Wonderful story, great character development, great writing! Highly recommend this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it

This book was agonizing to get through, but it did keep me entertained. Max is just so awful to herself and can we just leave that in 2023. I thought this was just the character but I remember the author wrote Nina this way also, so I think this is just her writing style. I understand how everything had to play out but my goodness this boo was just way too damn long like whoa I was so bored halfway through this book I literally started skipping pages.

I was given an ARC by Net Galley in exchange for an honest review, as always, all words are my own.

So glad that this follow up is Max's story, and it's an incredibly relatable story of mid-twenties floundering, love, and community. This queer romance is often really sweet as Max finds her way in aching steps forward and plenty of missteps along the way.

Thank you to the author, Kensington Books and NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is the second in a series, but can easily be read as a stand-alone as the story only glancingly references characters from the first book in the series. The author successfully delivers another sweet romance, showing the insecurites of both main characters - and more importantly how they dealt with, and overcame them. Interesting also to see how these false perceptions had haunted both of them in the past, and how they were able to come out of their shells, both separately and together.

I had a good read with For Her Consideration, so I was very excited to read At Her Service, but unfortunately the book didn't meet my expectations. I found the characters much less interesting than in the first book, which led me to not care as much about the romance. The pacing also didn't help to make the experience better, despite that it's still a cute book. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an arc in exchange for an honest review!

This book was ok! I had a good time with it, and I didn’t feel like I was missing too much by not having read the first book in the series. Thank you for the ARC!

First of all, I need to thank NetGalley, because it made me read a lot more queer romances and novels and it's been a blast.
This wasn't perfect, as I wish the romance had picked up a lot sooner and I wasn't a major fan of the conflict, but it was a perfect palate cleanser, and the main character is incredibly relatable. It made me reflect on a lot of aspects of my own life and, for that, I would say this is more than just a romance. I'm curious to read other books by Amy Spalding, as I really enjoyed my time reading this one.
Also, I absolutely loved the Mean Girls and Grey's Anatomy references!!!!

This was a cute follow up to For Her Consideration, and while can stand fully alone, does have some character continuations and crossovers.

I struggled most with connecting to the main character. She has pretty severe anxiety, and it feels like the whole book is generalaly the miscommunication trope, with everyone in her life, fueled by her anxiety. Most of the problems she runs into are just problems she’s made up for herself.

The book was also fairly slow paced, I felt like I spent most of it waiting for something to happen.

There was a bit too many subplots going on, made it a little difficult to keep track. The story sometimes felt a little slow. The characters were relatable.

Fans of For Her Consideration will not be disappointed by the sequel! Max's story is a journey of self improvement, as well as a romance.

Max's attempts to change her life are both relatable and well done. I liked that Amy Spalding showed that while there were some changes Max could have easily made without help, there were also barriers to her making those changes. I think that the second part is sometimes missed and it makes the books less relatable.

Both Max and Sadie had insecurities in how they viewed themselves that were holding them back. It was interesting to find out throughout the story how those perceptions had gotten in their way in various relationships.

I recommend this one to anyone who likes a romance with self-improvement as well as anyone who likes a story about figuring out the life and career you want. It isn't exactly new adult but it does have the figuring adulting out feel of new adult.

🌶️🌶️ - This story includes a couple open door steamy scenes but spice isn't a huge focus of the story.

What a fun follow up to For Her Consideration! While I loved the first book more, I still very much enjoyed this book. I found that Max was a realistic character with the perfect kind of mess. Max really grew into herself throughout the book and I found that her journey was well paced. I did find that she and Sadie's relationship was a bit off at first but found myself rooting for them in the end.

Give me a hollywood sapphic romance and I'm all over it. I received an e-arc from netgalley and I am writing this unbiased review.
I was very excited to read Amy Spalding's At Her Service which exists in the same world as her previous book For Her Consideration with some pop-ins from a few characters (not a pre=required reading though).

I identify so much with Max (she/her), a lesbian from Kentucky who thought that LA would be her magical queer awakening that would kickstart her life into motion. She goes through a few messy situations until an opportunity to upgrade her life through her roommate's influencer page and she has too little shame not to accept anymore, and it's not like her hot bartender will ever know how she feels after spraying her butt with queso.

