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- Content warnings: Mental illness, Anxiety, Panic attacks, Chronic illness, Child neglect, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content
Star Shipped
by Cat Sebastian
Cat Sebastian turns a sci-fi set feud into something warm, funny, and deeply character-first. The romance is gentle but not weightless, with enough old hurt under the jokes to make the soft landing feel earned.
goodreads 4.2/5 8,730 ratings
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Length384 pages
Story statusStandalone
Spice3/5 · Slow seduction
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Enemies to lovers
- M/M
- Slow burn
- Medium
- Slow seduction
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Artist/musician
- Black cat x golden retriever
- Sweet / tender
- Found family feels
- Golden retriever
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Earned hope
- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Playful / funny
- The swoon
- Damaged survivor
- Found family
- Tension / anticipation
- Tension finally satisfied
- Only one who understands them
- Vanilla with emotion
- Playful banter
- Touch starvation
- Longing glances
Fantasy promise
- Contemporary romance
- Forced proximity
- Workplace / office
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Road trip romance
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- Road trip
- Workplace romance
- Big city / metropolis
- Celebrity / rockstar romance
- Healing romance
- Opposites attract
Reading experience
- Third person
- Romantic
- Witty
- Moderate
- Gay
- Humorous
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- Warm
- Queer
- Heartwarming
- Banter-heavy
- Disabled MC
- Yearning
- Introspective
- Neurodivergent MC
- Character-driven
- Chronic illness
- Emotional
- Mental health rep
- Comfort read vibes
- Anxiety rep
- Binge read
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Book details
- Length
- 384 pages
- Publisher
- Avon
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book