Ellen Meister’s ‘Love Sold Separately’ is mainly a murder mystery with a little bit of romance mixed in for good measure. While there are a lot of interesting narrative threads, most of them get tangled along the way.

Dana Barry is a broke actor presented with the job of a lifetime: a hosting gig at The Shopping Channel. Right after she’s hired, The Shopping Channel’s biggest star is found dead in her office, and the police suspect murder. As Dana tries to unearth the truth, she’ll find herself drawn to her coworker, Lorenzo, and then to police detective, Ari. In the meantime, she may be putting herself in harm’s way.

There were parts I enjoyed about this book, and others that I found confounding. I think Meister’s ambition to tell a multifaceted story should be applauded, but it didn’t quite work for me. There were too many false leads, too many random plot points. Dana’s character is interesting, but also kind of confusing, as her motivations and actions unfold in ways that seem too random. In my opinion, the emphasis on the Dana/Lorenzo relationship made the subsequent Dana/Ari relationship feel abrupt. I also wish that the events of the last two or so chapters would have been spread out and developed more.

Overall, 'Love Sold Separately' is an entertaining novel with some unpredictable elements, but it left me wanting a bit more.

**Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for providing me with this ARC in exchange for my honest review.**

It was an interesting original idea, but it seemed to have different plots that felt like things were just added on, but not really needed. I wish it was more the rom com book then who done it.

This book had a very interesting premise to it and that was originally why I requested to read it. I loved how you see a girl go from so down on her luck to landing a dream job, or so she thinks. I did not care for all of the drug use in the book. I did enjoy the twist at the end with the murderer and after reading it did click in my head that oh yeah that does make a lot of sense. I also enjoyed how the main character did not back down from doing her theater showing even knowing that she could lose her day job over it. All in all this book was okay to me. I found myself having a lot more questions than answers at the end and could have enjoyed the book without some of the extras (i.e: drugs, prescription drugs belonging to someone else, and sex tapes).

Thank you to netgalley, and Harlequin-Trade Publishing for allowing me to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.