While this was not my favourite book due to some of the heavier subject matter it is one that I will confidently recommend for those who are looking for new titles after reading Casey McQuiston or Meryl Wilsner.

Wasn't really a fan of this story. Normally, needy female characters doesn't bother me, but it really irked me in this case. It's not something I would read again. The writing style felt flat and at times repetitive.

Such a fun book . I love the premise and the characters. I enjoyed the love story and also the sense of place. I love in Los Angeles and I feel it did a good job pulling it in as a character. It is very well written and the a great needing

I loved this book so so much! I fell in love with Nina’s story and how she and Ari came into each others lives. The story felt real and poignant. Excellent paced book and I loved the growing relationship between them! I would read another book by Amy Spalding.

5/5 stars for Amy Spalding! This was my first read by her and will definitely pick more up! Thank you netgalley for the copy in exchange of my honest review.

This is a fun, sweet, page-turner romance. But it has many issues that bothered me while reading.

I feel for Nina and I understand many of her actions are a result of the horrible relationship she was in and the scars the breakup left behind. But I felt that the book deals with it in a very superficial way, and it makes it difficult to identify with her.

I found it incredibly unbelievable that Nina ghosted her friends (Her found family!) for three years. I know LA is big and that some friendships fall apart, but they were supposedly like family to her. How hard was it for them to track her down? She didn't even leave the city.

I was also not entirely convinced by the premise itself. Are there actually people who are ghostwriting celebrities' emails? Maybe. It's LA after all. But isn't someone who cares so much about how they are perceived would just answer their own emails? (Does Ari even care about her emails? I'm not entirely sure).

Overall this was an enjoyable read. It has some cute romantic moments and the story definitely stayed with me.

I loved this book! I can't wait to re-read it and to see what else this author writes. I will defenetlly be recommending to translate this book to Hebrew,

Unfortunately this wasn't a book for me and I had to DNF it. I have tried to read more by this author and picking this one up from time to time but I have to realize that Amy Spalding isn't for me (not yet at least).

If you live in or around Los Angeles or really have just been here more than once, there’s a few very trivial silly things that might grind your gears, namely that no one in their right mind tries to park in downtown LA and those who are brave enough to try do not get a spot lmao. Also, indie coffee is really good in LA so the starbucks mentions seem a bit out of place but again, trivial and silly. On the book as a whole, I really enjoyed it. As a 20something loner, I unfortunately related very deeply to Nina and it feels like she’ll be heavy on my heart for a while. Ari was a perfectly fine love interest but since it’s not dual POV i feel like we didn’t get her as fleshed out as possible. And the third act breakup was so weird?? I’ve read a lot of romance and this one is up there with most benign miscommunication being so entirely blown out of proportion. I really did love the dynamic between Nina and Ari. What we got of Ari in terms of characterization was wonderful and her being so proud of her identity was spectacular. Nina and her relationship with her friends was everything to me. The gripes I have are minimal and come down to my personal connection with any given character and their dialogue. Overall, my pros are the characters and their relationships and my cons are the nonsensical descriptions of LA and not feeling like every character was as fleshed out as they could have been. I’m giving For Her Consideration 4.5⭐️

For Her Consideration
by Amy Spalding

Nina leaves LA after a bad breakup and puts all dream of being a screenwriter on a back burner and moves to the suburbs.

This isn’t really my type of book ie Hollywood celebrity. It’s try’s to be a fun style story but I felt it fell flat and some parts of this story I felt were odd eg when Nina basically ghosts all her friendship group when she moves the suburbs not one of them tries to contact her in the years she is gone. It wasn’t a terrible book but I felt some parts just didn’t add up. I found the book disappointing 2.5/5

Great characters and good plot in this book. At times, the miscommunication pieces of the plot got to be a bit much.

3.5⭐️s

TW/CW: minor car accident, toxic past relationship (some on page, some recounted), death of a grandparent recounted, hospitalization of a side character
Rep: plus sized lesbian main character, lesbian love interest, non-binary side character, sapphic side characters

I want to love this book more than I do. The ending was so good that it made me forget the mediocre middle and main character that made me want to throw my Kindle across the room.

The good things:
* The friend group!! While I definitely feel like they should have reached out more after Nina initially pulled away, better late than never I guess
* Max and Nina’s little work friendship (and Max now has her OWN BOOK?? I’m so excited)
* Steve the Cat
* The lack of motivation. The struggle of “This path was my dream. That is no longer realistic. How do I support myself in the meantime?”

Going back to my last bullet point, that’s why Ari also got on my nerves a lot. She did not understand Nina’s struggle of actually needing to survive all the time. Sure, Nina is also genuinely pretty well off, but even she realizes that she needs to support herself somehow. But Ari just… never understood that, until the obligatory third act breakup.

Speaking of which. The breakup was SO odd. I really thought amongst all of Nina’s deleting messages and avoiding calls that texts and calls from Ari would be waiting but - not a word? When the breakup wasn’t even like a genuine breakup because y’all actually just didn’t speak to each other again?? Like I said. Odd.

I love how everything wrapped up with this book. Bianca actually getting to be mad at Nina and expressing that. Nina realizing that she shouldn’t shoulder things on her own anymore and that she needs therapy.

Also, Lorna is the best character.

Huge thank you to Netgalley and Kensington for an ARC of this!

4 stars!

This was really cute!! I don't normally love Hollywood-centered/celebrity romances, but I thought this was a fun little rom-com with extra wins for therapy representation, a sapphic love story, and body representation. I think that it would've been nice if this had been dual POV because I love dual POV, and I didn't love the 3rd act breakup (who does) but would definitely read more from this author!


Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I love Hollywood celebrity romances, okay? I understand their desire to promote escapism through luxury, glamour, scandal and sex. And occasionally, they even teach me a lot of interesting, fun things about the entertainment industry. In fact, the other day I was down in the TRENCHES justifying Hollywood celebrity romance books being a little dramatic and larger-than-life to a YouTube comment section.
But it's all about execution, not tropes, for me. Which is to say, I did not enjoy this one at all.
And it's not just the things discussed in my bookstagram review (portrayal of white gentrified upper-class queerness as "opening doors in the industry" whereas we know irl how BIPOC queer artists are still treated). It's that Nina and Ari have zero chemistry and are both terrible people, and mutually toxic.
Idk what to say. This was disappointing. Full review on my insta

This book was so fun! I love all of the representation in this book. The main character, Nina, is so relatable and funny. It is such a sweet, cute romance to follow. Found family is one of my favorite tropes which made me love this one even more! As their relationship develops, I fell in love with Nina and Ari. I highly recommend for lovers of queer romance, found family, plus size main character, funny characters. Great romance!!

Who doesn’t love a coming of age story? But this one is with a 30-year-old character. Didn’t know that was something I needed to see represented but loved this!

Some banter, lovely dialogue and a couple that makes you want to read more about them. Great story and amazing characters!

This is a sapphic romance featuring:
• a fat femme protagonist
• an out lesbian actress love interest
• found family and great friendships
• finding yourself in your 30s
• learning to love yourself again after a bad breakup

I really liked this book and how the relationship flowed. Lots of found family and just cute moments!!

Started off strong, but lost my interest 😕

The concept of a sapphic celebrity romance is soooooo great and I was loving the first half of this book but the rest kinda was slow until the very end. I loved the plus size representation and the forbidden romance aspect of the book. Honestly my favorite part was Nina’s queer friend group!!! They are so supportive and loved getting to know the large cast of characters.

Solid 3 star read that I think others might enjoy more than I did!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC❤️