for her consideration beautifully captures the intricacies of love and career. the character arcs are authentic, making the story both relatable and inspiring.
the writing style is engaging, drawing readers into the protagonist’s world as she balances personal aspirations with romantic endeavors.

I'm so glad to see more Sapphic stories getting published -- I'm delighted when a story is queer AT ALL, but there's definitely more gay/male-focused queer romances out there, so Spalding is really nicely filling that gap. The characters were well fleshed-out and the Hollywood setting/complications really added some juiciness. A book I devoured in one sitting, and love to recommend to folks who love celebrity gossip and red carpet season!

Nina Rice has been insulating herself since her terrible breakup three years ago. She's withdrawn from her friends, given up on any career aspirations, and her only companion is her octogenarian great-aunt. Her job as a celebrity email ghostwriter works for her - she works from home and doesn't need to interact with the world - until her client Ari Fox takes issue with her email responses and suggests they meet up to get to know each other so Nina can better emulate Ari's communication style. A flirtation starts to brew between the two, but Nina has firmly shut off the possibility of love, but Ari won't give up without a fight.

I really enjoyed this story, especially the found family aspect. I really felt for Nina and how her previous breakup had completely shattered her confidence and sense of self, leading her to close herself off. I was so happy when she reunited with her friend group and they welcomed her back with open arms and really supported her. The entire group was so supportive and really lovely. I really enjoyed Nina and Ari's relationship and for the most part, the lack of miscommunication that can sometimes be a plot device in romances. I felt like both Nina and Ari's issues were understandable and they were trying to work through them earnestly. And of course, who can forget Nina's great-aunt Lorna who was such a firecracker - I loved her and her group of friends as well! Overall, this was such a fun, tender book.

This was my first time reading anything by Amy Spalding and this was a fun romp! Love seeing more sapphic romance titles!

I probably won’t actually read this. I need to stop requesting books before I read synopsis. It didn’t get a lot of great feedback and I don’t care for Same sex romance. My bad

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!!