By Amy Spalding
Star rating: ★★★★☆
Blurb
Since a crushing breakup three years ago, Nina Rice has written romance, friends, her dreams of scriptwriting for TV, and even LA proper out of her life. Instead, she’s safely out in the suburbs in her aunt’s condo working her talent agency job from home, managing celebrity email accounts, and certain that’s plenty of writing—and plot—for her life. But a surprise meeting called by Ari Fox, a young actress on everyone’s radar, stirs up all kinds of feelings Nina thought she’d deleted for good . . .
Ari is sexy, out and proud, and a serious control freak, according to Nina’s boss. She has her own ideas about how Nina should handle her emails—and about getting to know her ghostwriter. When she tells Nina she should be writing again, Nina suddenly finds it less scary to revisit her abandoned life than seriously consider that Ari is flirting with her. Between reconnecting with her old crew and working on a new script, a relationship with a movie star seems like something she’ll definitely mess up—but what could be more worth the risk?
Amy Spalding’s For Her Consideration is full of heat and heart as Nina learns that her story just might include the kind of love that lasts.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Read if you Like:
🎬 Sapphic romance
🎬 Single pov
🎬 Celebrity romance
🎬 Curvy heroine
🎬 Workplace romance
My Thoughts:
I felt like the real strength of this book was how it described the LGBTQ plus community in LA and what an important part of the queer experience found family can be. I adored Nina's great aunt who really showed how having even one person to be supportive of you can make a huge difference.
Nina was a very relatable heroine. She was insecure and she had relationship baggage. She also is a bit stuck career-wise. She doesn't have the tools to deal with these issues well. Did I think she was a bad person? Not at all! I also didn't particularly like her. It was also hard to see what Ari liked about her with the book being from Nina's point of view.
I also struggled a bit with Nina and Ari's relationship. I didn't completely know why Nina liked Ari other than that she was a celebrity. I would have liked to see them connect more.
I think this story is ideal for people who want to read about the experience of figuring out how to have a fulfilling life, as well as living in LA and being queer. It has also has great representation and is perfect for fans of found family.
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