I’m obsessed with Fallon Ballard I’ve loved every book she has out there and I will be reading everything else she writes!

I'm a fan of all of Ballard's books so far. It was a fun and light read with characters I really enjoyed. Looking forward to the next one.

OH MY GOODNESS I COULDNT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN and as a mom of two small kids that’s saying something. Emmy and Grayson are so cute and the writing was so good. Would definitely read other things by this author

Right On Cue was a super sweet, short romance. It’s told entirely from our FMC, Emmy’s, POV, as she works with a boy who hurt her deeply as a child. The book is short enough that the pace is quick, and we never sit stagnant in any relationship for long enough to get bored.
Along with the central romance, which is spicy and sassy and oh so adorable, I loved Emmys secondary relationships with her friends and family. They love each other so much, but manage to maintain a realistic pattern of behavior. They get frustrated with her when she messes up, and forgiveness is just an ask away.
Definitely a great summer read.
4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book early.

This was a feel good book, start to finish that I devoured in one day. The characters were all likeable, the writing was witty and relevant and the story line was pitch perfect.

Right On Cue by Falon Ballard is a Hollywood romance and the story of Emmy and Grayson.
 
Emmy is very beloved in Hollywood, and she follows the footsteps of her famous parents. She is a screenwriter and wrote a lovely romcom, but when they don’t find a good cast for the heroine, Emmy must step up and be an actress. I really liked her bright personality, and she is such a good person.
 
After the originally casted hero gets injured, Grayson gets this role. He is still unknown and new to the film industry and trying to gain ground. He is the opposite to Emmy in a lot of ways, but they definitely have this undeniable chemistry.
 
The beginning is very slow, and they need some time to warm up to each other. I was a bit skeptical how they would work together, and they even needed an intimacy coach. But at some point I felt the sparks between them at least in front of the camera. I feel like the transition from being a film couple to being a real couple didn’t work that well. It is definitely a cute story, but I didn’t get fully excited over their romance.
 
Overall, if you like Hollywood romances or stories with acting, this might be for you. 3 stars.
 
(ARC kindly provided in exchange for a review.)

🔸 ARC REVIEW 🔸

Rating: ⭐️⭐️

I read Lease on Love about a year ago and absolutely fell in love with it. Since, I’ve jumped at the chance to read any of Falon Ballard’s books, hoping to find that same feeling, but unfortunately that hasn’t happened yet. Although I did mostly enjoy Just My Type, Right on Cue was definitely not for me.

This book follows two actors who are cast in a romcom together. Emmy has absolutely hated her co-star, Greyson, since she was fifteen years old when he “ruined” her acting career over a misunderstanding. Literally from the first chapter, this book was FULL of miscommunication or Emmy just absolutely refusing to communicate at all and I am so tired of it.

Until about halfway through, I still thought this could be a 3 star read for me. Definitely not a fave, but still entertaining. But the farther we delved into this couple’s budding relationship, the more I felt like I wasn’t getting anything from them that was more than surface level. Emmy is claiming that they’re soulmates, that they know each other even better than they know themselves, but all I’m seeing is her constantly objectifying him because he’s conventionally attractive. Their banter was also just not funny to me at all and largely consisted of sexual innuendos.

The friendship in this book also felt very lacking. I don’t feel like Emmy and Liz really showed up for each other until about 80% through the book, and by then I was pretty much over it. After absolutely adoring the friendships in Lease on Love, this was an absolute letdown.

Overall: Right on Cue was not my cup of tea. The negatives outweighed any positives I found while reading it. Hopefully I’m the outlier and other readers enjoy this one more. 🧡

TROPES:
🔸 second chance romance
🔸 small-town setting
🔸 celebrity romance

Thank you to @netgalley and @putnambooks for the chance to read this ARC. Pub. date is February 27, 2024!

Thank you to Penguin Group Putnam for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review! :)

I! LOVED! THIS! BOOK! I will almost always love a romance that includes a celebrity. Both celebrities? Awesome, even better. The MC was given a Nora Ephron vibe and it absolutely translates. I also really liked that the main characters had a past conflict, but instead of being a dual timeline, it stayed in the present and building back. I also adored the characters and felt very attached to them throughout the story, their personalities and back stories are wonderfully built out. I love Falon and I will literally read anything she writes. Send me that grocery list, girl!

