Book Review: ‘Hello Stranger: A Novel’ By Katherine Center

Sadie Montgomery is about to get the chance of a lifetime, win $10,000 for her art. On that same day she meets a handsome stranger in the liquor store, and then she has faints away in the street. Turns out she has a brain condition that needs to be taken care of right away. After the operation she has a condition called face blindness, she can’t see people’s faces. It could only a temporary thing, and she has to try and get her art project done in less than three months. She also meets her hot vet, and dreams of falling in love with him. After one attempt at a date, things don’t work out, he stood her up. Then she gets to meet Joe, who lives in her building, and she thinks he’s a ladies’s man. But soon she learns he’s not, and they fall for each other. But a misunderstanding, makes him bolt, and when Sadie learns the reason why, it leads to shocking reveals, caused by her medical condition. This is a excellent character-driven story, with twists that you never see coming, I didn’t. You get engaged in these people’e lives, and you don’t want to stop reading.

You can pick up Hello Stranger in stores on Tuesday, July 11th from St. Martin’s Press.