Really liked this short novel, the story didn’t feel rushed despite the shorter length of the book. Felt like a rom-com plot and characters, and did a good job of pacing the story over months/years so that it didn’t feel like insta-love or unrealistic. Want to read more books by this publisher, I love the concept of the shorter novel.

I loved this story. The characters were all well developed, and had realistic flaws. I appreciated the dual point of view, or allowed me to connect to both of the main characters. I appreciated the discussions of sexism in Hollywood. I look forward to reading more works by this author.

I enjoyed this short book about two Hollywood types trying to make it work on set. I liked the time jump, the FMC's new situation (avoiding spoilers), the way the MMC loved the FMC's take-charge nature, and the grandfather character. I was left with questions about what happened right before the time jump that prevented further communication, and felt that the story ended abruptly, with little time to see them be happy.

Set Piece by Lana Schwartz is a second chance love story full of Hollywood glamour and finding love when it seems impossible. The novel begins with a spark filled night between Jack and CJ. Life pulls them apart, until fate brings them back together five years later on a movie set. The book is full of humor and emotional depth with characters you will love! These covers are everything, and I can’t wait to add this gorgeous new one to my bookshelves.

Set Piece was a cute little romance with some great pacing and enough human hardship to feel relatable in some moments.

The story follows CJ (aka Cara), a bartender turned production designer, and Jack, a breakout TV star turned...breakout movie star? They have instant chemistry and a one night stand that they both remembered, before discovering that they are to work on the same movie together and trying to see if each other still has the same feelings as they did five years ago.

I enjoyed that these were older characters. They start off around 29, which as someone who's in their mid 20s, it was nice to read that sometimes life takes a little longer to figure out. By the time they meet again they are 34 and CJ has a kid. The story touches upon topics such as absent parents, being a single parent and being hyper-independent. Schwartz also does the passage of time well in this book, so while the attraction is near instant - the story progresses for over 6 months, which is a long time in such a short book.

That being said, the actual romance did not have me rooting for our main characters. I think it was in part that Jack did not feel like a very developed character to me, despite the fact that this book was in dual POV. It was a quick read and I enjoyed the time I spent reading it, it was just not very memorable.

[Special thanks to Netgalley and 831 Stories for providing me with an arc]