Despite all of the ways that I identify with the queer LA/hollywood transplant feels, I don't think I can really articulate how/why this didn't completely do it for me. I think some parts felt stagnant, some plot lines hung in the air for a while, some of the angst felt kinda annoying (i'm not anti angst!), and some of the sentences required double and triple takes. There was also 1 suspected typo/error later in the book where the name Johnny was used instead of Billy (as Johnny is really only used in reference to the bar).

I think I would have enjoyed this book more as an audiobook to sit back and have an actor read me the words (to be fair, I enjoyed For Her Consideration as an audiobook). Is this book bad? No. Is it my favorite book ever ever? No. It's a perfectly valid f/f LA/hollywood sort of romance. I was torn between 3 and 4 stars. Because I tend to be overly critical, I bumped it to 4 because I want more sapphic hollywood trope-y fun.

Congrats to the author for publishing it!

At Her Service was a cute, sapphic romance about Max, a girl who needs a lot of self-help. The storyline was well thought out and the characters were loveable. Max’s plight of needing to find self-actualization was relatable, but the pacing was a little off. The whole book could have used just a little more paring down, and a smaller cast of characters - there were too many to keep track of for the length of the book.

An homage to modern-day love in Hollywood, "At Her Service" celebrates queerness and relationships in the face of challenges that are all too human.

Enjoyed this but the title still doesn’t make much sense to me in light of the story itself. The romance was cute and the spicy bits worked well, just enough not overload and not overdone. The growth of the main character was handled well and I enjoyed all of the peripheral relationships and friendships. A very easy read.

would like to thank netgalley and the publishers for letting me read this awesome book

its a slow burner and sometimes feels like a therapy book but the actual storyline about max and her life is very interesting and compelling

max arrived in LA hoping to change her life around, coming out and making friends and meeting her forever partner, but she felt she sucked at it all

she has a massive crush on sadie the bar tender at her favourite bar and a job that was going nowhere right now

so after a crushing nightmare of a date with someone else she ended up agreeing to her flatmates and for 30 days her life could change...

it helped that her flat mate was an influencer and before long max did find that her life changed and with the help of the app giving her goals to maintain ...things were on the up

until....

have to say at times i felt like i was in therapy but the draw was max and sadie to see if they could work through the issues they encountered... interesting read and cant wait to see what else this author brings out

Shy and lovable Max from For Her Consideration is back with her own book. Max has big ambitions, but isn't sure how to get the job or relationship she wants. She's also smitten with bartender Sadie, who may be interested in more than friendship with Max. This was a sweet book and had a great sense of place in West Hollywood.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for the ARC to review. All opinions are my own.

okay i dnf this at chapter 18( roughly 60%+of the book) this author really not me.
first of all this feel for lack of better wording writing wise really harsh especially in first few chapter.
This is also self actualization journey of one Mc's Mac and romance book second and as of now we barely know about other Mc Sadie.While self actualization part is good and isn't outstretched and actually moved surprisingly fast in each section and budding roommates relantaship/friendship seemed great.There wasn't enough of grip to make me finish this. i might finish someday when if audiobook might get made someday.
Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Solid 4 out of 5. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

I feel like the author is trying to tell two different stories at once here, and overall I enjoyed the read, there were definitely times where things got a bit muddled.

On the one hand you have Max, who takes on this massive and very public challenge to find "self-actualization" in all aspects of her life. Watching her take the wheel with her career and find a community in a queer kickball league was amazing. I love this kind of quarter life crisis period of discovery for queer adults (speaking as one of those post queer quarter life crisis adults myself).

At the end of the day I do think the romance between Max and Sadie is good for both of them as they each encourage the other and help challenge them. But getting there was a bit rough to read at times.

Tbh... I want a companion novel from Sadie's POV so we can get a deeper understanding of her.

This book was more than a romance. It was a journey of self-discovery and finding your true self. I loved reading about Max finding herself, love and new found family. One thing I do wish was we got more time with Sadie! Sadie was everything and I'm not saying that because we share the same name lol.

Thank you Amy Spalding and Net Galley for an arc copy for an honest review.