’approfondir au maximum les personnages et leur couple en peu de pages et c’est agréable. Une belle romance YA pleine de fraîcheur que je recommande !
December 14, 2016
Book Review- Star Struck by Jamie Campbell
In this novella, Melrose Morgan works at Burger Nation. She has to work the day shift in order to go to the concert for Two Dimension. It’s her favorite band and a big deal for her town. She can’t wait.
Her best friend Dallas stops by to get her to leave work. She wants Melrose to go hang out at the hotel. Melrose can’t go and is glad she didn’t. She has a special guest encounter with a shocking person. He stays with her for an hour then leaves. She can’t believe what happens and refuses to tell anyone. She wants to hold the memory close.
When she gets to the concert everything changes. She and friend Dallas get pulled on stage. She is the envy of every girl at the concert as Cole Newton sings to her. Before it’s over a phone number is given and a request to call. She has the best day of her life with the boy of her dreams. She hopes she doesn’t wake up anytime soon.
This story was a fast read. I read it in about an hour. It is a pretty fast paced story line, every teenage girl’s fantasy. Cole and Melrose meet and hit it off quickly. The author moves things along as the story spans over a week’s time.
I honestly thought that the characters were younger than sixteen. The language seemed younger as did their thoughts. The writing seemed rushed. Making Melrose and Dallas come across as immature. I liked the premise of the story and the whole fairytale idea. I think it would have been better if the story was longer and could develop a bit more. Something was missing. It showed only the surface. I give it a 3 out of 5.
In this novella, Melrose Morgan works at Burger Nation. She has to work the day shift in order to go to the concert for Two Dimension. It’s her favorite band and a big deal for her town. She can’t wait.
Her best friend Dallas stops by to get her to leave work. She wants Melrose to go hang out at the hotel. Melrose can’t go and is glad she didn’t. She has a special guest encounter with a shocking person. He stays with her for an hour then leaves. She can’t believe what happens and refuses to tell anyone. She wants to hold the memory close.
When she gets to the concert everything changes. She and friend Dallas get pulled on stage. She is the envy of every girl at the concert as Cole Newton sings to her. Before it’s over a phone number is given and a request to call. She has the best day of her life with the boy of her dreams. She hopes she doesn’t wake up anytime soon.
This story was a fast read. I read it in about an hour. It is a pretty fast paced story line, every teenage girl’s fantasy. Cole and Melrose meet and hit it off quickly. The author moves things along as the story spans over a week’s time.
I honestly thought that the characters were younger than sixteen. The language seemed younger as did their thoughts. The writing seemed rushed. Making Melrose and Dallas come across as immature. I liked the premise of the story and the whole fairytale idea. I think it would have been better if the story was longer and could develop a bit more. Something was missing. It showed only the surface. I give it a 3 out of 5.
April 5, 2014
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This is definitely one of the better novellas I have read so far from when I went down the Amazon free list. It was focused solely on the present activities and although I would have like more back story, it was a sweet romance to get caught up in for thirty minutes. It drew me in and I didn't want to stop reading, the characters were engaging which is hard to do in a novella and the story did make me smile-even if it's a bit unrealistic, but who cares?
The story moved at a quick pace, like most novellas, but I liked how the author focused on situations for longer. She picked specific moments and focused on those rather than flit all over the place and try to cram everything in. The story line was solid and constructed well.
I would like to read more of this and wished it was a full length novel as although I really did enjoy this story I can't bring myself to pay for every book in the series if they're so short. I'm crossing my fingers I'll find a box set when I look!
This is definitely one of the better novellas I have read so far from when I went down the Amazon free list. It was focused solely on the present activities and although I would have like more back story, it was a sweet romance to get caught up in for thirty minutes. It drew me in and I didn't want to stop reading, the characters were engaging which is hard to do in a novella and the story did make me smile-even if it's a bit unrealistic, but who cares?
The story moved at a quick pace, like most novellas, but I liked how the author focused on situations for longer. She picked specific moments and focused on those rather than flit all over the place and try to cram everything in. The story line was solid and constructed well.
I would like to read more of this and wished it was a full length novel as although I really did enjoy this story I can't bring myself to pay for every book in the series if they're so short. I'm crossing my fingers I'll find a box set when I look!
September 13, 2016
This was a sweet start to the Star Kissed series, and gave us an introduction to the main characters. I liked the premise of this story a lot, and I loved the realistic portrayals of the teenage protagonists, however I felt that at times there was a lot of things briefly mentioned and then not brought up again, which made me wonder why they'd even been mentioned. I feel that if this book was combined with the second and third books in the series, I would have connected a little more with the characters as the information I gathered about them wouldn't have been so spread apart.
Nevertheless, this is a fun little start to the series, which I think young-adult readers will love.
3.5 stars!
Nevertheless, this is a fun little start to the series, which I think young-adult readers will love.
3.5 stars!
August 9, 2015
I basically got this book to pass the time and that's about as much as it's good for.
Not to my taste at all. It's a quick read but the story and the characters themselves annoyed me so much that I still found it hard to finish. I often found myself groaning over something cringey that a character would say or do.
Not my type of story-line to begin with so I'll give it that it is what it is; a cheesey story probably best aimed towards teenage girls who dream about getting with their rock star idols.
Not to my taste at all. It's a quick read but the story and the characters themselves annoyed me so much that I still found it hard to finish. I often found myself groaning over something cringey that a character would say or do.
Not my type of story-line to begin with so I'll give it that it is what it is; a cheesey story probably best aimed towards teenage girls who dream about getting with their rock star idols.
September 6, 2016
4.25/5
This is the story of Melrose, a Burger Nation worker, who found herself stuck inside a supply closet with the most unexpected person.
First short-story I've read, really enjoyed it, it was quick and fun, I had a blast. I found myself laughing throughout the all story. The only problem though was the length, even though it is a short story it had had potential for very well developed story. Really liked the characters looking forward to reading book 2.
(read this for september reading club marathon)
This is the story of Melrose, a Burger Nation worker, who found herself stuck inside a supply closet with the most unexpected person.
First short-story I've read, really enjoyed it, it was quick and fun, I had a blast. I found myself laughing throughout the all story. The only problem though was the length, even though it is a short story it had had potential for very well developed story. Really liked the characters looking forward to reading book 2.
(read this for september reading club marathon)
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