This book was a super fun and quick read! I read and liked Just My Type by this author, and I think she's stepped up her game with Right on Cue! I really liked both main characters, and their connection felt very sincere and organic. They are both in the film industry (he's an actor, she's a writer/actor), and they are thrown together as love interests on her newest project. Because of their past, they start off as enemies, but as time goes on they find each other hard to resist! I recommend this book to anyone, and I will be looking for Falon Ballard's future books to add to my list!

Thanks to Putnam Books for my ARC!

I really adored this! Thank you NetGalley for the chance to review!
This story covers Emmy, a screen-writer turned actress, as she brings her newest screenplay to life alongside Grayson, the 'villainous' man from her past who upended her career in their teens. As expected, these two on-screen lovers slowly fall in love off-screen, learning to trust each other again through the trials and tribulations of the movies.
What made this adorable to me was the vulnerability of Emmy and the genuity of Grayson. He was incredibly well written: smart, funny, wholesome, but clearly slightly damaged from always being seen as not quite the 'best' choice. Emmy is also so clearly jaded and tries SO hard to not let herself fall in any capacity. I think both of the leads are so very real on the page, which is hard to do. I DO wish Grayson's actions as a teenage were a bit more fleshed out, and miscommunication is NOT my favorite way for two leads to fall apart, but luckily the writer knew better than to keep them apart for very long. Grayson's motivations were actually the strongest, and I wish that was the main separation reason.
As another kudos: I LOVED the intimacy scene in the movie (the spicy portions are great too). This was SO well done: you were so heavily in scene with the leads, but also learning about the business...it might be one of my favorite scenes in a recent book. Excellently done!

Emmy Harper was an Oscar winning screenwriter who was excited because casting was almost complete for her latest script, a rom com called No Reservations. Her best friend, Liz, was set to direct the movie and another close friend was going to play the male lead. They still needed to cast the female lead. Every actress they auditioned didn't fit the image they wanted. Time was running out and so were the actresses they wanted to read for the role. Liz and the executive producer thought Emmy would be perfect as the star of her screenplay. Emmy tried acting once before as a teenager. It was a disaster and she vowed to never act again. Emmy's memories of that time still hurt when she thought of them. She had a crush on her male counterpart, which was not was reciprocated. Emmy realized he didn't feel the same when she overheard him talking about her. Her acting suffered and the reviews of her performance were brutal. Filming for No Reservations was set to begin very soon. The executive producer said he would pull the movie's funding if filming didn't start on time. It looked like Emmy had to take the leap and try acting once again.

Grayson West was a well loved star of action movies. He wanted to broaden the types of roles he played and asked his agent to find him more dramatic parts. Grayson was cast for a movie at the last minute when another actor had to pull out due to an injury. He was nervous about acting in a rom com, but excited to bring this new character to life. The only potential problem Grayson saw was that he would be playing opposite the woman he made his screen debut with years ago. He didn't know what had caused her to dislike him so much back then. Grayson hoped the filming this time would go more smoothly.

I enjoyed reading this story. Emmy struggled to get past her memories from her last acting performance. It didn't help that she still found Grayson extremely attractive. Initially, they brought out the worst in each other. Their acting was abysmal. When they eventually stopped thinking so hard about what they were doing, the magic started to happen. I enjoyed the secondary characters very much. Liz was great. Sam, the hair stylist, and Amanda, the make-up artist, were so much fun. I loved the banter between them and Emmy. I read Fallon Ballard's second novel, Just My Type, earlier this year and gave it five stars. This one is almost as good and definitely one I enjoyed.

I received an e-ARC for Right On Cue and want to thank Fallon Ballard, G.P. Putnam's Sons, and NetGalley for the opportunity to voluntarily read and give an honest review of this book. Right On Cue will be published on February 27, 2024.

4.5 // Definitely my favorite book by Fallon so far! I absolutely loved Emmy and Grayson together. The only reason I couldn’t give 5 stars was because of the miscommunication and the dreaded 3rd act breakup. Other than that, this was definitely a solid book and would totally recommend.

Thank you NetGalley for the arc!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review.
Another cutie romance from Falon Ballard. 🥹
I love when rom coms are set in entertainment so I knew I’d love this. This one was a bit steamier than her other books.

Thank you net galley and publisher for this ARC. "Right on cue" was a cute rom-com and I enjoyed following along with their story as they filmed and after the movie was finished.

Thank you to Putnam Books and Netgalley for this advance copy.

Grayson and Emmy have been enemies since their first filming experience when they were teens. Emmy gave up acting and moved solely to writing and Grayson continued acting, developing a notable career as an action hero.

When Emmy decides to act in her own rom-com, Grayson ends up as the male lead. Their chemistry is atrocious and their acting terrible. Together they come up with a plan to save the movie.

While I loved both Emmy and Grayson’s characters, I truly thought the secondary characters stole the show in this book. Ballard often gives great supporting characters and this is no different. Emmy’s mom, best friend Liz, and Sam the make up artist, are people I’d like in my live.

With other books I haven’t loved the story within the story and worried that it could be confusing with the two main characters playing the roles of characters in a rom-com. Ballard handles this expertly, and the rom-com is more of a background part of the story.

This hits all the Nora Ephron feels, but is also Ballard’s spiciest book yet. I flew through the story and wish there had been a little more happily ever after as I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to these characters.

Ahhh this was so cute!! I was thrilled to be approved for an arc of Falon Ballard’s newest romance after her previous two books were absolute bangers for me. Right on Cue follows the filming of a rom-com being starred by our main character (who also wrote the movie) and her ex co star who she despises. Absolutely adorable enemies to lovers romance!

I loved the use of the right person/wrong time, second chance romance, and forced proximity tropes in Right on Cue. Throw in small town in the winter Hallmark vibes and a couple of spicy scenes and you’re writing a book I’m going to be hard pressed not to enjoy.

Emmy and Grayson’s first meeting ended in disaster. Their film was a massive flop and Emmy’s confidence was so shaken she hasn’t stepped in front of the camera since, instead shifting her focus to becoming an adored rom-com screenwriter. However her director bff, Liz, has convinced Emmy to come out of acting retirement to star as the lead in her newest script. When an unfortunate accident sidelines Emmy’s original co-star, the only viable replacement is Grayson. Obviously. Their tension threatens production and the two are told to figure it out or else.

While I knew where much of the plot was going I still thoroughly enjoyed Right on Cue. It felt like curling up in a cozy blanket. I loved watching the relationship between Emmy and Grayson develop and seeing them grow as individuals. There was more character development than I’ve seen in many romances, at least in regards to main characters, and the secondary characters were fun.

The one major downside, for me, and the reason I couldn’t quite get to 5 stars, was the miscommunication. It was a drag on the pacing in the beginning with Emmy not being able to move on from the past and felt so out of place towards the end based on what they’d been through together. Additionally, I liked the secondary cast a lot and wished we’d have seen more of them.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group/Putnam for sending me an advanced copy.

⭐️⭐️.5

A super cute, light-hearted, and predictable rom-com I couldn’t put down! There were several times it had me laughing out out loud and I loved some of the casualness of the main character’s dialogue where it almost felt like it was breaking the fourth wall a little bit.

Synopsis: Emmy is a screenwriter who ends up having to play the main character alongside Grayson, a previous crush and co-star who had broken her heart in the past.

I get excited to read pretty much anything that involves a writer as the main character and I really enjoyed this one! I usually don’t enjoy the Right Person, Wrong Time trope because it’s usually due to several frustrating and unnecessary miscommunications, but I liked it in this book!

I’m giving it three and a half stars for a few different reasons. There were miscommunications in other aspects of the book that I found frustrating and thought were out of character for the main characters. Plus, overall, I also wish we could’ve seen more of the couple develop their relationship outside of some (or several) spicy moments — I just didn’t love that it was what most of their relationship was built on. It also seemed odd to me that the their big conflict happened so close to the end of the book and it wrapped up way too quickly.

However, the characters were definitely loveable and I really enjoyed seeing the storyline through. I thought it was such a cute read and it felt like I was reading a Hallmark movie I would’ve loved watching!

Big thanks to Penguin Group/Putnam and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for a review!

If you enjoy second chance romance, loathe to love, and forced proximity between two actors forced to star opposite the other (for a second time), I think you will enjoy this book. FB really knows how to write characters I want to root for and allows me to understand each character fully without requiring a dual POV.

The chemistry between Emmy and Grayson was believable and never felt forced. I enjoyed their banter, especially when they were trying their hardest to despise the other. I found myself smiling when we got glimpses into their building relationship. The flirtation and banter during their time on set was fun and it kept the storyline moving, but we still were able to see their walls slowly lowering as they discovered more about the insecurities and fears the other had hidden away from the world...and maybe even themself.

Overall, a fun read I will be adding to my shelf once it is available.

If you're looking for a classic enemies-to-lovers trope with movie stars, then this is for you. RIGHT ON CUE is a solid romance book with all the right swoony charm, smut, and delightful characters. I recommend RIGHT ON CUE but I'm not making it my entire personally. Four stars.